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Because when you're posed, you know someone's watching. You put on your very best smile. You let your sweetest personality shine.

Jay Asher

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Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
Novelist
Writer
Arcadia
California
Watching
Personality
Someone
Best
Posed
Sweetest
Shine
Shining
Smile

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