May 2025 Cover Story: Autumn Affair Interview w/ Roni Winston

Oh my! When you get the pleasure of interviewing Blaque/OUT’s cover model, you better take advantage of the experience…AND I DID! It was such a pleasure and delight to learn more about the beautiful woman known as Autumn Affair, gracing this month’s cover. I learned about the passions of her life: burlesque, modeling, and cosplay.

Autumn is not only beautiful, but she is talented, gifted, and inspiring as she shatters the expectations that beauty comes in small packages. She shared with me that her measurement at the hips is 64 inches! Wow! The reaction of the average person to that measurement makes Autumn’s backside her favorite body part. In a vulnerable moment though, Autumn shares that her current confidence was not always the case. She found herself gaining weight quickly while in college and she was not happy with the weight because she had that societal expectation of beauty like most of us. Eventually, Autumn came to the realization that the cycle of dieting did not make her happy either and that if she blocked out the noise, she was actually content with herself. And so it began…

With that seed planted, Autumn finds herself now performing with a burlesque troupe, hosting a plus-size BIPOC show, appearing in magazines, attending cosplay events, and generally loving the life she has built. Watch our full interview and enjoy the ride!