‘Orange is the New Black’ actresses cover Essence Magazine’s July 2015 issue

Actresses Laverne Cox, Samira, Danielle, Adrienne, Uzo & Vicky are all cover gals for the  July 2015 issue of Essence magazine! Don’t you love the orange hues they are wearing, so pretty. The magazine hits newsstands on June 12th, check out one more pose inside the magazine below! It is all about LOVING your body in this issue! #LOVEMYBODY.

The actresses shared with the magazine what they cherish most about their bodies.

Two-time ESSENCE cover star Laverne Cox describes her ritual of learning to love herself, no matter what: “This is intense, and it’s hard. What I’ve been doing is looking in the mirror and listing all the things I have an issue with and then saying, ‘This is beautiful.’ I just go down the list and tell myself, ‘You have to accept that this is you today.’ I make time to do this.”

“Being [my size] in this industry is so rare,” says 25-year-old stunner, Danielle Brooks, “but regular people look more like me than runway models. To show beauty in a different way really lights me up inside. That’s so cheesy, but it does.”

Emmy-winner Uzo Aduba admits it took her time to fully embrace her signature smile. “For the majority of my first 18 years, I hated my gap. My mom would tell me that in Nigeria, it’s a sign of beauty. I was like, ‘We’re in Massachusetts.'” She continues, “Today there’s not a selfie or personal photo I take where I’m not smiling wide. It sometimes feels as if I’m making up for lost smiles.”

Source: Essence

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