Monday, June 9th, 2008
The Softer Side of Serena
Posted by Bossip Staff
Here are the inside shots of Serena Williams in the recent issue of Ebony. These are some of the best pics we’ve seen of Serena and her muscle booty. She looks beautiful.
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She looks good
sute pics
She looks great. These are the best pics I’ve seen also. Wonderful makeup, hair, and they picked poses that show how great and toned her body is. Go Serena!
oops cute pics
Top 5
she looks fabulous-very feminine……she looks great!
Looks Pretty and fallback with the muscle booty comments.
All of the plastic, fake asses y’all love to praise but a real African Booty gotta be a muscle?
Serena has been killin it with the pics lately!!! That first pic is damn sure certified by the H.O.S (Hall Of Sexy) itself!!!
She looks great.
Serena’s hair is done. That’s the reason why she looks fucked up a lot of the time b/c her hair is either not done or she has some wack ass looking weave in it.
Very enchanting Ms.Serena you look very grown up and less manish.I love it keep shocking the the world babygurl!!!
SHE COULD GET IT!
This is beautiful Bossip bring in more shit like this!!!
I KNEW SHE HAD IT IN HER SOMEWHERE….
@GLOCK9N
IS THAT REALLY U…NOT THE SAME WITHOUT UR ALL CAPS.LOL
She looks great, love the pics…
Gorgeous…
god bless photoshop
they airbrushed some of her features, especially that shelf of hers but i LOVE these pics. the choice of colors and styles really complement her.
Serena is my girl. She’s a natural beuty, and I don’t like how all her curves were airbrushed out of those pictures. I know magazines do some cleaning up of pictures, but damn, why did they have to remove so much of her ass and thighs? And in Ebony of all places?! Serena always looks beatiuful. Why isn’t her natural beauty enough to be shown?
Serena you look BEAUTIFUL.
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No homo but she looks damn good in that second pic with that two piece bathing suit. Go Serena! & her body is banging too.
She looks great! Young, black, rich, and talented!
wow. she lives dangerously. you couldn’t get my freshly done hair in that pool.
Yes Ms.Envy Me! HaHa! I got tired of all the ignoranus commentz.So i had to switch my shit up!!!PLUS ITZ TO HOT FOR MARY JANE!!! BUT I STILL GOT MY HENNY!!!LOL!
This is how you show off the beauty of the Black Woman. All natural….no weave. More “Classy” pics Bossip !
she looks good…and….feminine (??)
they must airbrushed those-choke-a-nucca arms down a little bit. sister is looking fly in this spread.
godamn look at those hams..wow..i mean da face looks feminine..but the body is wow..no homo!..lolz
She’s looks great! Go Serena!
serena is tha bomb she was going top let me toss her salad until her chump father barged in.
Hmmm. After a few swigs of Jack Daniels + that weave and airbrushing to soften her features, i can see myself hittn’ dat doggystyle.
BEAUTIFUL
Yeah GLOK..please stick to the caps so that we know it’s you.
Okay, I want to see the original pictures…cuz this looks like some serious airbrushing to me. Yes, the pictures are gorgeous and she looks great…but is it all her?
she looks good! can’t hate!
SHE LOOOKS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!
GREAT LOOK SERENA!! GREAT LOOK!
Common brought out that Lady. The girl is lookin’ quite lovely.
she lookin hella made over good look 4 her she’s glowin baskin in someone tellin her she’s beautiful & layin good solid pipe
She is very pretty,great pictures. She has come a long way from looking so manly.
Then Common needs to bottle it and sell it! LOL!
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Your stuupid
damn ole girl is killin em out here, she is a very sexy young lady and we have got to respect the game she is throwing out there. straight up!!! no hatin here folks, GAME DOES RECOGNIZE GAME … AND THIS CHICK HAS MICHAEL JORDAN BEAT
yeah Common got her steppin her game up!!!
@TIL YOU DO ME RIGHT!!! IM TEST DRIVING SISTA, ILL BE BACK, BUT FOR NOW , JUST SECKLE! LOL!
she does look good, but her hairstyle choices leave ALOT to be desired. those wigs age her unnecessarily.
You go Serena! You look absolutely gorgeous!
wow! she looks GREAT..best i’ve ever seen!.. Keep that team Serena, they know how to make you look good!
Photo airbrushing strikes again…
Photoshop or not, Serena looks good, better thanever at that, she needs to permanently hire whoever did her wig and makeup,bless those people for helping keep here looking like a dude ready to put Common in a headlock.
Serena has always been beautiful..
Glok9n…c’mon. It too hot for a spliff but not for henny? That henny will have you sweating blood in the heat! You are brave….
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they airbrushed some of her features
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no bullshit they did..like the gorillaish’ manly features……but with that being said…..she looks pretty good in THESE pictures…..she’ll always be decent though with that big ass of hers…
Now That’s A Beautiful Black Woman For You.
Now That’s A Beautiful Black Woman For You.
Very nice……..
Nice to see her in a softer light!
WrongY’all(Check me out!)
Looks Pretty and fallback with the muscle booty comments.
All of the plastic, fake asses y’all love to praise but a real African Booty gotta be a muscle?
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DAMN SAY THAT AGAIN!?!
@REALWOMAN!!! I took a shot and i eliminated all the madness,itz the combo of both that will knock my azz out in this heat ………SHIT! Any GOOD MORNING SIS!
She can wear those pink shades of lipstick/gloss nicely. They really look good with her skin tone. I want beyonce to stop wearing them. She too fair skinned for all that bubble gum pink gloss.
@DUM 1 DUMICANO YO WAS YOU EVER LOCKED UP IN COXSACKIE DURING 2003-2006 YOU LOOK LIKE THIS DUDE NAME PRECIOUS WE USED TO FUCK.I KNOW IT’S YOU OR YOU HAVE A TWIN.
ha ha..is that right…
SHE LOOKS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS
@ num1dominicano Why you have to call Serena gorilla looking?
I take issue with your comment and from one Dominican to another, “You know we are all black behind the ears”. It was quicker to type it in English.
Careful because when you reproduce, you may get a throwback
Serena looks really nice!
WrongY’all(Check me out!)
@ num1dominicano Why you have to call Serena gorilla looking?
I take issue with your comment and from one Dominican to another, “You know we are all black behind the ears”. It was quicker to type it in English.
Careful because when you reproduce, you may get a throwback
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it’s nothing racial behind my comment…I just think she isn’t the prettiest girl in the world….her nor or sister…if she ugly she’s ugly….ugly crosses all racial barriers…what’s racial about being ugly??
sure she looks nice here…ya’ll act like these pics aren’t air brushed the fuck out though…from her nose to her arms….she never looks this good in her average pics…
These are her best pics EVER! She looks great! I guess I can take her off the TRANNY LIST….
TRANNY LIST:
Lil MAN…I mean Lil Mama
Golden Brooks,
Wendy Williams,
Serena Williams (removable),
Michelle of Destiny’s Child,
Amy Winehouse
Deelishis
Leona Lewis
New York
Gail (Oprah’s BFF)
Tameka Foster
Ciara (every now and then she have her tranny swag on)
Remy Ma
Ice T’s b!tch CoCo
Oh and Buckeey from Flavor of Love (She looks like Miss Jay from ANTM)
Ne-yo’s sister, sorry Ne Ne
@num1dominicano, Ok just dnt like when any ethnic people are compared to a Monkey or primate. It really does give me flashbacks of sugar cane fields and an overseer.
Nice look for her…so feminine.
Serena looks absolutely beautiful!!!
those are some great pics. the visual and makeup artist did the damn thing..
Go serena you look so beauitful! Motivation ladies, summer here and I need to get my ass in the gym too! lmao! But Im still sexy
wooww!! she finally doesn’t look hard looking and manly. GO SERENA!!!!
Num1domincano wtf @ the gorilla reference!! Really? It’s not racial..so would you call an ugly WHITE or SPANISH WOMAN a gorilla? As a matter of fact I have seen you post on this site numerous times and I’ve never heard you refer to ugly a$$ Vida Guerrera as a gorilla! Hmmm why not?
You probably were getting d!cked down in jail because only a homo would look at Serena’s pictures up above and STILL want to diss her….
SERENA LOOKS AMAZING!!!!!
THIS MIGHT BE THA BEST SHES EVA LOOKED
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Lushus Lipps half of the women you named do not even resemble men! You get a big ole WHAT THE FVCK @ calling the below ladies trannies.
Golden Brooks,
Serena Williams (removable),
Michelle of Destiny’s Child,
Deelishis
Leona Lewis
Gail (Oprah’s BFF)
Tameka Foster
Ciara (every now and then she have her tranny swag on)
Remy Ma
Oh and Buckeey from Flavor of Love (She looks like Miss Jay from ANTM)
What are you talking about? Some of you mofos need to get your lazy dumb a$$es from in front of the TV watching Maury she-males all day…or stop hanging with your cross dressing male cousins! They have you thinking that women who wear makeup and fake hair are actually men…
She looks lovely.
she looks great!!! they airbrush all of the stars so Serena is no different!
@ realwoman
….Well maybe I should add U to the list too!
@REALWOMAN! LOL! PASS ME BACK THAT HENNY!
this is the best i’ve EVER seen serena look. she looks really nice and very classy in her pics.
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It’s some clowns on here. How you can call someone else ugly and make a list, damn. I find it so fucking funny how the mfs who talk about ppl are really only trying to take the attention off themselves. Psychology 101. Pathetic.
she looks goodin these pic…but
….shes lookin 40ish with the hair…how old is she?
@ *****
It’s some clowns on here. How you can call someone else ugly and make a list, damn. I find it so fucking funny how the mfs who talk about ppl are really only trying to take the attention off themselves. Psychology 101. Pathetic.
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Let’s get something straight here..1st of all I complimented Serena’s look, she does look nice in the pics & I never stated any of the listed individuals were ugly.. In my opinion they have “manish” features.. it is what it is, it’s not like I’m lying…
By the way, this is a gossip site where everyone is allowed to voice their own views and opinions and why are you taking things so personal.. do you know these individuals personally?!? You too must have the TRANNY STEEZ on lock! I’m sensing some insecurity issues @ *****, did the Tranny Steez hit too close to home!
NEXT!
Here goes the double shot of VSOP for yuh Glok9n! You are going to be hot as heeeerrrlllll!
Yes Lush maybe you should…as you DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FVCK I LOOK LIKE! lmao…I see you don’t know what HALF of the females in your wack list look like either!
Ok, Whoever scraped the “hideous” off of Serena should get a lifetime job with her ass, somehow they made her look less GORILLA and more middleclass 20 something who works out alot.
Serena you owe somebody a million dollars, unless its all camera tricks, then you should hire that photographer!
@ realwoman
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Snooze!
My above message can be addressed to you as well. Damn Y’all sure are defensive for peeps who y’all don’t know & don’t know you!
@6am Would it kill you to give a dark skinned sista a compliment?
The chick almost exactly the same. All they did was add makeup she doesn’t usually wear. Some of you are acting like if Bossip didn’t tell you it was her you wouldn’t be able to recognize. her. There are some men who need to just admit that they like their women with lots of makeup. Good luck to your bedsheets. lmao
Hey Yall> Num1dominicano is a racist bastard! He always come on Black folks gossip board making harsh statements about dark skinned black women!!
As someone else posted a few weeks ago, Dominicans are the worst! They are some of the most racist ignorant fools there is.
And if you think your latinas are all that explain why they all FALL APART after their 25th birthdays?!
num1dominicano go eat a bowl of rice & beans bitch boy!!
how can anybody say that she isn’t ugly……her body is bangin’…..but the girl is ugly…I don’t understand what is so racist about that??? I don’t have a problem with dark woman…..shit…I was messing with a chick from Cameroon this weekend I met in DC….and this bitch was eggplant dark….but she was pretty….
SERENA, YOU LOOK FABULOUS !!
IMMEDIATELY HIRE THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THAT SHOOT TOGETHER (MAKEUP, HAIR AND CLOTHING) CAUSE GIRL;
YOU LOOKED GREAT .
@Lush-Us Lipps
I don’t recall directing anything toward you. Now who’s taking things too personally. Calm down, like you said this is a gossip site where ppl can voice their OPINIONS. Damn, so many sensitive ass ppl (that was directed towards you).
In Serenas case they have to airbrush the pics to make them look softer and her hard muscles aren’t jumping out at us scaring the shiit outta err’body.
She looks good in the pics.
@Lush-Us Lipps
P.S you sure are harsh on ppl you don’t know and don’t give a damn about you.
LOL @ “and her hard muscles aren’t jumping out at us scaring the shiit outta err’body.”
You all had a discussion about racist dominicans? Why, we have no more issues with skin and hair than other ethnic groups and that is REAL TALK. Every group be it black, white, asian, east indian, west indian, hispanic/latin have all been brain wased to but into that European beauty bullshit!
I am just DEAD at this comment here from Num1Papito
I was messing with a chick from Cameroon this weekend I met in DC….and this bitch was eggplant dark….but she was pretty….
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Pretty, pretty, pretty!!
Give me that “gorilla muscle booty”; I’ll bang it!!!!!
OMG!!! She looks beyond FIERCE!!!
Finally Bossip is saying something POSITIVE about Serena.
She does look pretty && she is blessed-She has an amazing career && a fine man who goes by the name COMMON.[♥]
Luv Serena
I’d do somethings that would make Dr. Ruth blush
They did airbrush the hell out of this sista, still beautiful none the less
i luv how she’s wearing her hair now!!! she’s come a long way from those braids with all the damn beads!!
How every did her hair and makeup should be nominated for a Oscar or Emmy. She looks great. She should hire them full time because they did her right!!
Kudos to Ebony for the transformation.
Love the colors on her skin, it looks radiant. Handle your business at Wimbeldon girl!
Who ever did her hair and makeup should be nominated for a Oscar or Emmy. She looks great. She should hire them full time because they did her right.
Kudos to Ebondy for the transformation.
Numdominicano…your whooooole statement reeks of contempt for Black people. Straight up. READ WHAT YOU WROTE! You referred to the woman as a Gorilla just like Whites have been referring to Blacks for centuries. You claim you dated a woman from Cameroon who was eggplant dark BUT pretty. Why the ‘but’? That ‘but’ insinuates that her darkness would normallly make her unattractive to you.
Then agin what do I expect from someone who comes from a country where they have clubs that keep parties for light skinned people only!
It’s funny to see how y’all fallin back right now, swearing to God that the girl is hot…y’all real funny (& phony)…”she’s manish, she looks like a gorilla” & all kinda sh*t
Serena was the BOMB back then, and she’s the f*ckin BOMB right now (now she looks a bit “industry”, but I know that’s what y’all respect)…
As a West Indian Brotha, I can easily recognize a certified Authentic Ruff Diamond Banger when I See one, becuz, I keep sayin it: Dem West Indian gialz are the Greatest, Dem African bangaz too ya diig…
She looks great!! I am so happy she got rid of that fake blond hair and braids. She seems to have adopted a classic look which is always in style and so much more classy. I hope she continues down this line.
Nice Pic, very pretty and sexy..
SHE DOES LOOK GREAT..
AIRBRUSH SOFTENED HER UP !
@ realwoman
Please…..racist I’m not…..black folks talk more shit about each other than other races….I’m far from racist….I was raised around blacks in and around DC my whole life….there is no contempt for black folks here….I talk this way all the time…don’t confuse racist with ugly…if she was any color she’d be ugly….you take offense too my “gorilla” comment, because you know it’s true…just because she’s black you take the opportunity to play the race card….fuck outta here…you must have a looks complex in your own mind…
THAT SKIN COLOR IS TO DIE FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
PURE AFRICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@num1dominicano
GET THE FUCK OFF THIS SITE YOU LOW LIFE WISH YOUR THIN HARI BRADING YELLOW ASS MOTHER FUCKER WAS BLACK BITCH!!
BE GONE!!
She’s only softer b/c of the photshopping!!! We all know in real life her arms are bigger than her legs so…
realwoman…i feel you. dominican republic people are horribly racists to dark skinned people and darkskinned hatians. it is a sick fucking country just like that sick bitch num1dominicao or whatever.
GO ON PEREZHILTON and han with the white peeps mofo.
if you want to think we’re not good enough for your shit stinking ass
FUCK OFF!!
all this shit because I said Serena Williams is ugly…like I’m the only one on here with that opinion……shit don’t make sense…..
num1dominicano….
I got yelled at because I said that Tameka looked like a slave hanging sheets in the backyard…which she did by the way…
@num1dominicano
Brother, I dont’ believe that you are taking heat because you called her ugly. You are entitled to an opinion. What I gather from the other commentators, and what I have observed of your posts myself in the past, is that you seem to equate dark skinned women who do not have caucasian features with “ugly”.
I know that in certain communities, that kind of color consciousness (read racial self hatred) is accepted and acceptable. In fact, you are right, black Americans are some of the worst culprits of it–but that doesn’t make it right.
Another poster above commented that you said the sister from Africa who you dated this weekend was “dark but pretty”. The “BUT” in your sentence does indicate that you believe the words dark, and pretty are mutually exclusive.
I’m not mad at you–I just recognize the sickness. Honestly I feel sorry for you because you didn’t choose to do this to yourself–it was done to you.
By the way, as my name indicates, I’m one of those “dark” “pretty” sisters, and I’ve always been proud of it. My parents instilled that in me from a very young age. But I do feel very sorry for people who have bought into the lie that a woman like Serena has to look half-white in order to have beauty.
Unlearn that stuff. It is poision.
Nef
Oh…and anyone who knows the history of the Dominicans and Haiti knows without any doubt that the color issue (disliking dark skin) is ingrained in their culture. YOU may not personally feel that way, but it is a historic problem that has existed from the time of slavery, through colonialism, and peaked during and after the Haitian revolution. To try to claim anything else is either delusion or ignorance.
But, as bro. pointed out above, black Americans are no better. I see people on here calling Foxy Brown and Naomi Campbell ugly all the time. They are both beautiful women by anyone’s standards, but for many black people, dark skin=ugly. That is mental death and poison and you MUST get rid of it.
next time I’ll refrain from calling any woman darker than me ugly….becuase I’ll get tagged as a racist…LOL….shit is crazy…..when just the other day half the fools on here were saying Al B. Sure’s older son was ugly because he was dark….and the other son isn’t because he is fair and had curly hair…by now I’m the racist because I’m Latino calling Serena ugly….I said nothing at all about her skin tone…ugly is ugly..
@ Nef Chocolatepeach
yeah, I know the history….excuse if you misunderstood my words….my comments had nothing to do with skin tone, hair texture, blood, culture anything, “looks complex” or anything……I think the girl is ugly and built like a man, with strong arms and a big strong back…..hence the gorilla moniker….
I’m glad to see Serena Williams is exploring her pretty. I guess all that stepping out looking busted was just to increase the shock value & net-worth of all this.
she looks great.
Nef Chocolatepeach -Cosign 100% sista
num1dominicano- your my brotha family so let me tell you why the ladies get upset
It wasn’t that you referred to her as ugly that is your opinion. Personally I think she’s beautiful in the true sense of the word, not the Americanized version of beauty. Like the sista pointed out earlier, you used “but” as if to say “for a black or dark-skinned girl she was pretty” plus you called her a bitch. It just like we black men say “She’s fine for a white girl” This too is foul on many levels, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We shouldn’t miss the beauty of a women or person in general because they are a shade too dark for our taste or to yellow to like. As a light skinned black man I have met plenty of women who are color struck, which is a direct result of the mental poison we face as people of color.
I’m not jumping on you family just educating you to the sensitivity with black women and women of color. You made a good point about the Al b Sure blog, this is part of the mental slavery we all face
@ DaPro
I feel you dude…..but she’s just not my type….I prefer a more feminine chick..and I surely don’t feel that “dark” and “beauty” are mutually exclusive…I know plenty of sexy ass dark sisters around my way….come to DC bro…there are plenty….I just feel that Serena isn’t one of them..end of story…let’s move on..
She’s pretty here. Glad she got rid of the blonde weaves. And she is not ugly, not by a long shot, no es importa el color de su piel.
num1dominicano of course there are Black folks who talk the same sh!t as you BUT ARE THEY CORRECT IN DOING SO? It seems like you realize that they are not but you decide to feed off of the ignorant ones or you choose to only surround yourself with the ignorant self hating ones! Maybe you do this because amongst them you are considered good looking JUST because you have lighter skin, less African (you do have some of our features tho ‘bruh) features, and loosely curly hair. Little do you know that they think you are good looking for all the wrong reasons. I like Nefchocolate peach do not blame you because you were taught this culturally THEN it was confirmed by darkers skinned self hating negroes that love you because they hate themselves. Well you do you. If they help your self esteem then I guess that is good for you, but don’t come here trying to pass that sh!tty self hatred on to my people who don’t want to hear that mess.
BTW, It doesn’t matter to me that you are from the spanish speaking SIDE of the island. You probably have a dark Haitian great great granny in your genes. You are still part Black in my eyes and just like a FULL Black person I will spazz on you the same way when you talk recklessly about women being ugly because they are dark! LMAO @ you thinking I have a looks or color complex. IF I DID I WOULD BE AGREEING WITH YOU SMARTY PANTS!
I just came from a “white site” and they had the same pic of Serena up with the title “Serena Williams looking Beautiful in Ebony”. It’s amazing how other races seem to appreciate our beauty more than we can sometimes. Just thought I’d share.
DaPro PREEEACH! I don’t remember an Al B Sure topic like that but I am sure it happened the way Num1domincano stated. I know I say this all the time but…THANK YOU MOMMY AND DADDY FOR TEACHING ME THAT EURO BEAUTY ISN’T THE ONLY BEAUTY!
ok, ok, you win…it’s not that serious….I’m out…
VERY NICE PICTURES BUT I AGREE THAT THEY DID SOME MAJOR TOUCH UPS ON HER BECAUSE SHE IS VERY MUSCULAR.
@ Num1Dominico….I completely understand where you’re coming from. Yes some of these women will jump your case in a split second. IMO No she is not attractive. She is not very feminine and I understand your opinion. Don’t argue with REALWOMAN she is very persistant about defending her opinion..you won’t win she doesnt undestand..I feel you tho
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Wow, she looks absolutely gorgeous.
But bigger congrats to Ebony. That’s for finally entering the 21st century and getting your ass together and revising the design layout of your magazine. I stopped reading Ebony for a while because the look of the magazine was a dusty looking mess. The reality is that the packaging of the product is just as important as the contents, especially in publishing. And I am happy you finally realized that Ebony.
This is from someone who works in the Advertising and Marketing industry.
Missladyjordan I do not need you to champion any cause for me. What are you afraid of, if this young man talks to me? Are you afraid that he might *GASP* actually become less prejudiced against darker skinned people?????? OH NOW WE CAIN’T HAVE THAT NOW!!!!!!!
Yes I can see you saying some dumb sh!t like ’she is purdy for a darkie’.
Ebony did Serena some serious justice.
I mean, she looks amazing. And this is, honestly, the first time that she has looked soft, and like a woman.
SERENA LOOKS AMAZING AS ALWAYS!!!!!!!
LOVE U RENA U ARE #1!!!!!!
She looks really good. She was always the prettier one anyway…..
Serena does look beautiful in them pics, everyone has their own opinions, if they think she is ugly thats their opinion why does anyone else care about what someone else says, thats why alot of people dont like making comments on certain things and people run them off
I would never say something like that. I think that is rude. Have you ever heard me criticize someone for their shade of skin? No. I dont even really think shes that dark, just not that pretty to me. I was just letting num1dominico know not to feel bad for what he said…you just like to jump on ppl always thinkin someone is talkin about a damn shade of skin….damn girl get over shit already!
Nobody told that girl to get buff like 50. lol You dont have to bench press 250 to play tennis I mean if she’s not feminine its because she chose not to be. Look at Anna Kornikova (dont know spelling) she is a sex symbol as a tennis player. Im not afraid of her you know? Airbrushing is a motha fucka
@num1dominicano
Bro, you took the brunt of a lot of energy that you really didn’t create–and you held it down like a MAN. You didn’t get emotional, curse, call names or otherwise act like a “girl”. For that I give you respect. By that I mean that although your words echo ideas that have been used to marginalize black women for centuries…you didn’t create that racism and it isn’t your fault.
However, as a Hispanic man of African descent (who coincidentally could someday make a little daughter who might catch a throw-back gene and be dark-skinned) it would be good for you to understand where those women are coming from. (trust me, it can happen. I have a son your complexion from an ex- husband darker than me…the throw-back gene is from my great grandmother…it happens)
That being said, Bro, I understand where you are coming from particularly with reference to “femininity”. In fact, my own husband, who loves dark skinned women (named me Chocolatepeach in fact)begged me when I started working out and pulled out Serena’s photo for inspiration, he BEGGED me not to go to that extreme. I understood his objection.
I like Serena a lot and think her body is “to die for” with the exception of her shoulders and biceps.
Her shoulders and biceps are perfect for an athlete of her calibur–but a bit on the masculine side of muscular for my tastes (for my own body).
On the court, however, she needs all that muscle and let’s be real–she is getting paid and is at the top of her game so I’m sure she isn’t mad at all about her shoulders and arms.
I am sorry that you feel like a lot of sisters jumped all over you. I think that what you just experienced is that you took the brunt of the anguish that black women feel from constantly being treated as though we are something less than women.
Little black girls see from the time they are old enough to watch cartoons or play with dolls that their form of beauty is not “acceptable”. Most black women have become conditioned to just ignore it from outside–but when those types of thoughts are projected from within (i.e. a man of color) I think it is taken more to heart.
I’m not saying that you believe that dark=ugly. I don’t know you well enough to think something like that. Even if you did think it, I would pity you more than be angry with you. I think chocolate colored skin is rich and sensual, velvety and beautiful. But in order for a person to see that–they have to be willing to look through their own, original, uncolonized eyes, rather than the glass eyes the oppressors gave them.
@missladyjordan,
Muscularity (the amount of muscle that a person is able to build and the amount of definition in that muscle) is largely hereditary. You cannot compare Serena to Anna because they are clearly genetically different. Furthermore, there are differences between races and ethnicities in terms of natural muscularity and definition. Essentially, you are comparing Serena to an unrealistic standard (i.e. a woman of a different racial and ethnic genetic makeup) and faulting Serena for a gene pool that she had nothing to do with receiving.
@DaPro
Great build/post.
@realwoman
Girl, you know what I pulled out of your post is that I have also met more DARK SKINNED black people who cosign that crazy mentality than light skinned. In fact, my best friend is bi-racial and a sweet woman, but when we met years ago I had a heck of a time getting her to understand that I didn’t think like the other black women she knew. She grew up around all whites and when she got around blacks it was black women who “taught” her that dark was bad and light was good. We went round and round for about 3 years before she could understand that I didn’t come from the house slave school of miseducation.
You are so right, before we can point the finger at others, we better address this issue among dark skinned black women because too often we perpetuate the stupidity ourselves.
@Nef Chocolatepeach>>>You wrapped that up brilliantly. Speak the truth, girl!!!
@ Sunshine,
I compliment darker sista’s all the time, I’d pass up TI’s worlds ugliest liteskin b*tch to f*ck Gabrielle Union!
None of those liteskin b*tches on Girlfriends look good to me, send me Nia Long.
Jasmine Guy? F*ck no, send me Megan Good.
What i said was whoever fixed up Serena for those shots needs their own make up line, Plastic surgery salon, special effects studio and an NAACP image award!
Oh and a really large church because they’ve just performed a miracle!
AND YOU SHOULDNT FEEL LIKE YOUR AFRAID OF SERENA BECAUSE OF HER MUSCLES ! WOW, DO YOU FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT TINA TURNER OR ANGELA BASETT BECAUSE WHILE PREPARING FOR HER ROLE IN “WHATS LOVE GOT TO DO WITH “IT ANGELAS BODY WAS HARD LIKE SERENAS ALSO . BEING BUILT LIKE A ATHLETETIC BLACK WOMAN RATHER THAN THE WHITE GIRL ANNA KORNIKOVA OR WHATEVER HER NAME IS, IS MOST WHITE/LATINO AND EVERY OTHER NATIONALITY FEMALES FANTASY TRUST THAT IF IT WASNT THEY WOULDNT BE WILLING TO PAY SO MUCH MONEY TO IMMULATE WHAT THEY HATE SO MUCH THROUGH PLASTIC SURGERY / BOTOX AND YES THAT INCLUDES GOIN TO TANNING BOOTHS ,THATS A PART OF MORE THAN A FEW WHITE GIRLS DAILY ROUTINES JUST LIKE STARBUCKS SWEETY { EVEN THE DIRTY LOOKING MEXICAN WITH HIS BRAIDS AND COMMENTS ABOUT DARK BUT PRETTY WHAT THE FUCK EVER HE PROBABLY CANT GET THE FEMALES HE REALLY CRAVES BECAUSE THEY DONT DATE FOREIGNERS !!!}LMBAO…… NOW AS FAR AS EBONYS LAYOUT “BEAUTIFUL ” THATS ALL I CAN SAY SHE LOOKS GORGEOUS I AGREE WITH WHOMEVER SAID SHE NEEDS TO HIRE THAT MAKEUP/STYLE TEAM IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THEY DID HER JUSTICE… FIANALLY SOMEONE WHO DOES MAKE UP AND HAIR THAT DOESNT BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE TO WEAR A BLONDE WIG AND HAZEL CONTACTS TO BE CONSIDERED BEAUTIFUL PLUS SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS HOW TO APPLY MAKE UP ON A DARKER SKINNED WOMAN WITHOUT TRYING TO MAKE HER LOOK LIKE A CLOWN ITS ABOUT TIME EBONY ITS ABOUT TIME …. HER MUSCLES AND THAT BIG PRETTY ASS ARE A PART OF THE REASON WHY WE REMEMBERED HER NAME AND RESPECTED HER GAME CAUSE SHE WAS REPINN BLACK WOMEN FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE WHEN SHE WALKED OUT ON THAT TENNIS COURT WITH THAT BLACK TENNIS SUIT ON THAT ONLY SHE COULD WEAR LIKE THAT ON THEY COURT, THEM WHITE BITCHES STILL WISH THEY COULD WEAR CLOTHES LIKE THAT I REMEMBER HOW THE ANNOUNCERS WHERE FASCINATED WITH THE WOWS AND COMMENTS LIKE THERE IS NOT A DROP OF FAT ON HER ANYWHERE THEY ARE CONSTANTLY AMAZED AND FASCINATED BY A BLACK WOMANS BEAUTY AND THEN SHE BEAT THE SHIT OUT THAT WHITE/ RUSSIAN BITCH AND LOOKED MIGHTY FINE DOING IT!!!! BY THE WAY ALL THE STARS ESPECIALLY YALL PRECIOUS BEYONCE GETS AIRBRUSHED EACH AND EVERY TIME YOU SEE HER IN A PHOTO ,SHIT BOSSIP GOT SOME ON HERE RIGHT NOW THAT LOOK LIKE ITS KIM KARDASHIAN RATHER THAN BEYONCE SO KEEP IT REAL WESTCOAST HATERS ! YEA THATS A BLACK WOMAN FROM COMPTON ISSUEING OUT ASS WOOPENS ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE ON THE TENNIS COURT IM PROUD AS FUCK OF HER SHES TALENTED SHES RICH AND SHES SHOWED BLACK GIRLS ALL OVER THE GLOBE THAT YOU CAN DO WHAT EVERYONE SAYS YOU DONT HAVE A CHANCE TO AND THATS BECOME SUCCESSFUL AND COMPLETELY SELF SUFFICIENT HOW BOUT THAT! WESTCOASTLOVE BABIES
I can’t belief some of the comments on Serena. I think she looks great !!!!
Serena and Her sister do have a problem translating their beauty to pictures. When I say this I mean when they take photographs they do not have the best hair, makeup, and stylist.
So all of the gorilla, and ugly comments are pathetic. She is not ugly nor does she look like a gorilla.
As a black woman I am sadden by the perception that if you are not deathly skinny, light to meduim complexion, and/or tramp material then you are not attractive.
We really need to open up our eyes and realize that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I have met some beautiful people and they are a ugly mess from the inside and the outside.
So to have the idea that women that are dark skin or built are unattractive is ignorant.
I truly hope that one day Black women will embrace their skin complexion, body shape, and features etc
Finally I think we need to rememeber that the Black Woman was the first woman and we should claim our history and stand right!!!!!
@ Ms Sharmaine,
I agree with you except for a few things;
Ive seen Serena and Venus in person, they look exactly like they do on TV.
You dont have to be deathly skinny, but 180lbs aint thick, thats fat.
Beautiful people arent ugly on the inside, thats some sh*t ugly ho’s say to make themselves feel better, besides beautiful women have a defense mode to counter all the hate they get from fat and ugly women.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and thats why most n*ggas who f*ck with only fine b*tches usually have 20/20 vision, Whens the last time you saw some 300lb ugly b*tch walking with some n*gga who wasnt cockeye’d, had on some thick ass glasses or wasnt old, just outta prison or handicapped?
Black women do embrace their complexion and body shape, as a matter of fact you can see most of them in person every Friday and Saturday night in herds at Hometown buffet, Krispy kreme, Payless shoe source or any Jack in the Box drive-thru.
All those black women you say should stand right cant stand for long because their ankles start to swell.
Airbrush really does wonders!!!
@6am
You have issues.
this is actually the first i’ve ever seen her look like a woman.
@innocent bystander, I don’t know if you saw the video of Serena of this photo shoot, she looks the same as the photos. Just saying.
No, WTTW, I didn’t. I just know every other time I’ve seen her, she looks hard and manly. But thanks.
@ Ms Sharmaine,
I agree with you except for a few things;
Ive seen Serena and Venus in person, they look exactly like they do on TV.
You dont have to be deathly skinny, but 180lbs aint thick, thats fat.
Beautiful people arent ugly on the inside, thats some sh*t ugly ho’s say to make themselves feel better, besides beautiful women have a defense mode to counter all the hate they get from fat and ugly women.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and thats why most n*ggas who f*ck with only fine b*tches usually have 20/20 vision, Whens the last time you saw some 300lb ugly b*tch walking with some n*gga who wasnt cockeye’d, had on some thick ass glasses or wasnt old, just outta prison or handicapped?
Black women do embrace their complexion and body shape, as a matter of fact you can see most of them in person every Friday and Saturday night in herds at Hometown buffet, Krispy kreme, Payless shoe source or any Jack in the Box drive-thru.
All those black women you say should stand right cant stand for long because their ankles start to swell.
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I agree with you for the most part. The bottom line is makeup and stylist dress up the average celebrity.
I just would like to ask you what is wrong with looking natural?
I was diagnosised with thyriod cancer and I went from 140 to 190 in six monthes. Orginally, I was devastated because I prided myself in keeping my curves right.
I only hope that you understand that black women can hold their own beauty whatever size they may be.
I can say this and mean it.
Thank you for keepin it real.
Ms. Sharmaine
Its6amHoGetOut(Check me out!)
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In response to the above person
Dang ya’ll (some)sure gave num1domin a hard time for saying what has been said on this site about Serena on many occasions. Ya’ll know darn well that these pictures have been airbrushed. Ya’ll know that on most occasions both she and her sister look like men. Yes, we all give her props on her body but come on you know her face is not all that. Yeah, maybe he should not have referred to the gorilla thang but we know he was not talking about race. He’s given many brown and darker sista’s props before. Besides let the man have his opinion!
Rena looks fantastic. Shake the haters, girl. JMO.
Someone mentioned that you met your woman on the famous free interracial people seeking beautiful women site I n t i m a t e m i n g l e DOTC o m.. ? True or not??
see, this is all she needs: clothes for her own body. all the other stuff she was wearing looked like it came from a 12 year old girl’s closet.
Let me settle all this Blk on Blk Hate up in this bytch! Modern day slave making techniques of “oppression”? Look back in the days of juvenile early developing stages of slavery,the slavemaster stopped whipping the Blk Slaves himself personally.He had advanced his slave mastering techniques to the level where could train another Blk Man to beat his own brother ,at his command !You know?…Shit he probably had a brotha so trained that he beat his own Mother ,if she thought about running up out the that plantation.Well ,as we appoach the year 2009,this is the same today,just a lil more advanced.And thatz a damn shame .This devil sayz instead of me whiping you niggrz im going to let you do it to yourselfz.I going to teach self hate to these niggrz and let them hang themselves! And this he did listening to yall on here everyday, if i was white id say job well done.He said instead of me spending all my day trying to destroy niggz lives,Ill just teach them niggaz to Sabotage and Destroy their own lives!!!
Now, this whip that he handed us for the purpose of beating ourselves down and our ppl(Puerto rockz and dominicanz)down is a mind set called “NIGGATIVITY”(Nigga-tivity).That is a self-destructive style or form of thoughtz and actionz.Now i grew up with Domincanz and Puerto Ricanz and they never liked each other better than they liked us Blkz.It self hate ,itz a niggative thought pattern that produces a niggative behavior.And we whooping our own Blk and latin azzez with it everyday…..
See the devil got some aimz and purposes for your life.Shit the devil said if you niggaz ain’t’ gonna do something with your brainz, then i will!If you not gonna drive the force and directionz of your life,I’ll drive you niggrz crazy!I’ll drive you to your grave!I’ll drive you to jail!I’ll drive you to drugz!I’ll drive you to insanity!But nigga,if you stupid enough to let me drive your life,I’ll drive you straight to Hell!!!! REAL TALK GEE! TRY TO CIPHER THAT!!!
Now, I ain’t no Lez, but if I was, I’d do her.
I think Serena looks great, I mean she’s obviously comfortable in her skin…do your thing girl!
Oh by the way, num1dominicano, your new pic is nice…
Finally someone hooked up her hair. But she always looks great. GO HEAD SERENA!!!!!!!!!!!
she looks real pretty. I wish she could look like this all time instead of like damn Gargamel!
Serena looks beautiful as usual. She is not ugly but it is like someone mentioned that her look do not always transpire in her pictures. I do not think she is very photogenic sometimes but definitely she is not ugly. I like Serena because she keeps it real unlike so many other celebrities. For her to be as rich and famous as she is she is very down to earth. She could walk around with her nose in the air because she damn sure can afford to but she never puts anyone down. Serena and her sister are very good people and I applaud them for their success. Hell what you all should be asking them is to sponsor your kids, sisters, brothers, etc. to play tennis.
I think these are the most flattering picture I have seen of her she looks beautiful
bossip post the pics of serena and common. it’s already on people.com.
i’m so jealous!! common is my man!!
but the look great together!!
bossip post the pics of serena and common. it’s already on people.com.
i’m so jealous!! common is my man!!
but they look great together!!
She looks stunning in these pics not manly, I like these pics. Way too go Serena!
DAAAMMMNN! She Looks GGGRREEAATT!!! I am so glad they put a reegular sized woman on the cover of Ebony, those skinny ATM (America Top Model) chicks make me sick to my stomach; And DAMN Serena looks great…great…dont get rid of a damn thing you look ExCELLENT to a REAL MAN!!!
oh my geesus..i did not believe that she could look as nice as her sister…these pics really look good…maybe she toned it down on the weight lifting…
come on people! those shots are totally airbrushed!! She def doesn’t look like that in real life. Why do you think her pix always look manly?
I would say “she looks beautfiul” but instead I’m going to say “The airbrushing was done fabulously”
Nefchocolatepeach you are on point sister! This is something I have had to work on and still am…but I CAN’T STAND A BEAUTIFUL BLACK PERSON WITH A HOUSE NEGRO SELF HATRED ATTITUDE! I am not nice about addressing them either! lmao I have had a few people in my life who have ALSO tried to converse with me in the house negro tone and had to set em straight. I have actually managed to slap some sense into quite a few people and that is why someone like MissLadyJordan pisses me off with trying to keep the same ol’ self hatred going.
I am not asking anyone to say all Black women are beautiful and she knows it. I specifically pointed out what num1dominicano insinuated by his statement ’she was dark as an eggplant BUT pretty’. Notice how homegirl didn’t even address that! I already know why but she can’t seem to ADMIT why. It is very sad to me. How do you grow up Black and around Black people who love you but YOU HATE HOW MOST BLACK PEOPLE LOOK? Most of us look more like Serena than Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, Ciara, Christina Milian etc. so why do too many of us gravitate towards euro beauty while dismissing our own beauty?? It is disturbing…
Oh and I have also stated on many occasions that Serena could tone those arms down!
Serena and her sister Venus are physically unattractive. yes, they may be full of inner beauty. but let’s be candid here. they are not physically beautiful. when you have a team of hair and clothing stylists,make-up artists, and a professional photographer plus air brushing you too can be transformed from straight up ugly to decent looking.
I know many of you will get offended thinking an attack on these ugly twins is an attack on black beauty. it’s not. i’ve seen plenty of pretty black women (caribbean, african, american). and I refuse to be politcally correct and call these girls physically beautiful when YOU ALL KNOW THAT IF THEY WERE WALKING DOWN THE WAL-MART AISLE ALL THE MEN (BLACK, WHITE,LATINO) WOULD LOOK AWAY AND MAYBE STARE AT THEIR BOOTIES THEN STILL LOOK AWAY IN DISGUST.
WOW. I just went back and read all the comments against num1dominicano. I am a young women, born in the Dominican Republic and raised in the U.S. Yes, Dominicans have plenty of baggage when it comes to color, as do African-Americans.
When I visit the D.R., there’s still a mentality of the more European features you have, the straighter your hair and the lighter skin you have, the more beautiful you are.
here in America, African-Americans are pretty much the same.
at the end of the day though, I dont think num1dominicano was being racist.
there are plenty of light-skinned women who are ugly, for example beyonce. yes I said. the girl ain’t pretty, you are all just color struck. and plenty of darker-skinned women who are gorgeous like gabrielle union. it’s not about color, pretty is pretty.
@ CLAROLIZA
Sorry babe but I have been to Dominican Republic and the hatred for darkskinned non mixed black people is COMPLETELY on another level!!
There is straight up segregation. Blacks are complety excluded from certain venues. don’t come here and talk shit.
That was the most disturbing country I have ever visited. Issues so deep and so painful on too many levels to express.
Black Americans are NOWHERE close to the bullshit in Dominican Republic.
And incidentally—That is why so many black americans think serena is gorgeous, and the trwo people on this board representing dominican republic insist she is ugly. You insist even when it their beauty is staring you in the face, calling it ‘airbrushing’. you see it, but can’t bare to embrace it.
my point–u’s got issues!
Dear Z:
Wow! I am genuinely sorry that you had such a terrible experience in my beautiful country. Usually I hear people love the D.R. and the warm people. What part of the island did you visit?
Again, I stand by my comment that Serena and her twin are physically unattractive and it has nothing to do with skin color. yes, I am mixed like the majority of Dominicans. but didnt you just read my post above where I wrote that Beyonce ain’t too cute and she happens to be light-skinned. trust me, with me it’s not about the color. I just refused to jump on the bandwagon of political correctness when I know for a fact that if Serena and Venus were at the mall most men wouldn’t look at them. But if christina milian, gabrielle union or meghan good came through, men would be slobbering over them. I see it happen all the time with girls who look like serena versus meghan good. And it’s especially African-American men who are the first to go for anything exotic/mixed. I know from first-hand experience being a Dominican woman. As a matter of fact, African-American men come up to me already sensing I am mixed/Caribbean and make it a topic of conversation right off the bat.
Serena does look pretty not in comparison to anyone just talking about her. She has her own beauty that I believe she is just realizing and learning how to bring it out. Those blond weaves were so not attractive on them. I think that after all the brading and weaving that this may actually be her hair.
How could someone dare compare Serena to Anna Kournikova or whatever her name is. Serena is very attractive, talented and intelligent. Kournikova could not hit an ace if they placed her to the net and pushed her over. Serena has earned all the great things that she has achieved. As far as airbrushing goes, hell everyone on the magazine covers are airbrushed. Do not dare think that Beyonce isn’t airbrushed. She is a made up beauty. They are entitled to look however they wish. Nevertheless they are made up beauties but so are the white girls and every other nationality. I am all for people doing whatever pleases them. Happy for Serena, Beyonce, Rhianna, etc. success! Salute to them all!