Ocean Drive magazine marks 30th birthday as Miami Beach grapples with PR woes from two slayings

MIAMI BEACH — A number of native notables gathered Thursday night time to attend a celebration to mark the beginning of Ocean Drive journal at the same time as Miami Seaside is grappling with detrimental publicity from two current slayings.

The journal highlights the glitz, glamour and trend that South Seaside has been identified for years.

“There have been fashions curler blading up and down Ocean Drive (and) celebrities,” stated Jacklyn Powers, whose father began the journal. ” Veruschka was coming, and it was a really thrilling time.”

She stated the journal’s focus was on South Seaside as a result of that was the place to be.

.However South Seaside has made information throughout the globes within the wake of two deadly shootings that occurred throughout a span of 36 hours.

Some have questioned if the constructive picture of South Seaside is slipping away for good.

Paige Mastrandrea, the editor-in-chief who runs the journal, stated it has expanded to not simply cowl the seaside however different rising areas of South Florida.

Rapper Wyclef Jean, who attended the occasion, stated the concept of what Miami is has modified over time.

“I name it international gumbo, that is what Miami is and the world will get to expertise it,” he stated, dismissing strategies that town’s repute has been misplaced. “I do not suppose that negativity overweighs that lovely power. For each unhealthy story on Ocean Drive there are 20 million nice tales.”