Glamour Magazine celebrates it’s 70th Anniversary by paying tribute to 13 women they consider icons. Among those chosen were First Lady Michelle Obama, singer Billie Holiday and 1950’s tennis star, Athena Gibson.
Helping Glamour to pay tribute to these women, singer Alicia Keys, actress Paula Patton, and model Chanel Iman, all posed as their icon and shared their thoughts on the impact these women have had on their lives.
Absolutely Beautiful!
I am really feeling Chanel and Alicia looks great, but for some reason I dont see Michelle…is it me? Paula looks stunning as Billie
Gorgeous Women and great idea. I don’t think they were trying for look alikes obviously but they were probably trying to show a characteristic of each woman. Alicia looks classy and elegant while still putting family first, which is Michelle O. Chanel looks strong and athletic, etc…I think so far they did a good job.
Love it!! Real Classy Beautiful Black Women!!!! This was a great idea. I like that they used some of the MOST appropriate women also!
Beautiful pictures. They couldn’t find one dark skinned model?
None of them look like the people they were portraying but I feel like they chose the right people All this women throughout their career exuded Class,Sass Education and manners and they were just the perfect choice for the shot, I’ m happy they chose Educated, Classy for this shoot :bowdown:
Great photos. Kudos to Glamour magazine!
@chocolate girl
I was thinking the EXACT same thing!
I swear, the brown paper bag test is still alive and well in the media.
I love Chanel.
Alicia doesn’t look a thing like Michelle Obama. They should have used Naomi Campbell.
Paula Patton looks good.
@chocolate girl
I agree! The women Alicia, Chanel & Paula are imitating were/are brownskinned not light or mixed.
Prettylady818 :iagree:
:lol2: Oh, please quit with the Alicia is too bright whining.
Had it been Boreyawnsay you all would be :bowdown: the image, freaking out, and cussing out everybody who thought she was too light and too dense for the honor.
This concept is about class, grace, style, and confidence so Alicia is quite fitting for the image.
Glamour did its research and they have spoken! Get over your color complex and embrace one another!
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Who cares if all of them is light skin and dont look nothing like the person? They all look beautiful :bowdown: :bowdown:
Very classy. Beautiful.
@brownpaperbagparanoia yes i would of been one of them cussing too lol. But they all look great. Please no Naomi Campbell lol she do not respresent no Michelle Obama at all with her crazy *ss lol.
I think Alicia Keys looks nice and is a good representation of Michelle. Alcia does a lot of humanitarian work as well as being a great performer. I will always respect her for her Keep A Child Alive initiative.
I LUV me some A. Keys; she looks absolutely stunning as always. She`s definitely “my diva” 4 sure….The other two ladies also look beautiful.
Michael Jackson & The Golden 80s 4ever!!!
P.S. Alicia definitely gives me “Butterflies”…
Why are you guys giving the fashion industry a pass on their obvious colorism. This is the same industry that said they couldn’t find little black girls that look like Malia and Sasha b/c they are supposedly unique looking. So obviously they would pick a mixed woman to represent all BW women.
All these pictures are so perfect,classy and amazing but they cud have atleast included one chocolate sista to add a bit of colour and bring balance…..the media is well aware of the pain of black women esp. if all these icons they are potraying are chocolate women and the media which is owned by mostly white people is trying to keep us fighting with each other,to all my caramel skin sistas lets support our chocolate sisters they dnt have it easy most of the time and we need to acknowledge that and fight for them with then so that we wont allow colourism inside our families,communities and institutions,i made that conscious decision to support sistas with complexions like alek wek,estelle,gabriella,kelly rowland and more,they shud know that we care even if they are mean sumtimes to us its not their true character,its just a cry for help,love and feeling helpless….who realy owns the bleaching cream industry,is it black owned?
Paula Patton’s picture is hauntingly beautiful. It is like Lady Day came down and took this picture. She looks exactly like her. All of the picture are great. Classy and great.
These photos are nothing short of breathtaking. I love them! How awesome would it have been if they chose Kelly or Gabby to be photo’d as Michelle? As for Naomi, they couldn’t risk anyone getting beaten up, so they probably just skipped her altogether.
Also, I like that phrase, sh’e “my diva”, I think I will adopt that! :-)
:iagree: Miss Andi K.: The photos are great. I like all of them. I might pick up the magazine to see everyone they chose.
I’ m with lizz
Damn I didn’t know our First Lady was light, bright and damn near white. Dark folks never get any shine I swear. Ugh.
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Can we appreciate that Black Women are being honored! Glamour didn’t have to include Black Women in their list, they wanted to include them. One of the most beautiful things about Black women (Black people in general) we come in all shades. Can we appreciate and love all the shades that make us, us. We need to get over the “their not dark enough or light enough”. Let’s be happy that they are Black women and also they have Black women/models who we rarely see in magazines.
Beautiful pictures :brownsista:
Torya : I appreciate it but still , I think if i am going to buy glamour i am in right to complain if i don’ t recognize myself in the pic don’ t you think?
Torya I understand what you’re saying and I agree black women come in various beautiful shades. But the shades that is exalted most is the lighter shade. All of the entertainers posing here, I support and love their work. And this is no disrespect to my light-skinned sistas because I love them too and I also think they’re beautiful. But I want to see diversity in beauty. Glamour could’ve at least gotten someone closer to Mrs. O shade to model as her. Even when designers were pitching colors for Mrs. O’s inauguration gown, some of the sketches were of lighter skin or white skin women. Mrs. O has a chocolate complexion. Yes, the pictures are nice but Glamour needs to be called out.
They all look great!
@ Voice & Chocolate Girl: I understand where you are coming from as well. I’m not saying let’s not have diversity. Cause if they had White models portraying them, I would be hot. I’m just saying let’s support one another. I love any shade of a Brown Sista who is representing Black women in a positive light. If we want this world to get over the “color” issue, we must be the example and conquer it first. That’s all that I’m saying.
Have a great weekend Brown Sistas :brownsista:
ok i have no problem with alicia keys (her music is really good), but couldn’t they use angela basset or kerry washington (who are great underrated actresses) to be Michelle. O? I’m not mad at the other 2 black girls, because they actually LOOK like the person they’re supposed to be portraying. But this shows that magazines like Glamour don’t really want to put dark skinned women in their magazine. (I mean I don’t read/look at Glamour regularly, but mostly it’s white women and very light-skinned black women). Really? Come on. :thumbsdown:
How did I know there were going to be people on here complaining about skin color and/or Alicia being chosen to do Michelle Obama…some of you are crabs in a barrel I swear. SMDH, :lol2:
i was on flickr and found very old issues of jet and hue magazine from 1950 to 1956, i think if you looked at these black own magazines you would have a better understanding of why skin color is such an issue. i don’t think we can blame the media, they are just giving you what you have shown to favor for decades!!!