Not every empowered woman of color reaches the heights of visibility that Viola Davis has achieved, but when they do, you rejoice because you know they will represent us well. The 54-year-old Academy Award-winning actress is the new face of L’Oréal Paris, and we say yes, please!

Tracee Ellis Ross is flaunting her melanin magic and juicy curls, and is inspiring textured-hair women everywhere to embrace their fierce, fabulous, flawless crowns, too. The Golden Globe-winning actress is a curly-haired queen on the cover of Essence, as she celebrates the journey to where she is today!

One of the biggest-named Sudanese-Australian models in the world is airing out her personal grievances against an Australian publication that printed an image of a different black model next to her feature. 19-year-old Adut Akech says she feels “disrespected” after Who magazine made the error.

The kind of beauty that matters cannot be achieved with injections, surgery, makeup, filters, fillers, and waist trainers. If you want to truly be beautiful, stop focusing on a snatched waist, a beat face and keeping your brows on fleek. Instead, aspire to exemplify the qualities in these 7 scriptures.

Multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning member of the legendary Clark Sisters, Karen Clark Sheard, recently flaunted her natural hair on Instagram before getting it styled at the salon. “Happy Natural Hair Day,” wrote the 56-year-old, adding that she was letting “God’s hair breathe.”