Liya, Liya, Liya!!!- The New Face of L'Oreal

My favorite model of all time has to be Liya Kebede. She is such a beautiful and elegant model. I can't begin to say how much I love her!!! So, imagine my surprise and joy when I found out that she will be the new face of L'Oreal!!!! Yay!!!! Most of my fashion magazines I own is because Liya is in them. I had her on my wall, as a screen saver, smh. It was bad. But she was my reminder that I can be beautiful and be black. In the midst of all the same models, Liya used to walk down the runways with a smirk and still look regal.....That being said, spokesmodel will be just another hat to add to her growing collection: Designer for Lemlem, Actress (Desert Rose, The Good Shepherd,Lord of War), Ambassador (World Health Organization) for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Writer (The Huffington Post), and Founder (The Liya Kebede Foundation)! They picked an amazing spokeswoman who has a heart for the innocent.

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Fayruz Abdiaman- Sutherland Models

I LOOOOVVVVEEEEE her hair: Fayruz Abdiaman

Jodie Smith for ASOS Magazine June 2011

I love this girl:

ASOS

Pin Me Up, Pin Me Down

So.......Since I stopped modeling I have gained weight. Good weight, not bad. My stats now make me an official Coca-Cola Bottle figure. I love it! I grew up raised around women and a society that when you hit a certain age you start to look like a women and not a girl anymore. So, I embrace the curves (praise God!) and make no complaints. I am sooo looking forward to dressing like a Pin-Up. I love the way they looked. They were beautiful drawings of WOMEN! The funny thing is that all my friends know I love that style and era. They see a calendar or movie with Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Sophia Loren etc.
I get a call, text or they just buy it for me telling me that I popped into their mind when they saw it, lol. I loved the fact of how the women looked, dressed and carried themselves in that era. They were beautiful, sensual not sexual and in-your-face raunchy women. Not women who looked like girls (or on some cases boys), they were women with curves, makeup, heels, beautiful clothing, etc. I can't pick a favorite pin-up artists; they were all so talented: Vargas, Ballantye, Elvgren, etc.... I like old fashion classy pics. Anywho, I am so wearing a vintage style dress for my next event (another Birthday celebration maybe??). Speaking of Pin- up fashion: I love the new trends for Fall: Prada, and Louis Vuitton answered my cry! I like to look like a woman; is that wrong? I don't want to expose myself to the world but at least feel feminine when I get dressed......I'm done fuming. So shout out to the new age Pin-ups (the women who won't give up their curves for a career): Christina Hendricks (LOVE HER), Kim Kardashian (Don't care if it's real or not), Gemma Arterton, Alice Eve, Hayley Atwell, Katy Perry, Adriana Lima, Scarlett Johansson (All-time fav), and Monica Belluci (classic).
  Have a blessed day.

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