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"  When I was asked if I wanted to work the red carpet for the premiere of Beyonc\u00E9&amp;#039;s documentary Life Is But a Dream, I jumped at the opportunity. I love Beyonc\u00E9 (aka Queen B aka Beysus aka The Air I Breathe). I wouldn&amp;#039;t label myself a &amp;quot;Stan,&amp;quot; but I go haaard for her. During her Super Bowl Halftime performance, I freaking lost my shit. I was screaming at the top of my lungs, shaking my jelly, and doing the End of Time kick. Now, I wasn&amp;#039;t always a part of the Beyhive. I&amp;#039;ve always been a fan of Bey&amp;#039;s since her Destiny&amp;#039;s Child days. She&amp;#039;s crazy talented and you can tell she&amp;#039;s a hard worker. I especially love how she&amp;#039;s a strong advocate for empowering women (who run the world?!). But, my tipping point into Bey&amp;#039;s nest was with her &amp;quot;I Am...Sasha Fierce&amp;quot; album. It was like she was speaking to my soul. Diva is my anthem because I identify with being the female version of a hustlaaa. And let&amp;#039;s not forget about Halo from that album. I enter a whole &amp;#039;nother world when I hear the beats of the drum and keys of the piano. Woo. I&amp;#039;ve got chills just thinking about it. But anyway...I wasn&amp;#039;t going to miss a chance to possibly be in the same vicinity of my most favorite pop star. Posted at the end of the red carpet, I waited for about two hours for Bey to arrive. It was sort of outside (they put up tents to the entrance of the theater), so I was cold with my feet going numb. Only for the Queen B would I ever risk catching a head cold! I knew Bey was close because I looked to my left and saw Mr. Shawn Carter himself, Jay-Z, standing with her mom and family waiting for Bey to come down and meet them. He skipped taking pics on the red carpet, which was kind of sweet. He didn&amp;#039;t want to steal her thunder! And for all the haters, Jay is actually really cute in person. Mmm hmmm. Also, this was a total family affair. Her uncle was super chatty, giving dirt on how Bey got her name. But real fans already know this story... You knew Bey was in the building because the cameras went crazy and I somehow managed to get on my tippy-toes and snap the pic of Queen B above. She is as beautiful in the flesh as she is in pics. I was really proud of myself. I didn&amp;#039;t fangirl or pass out...even though I really, really wanted to. But hours later when I was going to bed, it hit me. I was 10 feet away from Beyonc\u00E9 that night. Aaah! I still can&amp;#039;t believe it! Now. If only her concert tickets would stop selling out in 30 seconds, I could complete The Year of Beyonc\u00E9 by jamming out to my fave Queen B tunes with some friends. Want more from Dara? Follow her on Twitter @dadeeyo. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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