Beauty Exclusive: Sherri Shepherd

Beauty Exclusive: BET Beauty Lounge with Sherri Shepherd - The Beauty of Black Women

Sherri's Beauty - We’ve seen various headlines tackle the “Black Woman’s Dating Dilemma” throughout the last year. Countless writers and special news programs have tried to shed light on this newly critical issue. Regardless of which side you’re on, we can all agree that we’ve somewhat stepped away from positive portrayals and images of Black women. To reclaim a piece of this conversation, we’ve enlisted “The View’s” Sherri Shepherd to help us highlight the beauty of today’s Black woman.

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Sherri's Beauty - We’ve seen various headlines tackle the “Black Woman’s Dating Dilemma” throughout the last year. Countless writers and special news programs have tried to shed light on this newly critical issue. Regardless of which side you’re on, we can all agree that we’ve somewhat stepped away from positive portrayals and images of Black women. To reclaim a piece of this conversation, we’ve enlisted “The View’s” Sherri Shepherd to help us highlight the beauty of today’s Black woman.

She's a Brick House - I so love a woman’s body. As Black women, I think that we don’t have as much of a problem as other races, concerning being skinny. We really do appreciate our curves and our thickness. I love – I guess because I don’t have one – a Black woman’s booty. I’m so proud of my little booty. I have a little bubble!

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She's a Brick House - I so love a woman’s body. As Black women, I think that we don’t have as much of a problem as other races, concerning being skinny. We really do appreciate our curves and our thickness. I love – I guess because I don’t have one – a Black woman’s booty. I’m so proud of my little booty. I have a little bubble!

Round & Brown - It’s the way a woman walks with all of that butt on her back. It’s a confidence. My cousin walks like, ‘I know you want some of this, but you can’t have it.’ That swoop on a Black woman’s body is so beautiful. You know how the butt is so big, the back dips in? I love when you own it. I remember when I was in the limo going to the NAACP Awards and we passed four girls with the biggest behinds I had ever seen in my life. It made me roll down my window!

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Round & Brown - It’s the way a woman walks with all of that butt on her back. It’s a confidence. My cousin walks like, ‘I know you want some of this, but you can’t have it.’ That swoop on a Black woman’s body is so beautiful. You know how the butt is so big, the back dips in? I love when you own it. I remember when I was in the limo going to the NAACP Awards and we passed four girls with the biggest behinds I had ever seen in my life. It made me roll down my window!

Loyal Ladies - First of all, we are ride or die. That’s what Black women are. We are seriously loyal. Other races will look at you like ‘ride or what’? That’s what you get with a Black woman. Men think, ‘If something happens to me, I know who has my back.’ I love, love, love my Black men. I love a Black man’s swagger.

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Loyal Ladies - First of all, we are ride or die. That’s what Black women are. We are seriously loyal. Other races will look at you like ‘ride or what’? That’s what you get with a Black woman. Men think, ‘If something happens to me, I know who has my back.’ I love, love, love my Black men. I love a Black man’s swagger.

Dishing it Out - With the exception of me, because I can’t cook, all of the women in my family can. Those are the memories that I remember. Sunday after church, we would come over to my grandmother’s house and all of my aunties would make a dish. Collard greens, macaroni and cheese, peach cobbler… Those are the times that I remember so fondly because it was a way of nurturing your family. Women were not afraid to get in that kitchen and cook a meal that melted in your mouth.

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Dishing it Out - With the exception of me, because I can’t cook, all of the women in my family can. Those are the memories that I remember. Sunday after church, we would come over to my grandmother’s house and all of my aunties would make a dish. Collard greens, macaroni and cheese, peach cobbler… Those are the times that I remember so fondly because it was a way of nurturing your family. Women were not afraid to get in that kitchen and cook a meal that melted in your mouth.

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Our Executive Vision - We have the ability to look ahead. You have a lot of Black women that are single mothers. Women think, ‘How is this going to affect everybody?’ I’m not so sure that we’d be in this [financial] crisis that we’re in had they just let a few more women into the mix. There’s a compassionate nature and women don’t want to do you dirty. If a Black woman ran GM and Ford, she’s not flying into D.C. on a private jet. She would say, 'That doesn’t even make sense!'

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Our Executive Vision - We have the ability to look ahead. You have a lot of Black women that are single mothers. Women think, ‘How is this going to affect everybody?’ I’m not so sure that we’d be in this [financial] crisis that we’re in had they just let a few more women into the mix. There’s a compassionate nature and women don’t want to do you dirty. If a Black woman ran GM and Ford, she’s not flying into D.C. on a private jet. She would say, 'That doesn’t even make sense!'

Sherri's Spirituality - I got out of the Jehovah’s Witness religion and became a born-again Christian in 1993. I realized that having a relationship with God, and not a religion, is a wonderful thing. The thing I love about my relationship with Jesus Christ is that I have this amazing God that doesn’t turn away from me. I can say, ‘Man, I messed up.’ I love that I can come to Him.

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Sherri's Spirituality - I got out of the Jehovah’s Witness religion and became a born-again Christian in 1993. I realized that having a relationship with God, and not a religion, is a wonderful thing. The thing I love about my relationship with Jesus Christ is that I have this amazing God that doesn’t turn away from me. I can say, ‘Man, I messed up.’ I love that I can come to Him.

Her Personal Shepherd - Whoopi Goldberg…that’s a bad sister. She challenges me to go to a better level. She loves on me. I’ve gone through a painful divorce and a painful custody battle and nobody understood but that brown woman with that brown skin. She’d come into my dressing room and she would hold me and let me cry. Whoopi is so at ease with who she is. And nobody else could come in with locs if it wasn’t for Whoopi Goldberg!

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Her Personal Shepherd - Whoopi Goldberg…that’s a bad sister. She challenges me to go to a better level. She loves on me. I’ve gone through a painful divorce and a painful custody battle and nobody understood but that brown woman with that brown skin. She’d come into my dressing room and she would hold me and let me cry. Whoopi is so at ease with who she is. And nobody else could come in with locs if it wasn’t for Whoopi Goldberg!

Wise Ones - I wouldn’t be anything else. I love the fact that I can talk to older Black women who tell me, ‘I’m 80,’ but they look like they’re 60! No matter what older Black woman you meet, she’ll give you that hug and it’s like you’re with family.

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Wise Ones - I wouldn’t be anything else. I love the fact that I can talk to older Black women who tell me, ‘I’m 80,’ but they look like they’re 60! No matter what older Black woman you meet, she’ll give you that hug and it’s like you’re with family.

Lineage of Love - I love the fact that I come from a strong race of women. I love the fact that I have people in my family who didn’t come up under the best circumstances, but they are women who work hard, play hard and fight hard. I love the fact that a Black woman could be down, but get right back up and wipe the tears away because she has kids and she has to be strong. That’s just in our DNA.

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Lineage of Love - I love the fact that I come from a strong race of women. I love the fact that I have people in my family who didn’t come up under the best circumstances, but they are women who work hard, play hard and fight hard. I love the fact that a Black woman could be down, but get right back up and wipe the tears away because she has kids and she has to be strong. That’s just in our DNA.