Beautifully Flawed: The Ageless Beauty of Angelique Miles

Angelique Miles is a stunning, ageless beauty who knows how to survive and thrive. In conversation with The Glow Up’s Veronica Webb, she shares how her biggest losses made her stronger and more beautiful than ever—like being downsized out of her decadeslong career as a record-label vice president who signed Timbaland, Missy Elliott, Lil’ Kim and Busta Rhymes, among others—and surviving a disfiguring act of violence when she was only a teen.

Now 50, she’s rediscovered her purpose—and reinvented her body—as a fitness enthusiast, blogger and advocate for looking and living fabulously at any age!

The Glow Up: How did fitness move to the forefront of your life?

Angelique Miles: It’s about looking a certain way. I was 40, no longer working [in] the music industry after 20 years and gaining weight. I didn’t want to look down and out, too. I did aggressive workouts, like CrossFit, that helped me become a runner.

TGU: What are the challenges of becoming a runner later in life?

AM: I ran a half-marathon last year—and I don’t have to do it again. I started running; I didn’t run with the right shoes. I had shin splints, so I went through physical therapy. I did it just [to] prove that I could do it.

TGU: I’ve run four marathons to prove to myself that fear of pain or failure can’t limit my strength.

AM: If I’m going to call myself an athlete, athletes run. … Before CrossFit, I could barely run 2 miles. I did a 3-miles-for-30-days challenge at first. CrossFit has great coaches. I never got hurt. It was the most challenging workout I’ve ever done. I learned how to run, I learned to do Olympic weightlifting, do pushups and pullups, things I never thought I could do.

TGU: I prize stamina over strength. You?

AM: It doesn’t matter as long as I look the way I want to look. That may sound vapid to some people …

TGU: It’s not ugly to be vain, as long as it’s about being healthy.

AM: I did the running thing because I thought [I’d] lose lots of weight, which didn’t happen. The same thing goes for all the things I do.

TGU: That’s real.

AM: I keep goals in mind. Like right now, I’m like, “How much can I squat?”

TGU: What do you find is your quickest and most effective workout?

AM: At Exhale Spa, Cardio and Barre. It’s intense because I’m getting the strength training and the resistance training all in one class.

TGU: I see you did the “big chop”! What’s your hair routine?

AM: When I turned 40, I started to gain weight and do [a] lot of sweaty cardio. Hair was an issue. [Now I] co-wash with SheaMoisture, a little bit of coconut oil. I shape it and set with Nairobi wrap lotion and let …

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