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By Anslem Samuel | Published May 17, 2012 | Full size is 620 × 480 pixels

RAVEN-SYMONÉ Thanks to the sales of her five albums, contributions to The Cheetah Girls soundtracks and her long running family sitcom, That’s so Raven—for which she took home $35,000 an episode—the once-voluptuous Disney queen managed to build a $400 million merchandising empire. In 2011, Symoné returned to television 35 pounds thinner in the ABC sitcom, State of Georgia. The show was cancelled after one season due to poor ratings, but the multi-talented mogul bounced back quickly. Symoné is showing off her newly svelte figure eight nights a week on Broadway in the musical Sister Act.

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Thanks to the sales of her five albums, contributions to The Cheetah Girls soundtracks and…

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