All I can think about is little Quannah. Growing up without seeing your people represented in this way, of beauty, makes you feel like it could never be you and it never WILL be you. Too all the people and kids that made fun of my nose, how skinny and how tall I am, how ugly my features seemed to be to everyone else, thank you because you built character in me and helped me find my voice but also🖕🏽 you for making me believe I was never good or pretty enough. All my teen years and younger, I never truly felt beautiful. I would’ve never imagined in my lifetime that I could be on the COVER of the Oct. 2022 Best of Beauty issue for Allure Magazine. What an honor and Mahsi’choo (big thanks/ thank you very much) @allure for this opportunity and for being a part of changing perspectives and breaking barriers for those who may have felt the same as me growing up. 🪶💖✨ 📸 - @cassblackbird 🧥- @heathermary.jackson 💇🏽‍♀️ - @naeemahlafond 💄 - @romyglow Article by @alyssaklondon is linked in bio✨🫶🏽