Real Talk Magazine continues our celebration of Black History Month and Black Love by celebrating 10 the most beautiful women in the world.
We are showcasing 10 women who are not only beautiful but who have made positive contribution to the human family. Our élite list of women exemplify beauty, intelligence, class, glamor, style, sophistication, and excellence.
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Aaliyah is no longer with us in the physical, but she remains with us in Spirit. The gifted singer, dancer and actress was the embodiment of physical and spiritual beauty.
Aaliyah
Toni Morrison is the first African-American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Ms. Morrison also won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved. In 2002 scholar Molefi Kente Asante listed her among 100 Greatest African-Americans.
Toni Morrison
Diahann Carroll made television history when she starred in her TV series Julia. This was the fist time an African-American starred in her own TV series in which she did not play a domestic. She is a breast cancer activist and survivor.
Diahann Carroll
Nancy Wilson is songstress whose singing style ranges from jazz and blues to pop and show tunes. Among her numerous honors, she has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the NAACP in Chicago, and Oprah Winfrey’s Legends Award.
Nancy Wilson
B. Smith is a former fashion model who became the first African-American woman to grace the cover of Mademoiselle magazine. She is also a successful entrepreneur, author, speaker, restaurateur, and lifestyle guru. The B. Smith with Style Home Collection is the first line from an African-American woman sold at a nationwide retailer (Bed, Bath & Beyond).
B. Smith
Michelle Obama is a wife, mother and the first First Lady of the United States of African-American heritage. She is also a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School.
First Lady Michelle Obama
Jurnee Smollett is an actress and singer who made a stunning début in the critically acclaimed film Eve’s Bayou. She has gone on to star in several TV shows and films including The Great Debaters starring Denzel Washington and produced by Oprah Winfrey. Ms. Smollet has been a HIV/AIDS activist since the age of 12. She is also on the Board of Directors of the group Artists for a New South Africa, dedicated to dealing with HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Jurnee Smollett
Gelila Bekele is a model of Ethiopian heritage who has appeared in several runway shows, print ads and TV commercials (Pantene, Colgate). But she is more than a pretty face. Bekele is humanitarian and social activist. She is involved with the Charity: Water whose mission is to bring clean and safe drinking water to impoverished communities in Africa, India and South Africa.
Gelila Bekele
Sanya Richards is a Jamaican-born track and field superstar is the fastest woman in the world. She is the youngest woman to break the 49 second barrier at 400 meters. Sanya has set new records and has won a vast array of medals including two Olympic gold medals.
Sanya Richards
Judge Glenda Hatchett is judge, author and speaker who is well-known as the star of the poplar, 2-time Emmy-nominated show “Judge Hatchett.” After graduating from Emory University Law School, she went on to have a stellar corporate and legal career. Ebony Magazine named her one of the “100 Best and Brightest Women in Corporate America.” She also became Georgia’s first African-American Chief Presiding Judge of a state court and the department head of one of the largest juvenile court systems in the country.
Judge Glenda Hatchett
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