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How to spot a ‘Slay queen’

  • There is a new breed of women in town commonly known as slay queens on social media.
  • In layman’s language, a slay queen is a woman who wants to choke everyone else with how beautiful they feel they are and how they do their “cool stuff”, not forgetting their blond opinions!

It is that girl who doesn’t do githeri or fries, does sleepovers only in leafy addresses like Nairobi’s Kile, Runda and Kitsuru. Dandora na Githurai ni wewe! Remember that girl who told you that a gentleman must match his shoes and belt, yet her face and neck don’t match? That’s a slay queen.

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