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Maria Tettamanti
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Maria Andy Tettamanti is a Miami-based journalist for The Miami Herald and Miami.com. She is also the Miami Editor of MSN Postbox. Known by all as The Wordy Girl, Maria has published works in USA Today, Allure, Us Weekly, Ocean Drive and Life & Style publications. From an online standpoint, Maria has published pieces on Daily Candy, Urban Daddy, Refinery29, The Huffington Post and OceanDrive.com.

On her quirky blog, www.thewordygirl.co, Maria shares her words on fashion, style and pop culture — and whatever whims come to her mind on that particular day. When not sweating her next assignment over a hot keyboard, Maria can be found chasing her two toddlers, at Target, Facebooking, Twittering, Pinning, viewing horrid reality television programming or shopping. More of the last one, really.

Blog Entries by Maria Tettamanti

The Great Fashion Knockoff Debate

(0) Comments | Posted May 15, 2013 | 12:49 PM

As of late, I've spotted a barrage of highly coveted Hermès Birkins on the streets of Miami to New York to Paris. And seeing as Birkins are extremely difficult to procure and are in high demand, well, let's just say it's hard to believe they're all real. With knockoffs aplenty...

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Gabby Bernstein Gets Blown Away in Miami. Literally.

(0) Comments | Posted January 28, 2013 | 9:01 AM

"Spirit Junkie" and New York Times bestselling author Gabby Bernstein paid The Standard Miami Beach Spa a visit for a lecture and book signing of her third tome, May Cause Miracles. In typical Gabby fashion, droves of women and men flocked to the event which took place on the Yoga...

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What not to Wear to Miami Swim Week

(2) Comments | Posted July 24, 2012 | 3:28 PM

"Babe, this is crazy. I'm sweating like a billy goat," my husband tells me at The Delano's Tory Burch presentation. He's not lying by any stretch of the imagination. My darling, doting husband is perspiring through his freshly ironed linen shirt -- even his eyebrows are sweltering (and here I...

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How Facebook (Kinda) Saved My Life

(1) Comments | Posted July 9, 2012 | 2:28 PM

When I created my Facebook profile just a few years back, I happily typed in my religious views: "Greek Orthodox Christian." My favorite quote: "I love you enough to write it in concrete." -- by my dad, Gus Andy. My political views: "Ugh." And all that other nonsense the social...

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Mommy Knows Best: The Wordy Girls' Guide to Good Manners

(1) Comments | Posted June 6, 2012 | 4:00 PM

My daughter recently turned five, which makes me feel as old as Betty White, and makes me think now is the time to instill some serious values in her. Often times, I find myself in social circumstances where I'm downright traumatized by the way young girls and even older women...

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Back off the Rest of the United States, Miami Girls Aren't Tacky. You're Just Jealous.

(14) Comments | Posted May 23, 2012 | 2:55 PM

If I had a quarter for every time I heard, "Miami girls are so tacky," I would be rich. Not Mark Zuckerberg wealthy, but pretty comfy. As a fashion writer, I'm often the recipient of maliciously laced statements from out-of-towners such as: "Miami girls are so cheesy," or "You girls...

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