“Genuinely, I'm just really grateful that all of my experiences and all of the no's and all of the complications and all of the ‘We're going with a white girl, a lighter girl, a short girl, a more experienced girl--’ we'll go with all of those girls because they, aesthetically, make more sense than the tall, Black, curvy, short-haired, dark skin girl from London who doesn't dot her i's and cross her t's all the time, and who has opinions [got me here]. I cannot comprehend how this is going to reverberate throughout our lives. Let alone throughout the world. The world is one thing, but in our lives there's something that we can have forever.” - @lashanalynch Photographed by: Lelanie Foster, @lelanief Styled by: Corey Stokes, @coreytstokes Adrienne Hair: Tym Wallace using RED by Kiss Edge Fixer Hair Wax Stick at Mastermind Management Group, @tymwallacehair Adrienne Makeup: Rebekah Aladdin at PR Collective, @rebekahaladdin Gina Hair: @tiffdoeshair at Celestine Agency Gina Makeup: Leibi Carias at Celestine Agency Lashana Hair: Cynthia Alvarez at The Wall Group, @cynthiaglam Lashana Makeup: Jessica Smalls at The Wall Group, @jessicasmalls Sheila Hair: Coree Moreno using R&Co at A-Frame Agency, @theonlycm123 Sheila Makeup: Paul Blanch using Danessa Myricks at The Wall Group, @paulyblanch Thuso Hair: Sharif Poston using Oribe at The Visionaries Agency, @sharifposton Thuso Makeup: Rebekah Aladdin using SET at PR Collective, @rebekahaladdin Viola Hair: Jamika Wilson at Epiphany Agency, @jamikawilson Viola Makeup: Sergio Lopez-Rivera at Cloutier Remix, @sergiowastaken Nail Technician: Temeka Jackson at A-Frame Agency, @customtnails1 Set Designer: Carlos Anthony Lopez at Winston Studios, @winstonstudios Production: Perris Cavalier and Taylor Brown at The Morrison Group, @themorrisongroup Shot at: DUST Studios, @duststudiosla #WomanisKing #ShortHair #CopperHair #LashanaLynch #Glam #Essencecover #CoverModel