On May 31, Jacky Oh—real name Jacklyn Smith— a 32-year-old model, entrepreneur, and actress, died in Miami, FL, while receiving a “mommy makeover,” leaving three children and a longtime partner behind.

Award-winning Christian actress Taraji P. Henson recently shared personal beauty secrets with Vogue and talked about how God’s hand shaped her career. “I would’ve gone into cosmetology, and I think God intervened, because I was a year late for enrollment,” said the 49-year-old CEO.

Struggling with perfectionism? It’s important to tackle this issue head on and face it for what it is: fear. Otherwise, you will ruin your productivity and your chances of doing the awesome things God has chosen you to accomplish.

Black people are beautiful specimens and they were out in full force to celebrate the unveiling and christening of Tyler Perry’s massive new film studio Saturday. The Clark Sisters, David and Tamela Mann, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Bishop T.D. Jakes, BeBe Winans and more showed up looking incredible.

We love a woman who knows that being fabulous is great and all, but comfort is key. That’s why EEW Magazine Online editors said a collectively said go ‘head sis when Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis, 54, kicked off her peep-toe pumps she’d worn on the Emmy Awards purple carpet in favor of platform sneakers.

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.