Why Try to Be What You Already Said Wasn’t Beautiful? Black beauty, African pride, and cultural truth. For centuries, the world told us our features weren’t beautiful — our skin too dark, our lips too full, our bodies too strong. But then, the same features became trends: tanning, lip fillers, body sculpting. This video exposes the irony behind global beauty standards — how Black features are imitated, commercialized, and celebrated when separated from Black identity. In this video, you’ll learn

Get up close and personal with top models, style experts, and leading Black designers in a cutting-edge curation of runway shows, trunk shows and live interviews at the 2019 ESSENCE Festival® presented by Coca-Cola® | Essence