Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child, and rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of R&B girl-group Destiny’s Child. Managed by her father Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time.
Deepika Padukone
Bollywood beauty Deepika Padukone is considered as best black beauty that was born on 5 January 1986, she is leading model and actress of Bollywood, she is also most popular and highest paid female lead in industry, With her beautiful smile as well as her fresh and classic figure, Deepika is the epitome of eccentric beauty without the fair skin therefore she is also called as most beautiful Asian Women. She made her appearance in Bollywood industry by super hit movie Om Shanti Om with which she also received Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut, after that she made her appearance in many highest grossing projects.
Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook is famous as her stag name Alicia keys; she was born on 25th of the January 1981 as she is prominent American actress, singer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist, she made her appearance as singer in industry with J Records, so her debut leading single song Songs in A Minor made great success with 12 million copies in the whole world so due to this album, she was able to get five Grammy Awards including of Best New Artist and she is second singer from her county who got five Grammy awards in a single night, this black beauty also made her appearances as guest actress in many television shows and after that she appeared in many films on big screen.
Halle Berry
Multi talented Halle Berry was born on 14th of August 1966; she is prominent American Actress, former super model and film producer, so due to her best acting she also won Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002 which is due to her performance in romantic thriller movie Monster’s Ball as she is only black woman to win this title. So she is one of the highest paid Hollywood actresses from 2000s till now, before her entrance in acting she worked her as super model therefore appeared in many beauty contests and she is also considered as most successful actress in her acting career because she has won Emmy, Golden Globe awards for best actress and many others.
Agbani Darego
Agbani Asenite Darego is famous as her stage name Agbani Darego who was born on 22 December 1982; she is beauty queen and super model from her country Nigeria and she is also first model Sub-Saharan African to win Miss World, she has also modeling contract with L’Oréal. Despite of this she also appeared in many magazines including Elle, Essence, Cosmopolitan, Allure; in addition she also worked with many designers like Gianfranco Ferre, Ralph Lauren, Oscar de la Renta and many more, this beauty queen also won the title of Miss World in 2001, she launched a fashion and style reality show Stylogenic on Nigerian television in 2010.
Rihanna
One of most successful and richest black beauty is none others of Rihanna, she was born on 20th of February 1988, she is popular Barbadian songwriter and singer, she started her career as professional singer in 2003 under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers. After she signed a special contract with Def Jam Recordings with hip hop singer and rapper Jay Z but she got her fame after her success single debut Music of the Sun in her album A Girl like Me which was released in 2006, so due to her best singing performances she also received Grammy Award for Best Rap Collaboration with Jay Z in 2008 so she is also called as Sex Symbol in Music industry.
Thandie Newton
Thandie Newton was born on 6 November 1972 as she is an English black actress who appeared in many American as well as English Movie but she is famous due to her roles in many movie like Linda in The Pursuit of Happyness, Christine in Crash and most important Nyah Nordoff-Hall in Mission: Impossible II. So in her career as actress she received many awards including BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, she is also considered as classical African beauty, in her successful career she appeared in many films but her most successful was Mission: Impossible II alongside of Tom Cruise.
Janet Jackson
The baby of the Jackson family of musicians’ and over the years ‘a multi-platinum selling artist’ – Janet Jackson has been a prominent personality in popular culture for over 30 years. The star is known for her innovative and sexually provocative music which is so powerful, even today. Her most popular singles include – “Nasty”, “That’s The Way Love Goes” and “Together Again” among her other works. The gorgeous singer has won many awards for her music including two Grammy Awards.
Serena Williams
This ‘wonder woman’ has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the ‘Women’s Tennis Associaton’ (WTA) on eight occasions from 2002-2017. Some of the commentators, sports writers, and even players regard her as the greatest tennis player of all time. She has won so many awards for her performance in the sport that it’s hard to even keep count. Besides Tennis, she has her own fund that aims to create equality through education and assists victims of senseless violence. The tennis star has struggled with body-shaming and cruel remarks about her body but she does not allow anything to break her and she only keeps climbing the ladder of success, further up. Also, she recently gave birth to a baby girl. Way to go, Serena!
Oprah Winfrey
Don’t worry about becoming successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow” – these are the words of the legendary Oprah Winfrey. She is considered to be the greatest black philanthropist in American history. Hers is the most inspirational tale of rags-to-riches, with her growing up in extreme poverty and enduring endless hardships to becoming one of the richest African-Americans in the world. Oprah was awarded the ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’ by Barack Obama and honorary doctorate degrees from Harvard and Duke. Also, her talk-show ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ is the highest-rated television program of its kind in all of History. She’s indeed a true inspiration for millions around the globe.
Jennifer Hudsdon
She rose to fame as a finalist on the third season of ‘American Idol’ in 2004, coming in the seventh position and ever since then, there’s no looking back for J-Hud! She has won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA and also a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also won a Grammy for Best R&B Album. She is currently a coach on the 2017 series of ‘The Voice (U.K).
Laila Ali
The daughter of legendary boxing champion Muhammad Ali – Laila Ali is a former professional boxer (she has been in the sport from 1999 to 2007). Her father did not want her to pursue the sport due to its dangerous nature, but Laila was unstoppable. During her boxing career, she remained undefeated and has won a number of titles to her name including the Women’s Boxing Association’s Light Heavyweight title.
Lupita Nyong’o
The Oscar-winning Kenyan-Mexican actress began her Hollywood career as a production assistant. Her performance in her first feature film ‘12 Years A Slave’ won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the sixth black woman to have won an Oscar for the category. In 2014, the lovely chocolate-skin girl was named “The Most Beautiful Woman” by People and “Woman of the Year” by Glamour.
