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Dating With Dentures: NJ TikTok Star Finds Reasons To Smile Dating With Dentures: NJ TikTok Star Finds Reasons To Smile
Dating With Dentures: NJ TikTok Star Finds Reasons To Smile Most of the time, Lily Magno isn't wearing her dentures. The 25-year-old New Jersey native feels comfortable without them, so she doesn't see the need to wear them. Not even when she films a TikTok for the world to see. But a year ago, Magno didn't want anyone to know the truth about her smile.  In the spring of 2020, the dance teacher and social media guru lost three of her top teeth due to a gum infection -- 12 years after the skateboarding accident that caused it. Magno was insecure. She was embarrassed. She was depressed. It wasn't until she embraced her dentures and new smile that…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ridgewood Dancer Could Become NJ’s ‘Outstanding Teen’ Ridgewood Dancer Could Become NJ’s ‘Outstanding Teen’
Ridgewood Dancer Could Become NJ’s ‘Outstanding Teen’ RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – A Ridgewood High School freshman could become Miss New Jersey Outstanding Teen. Meadow Paliotta, who in August was crowned Miss Ramapo Valley’s Outstanding Teen, will be competing against other pageant winners from throughout the state for the title later this month. “Twenty of the most talented, intelligent, and community-minded young women will be vying for the prestigious title of Miss New Jersey’s Outstanding Teen,” states a press release from the organization. Paliotta’s talent is musical theater dance and her platform is body positivity. “As a dancer I feel really…

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson