Thank goodness they didn’t Photoshop her into another person!
Kerry Washington gets to flaunt her natural beauty and exquisite bone structure on the cover of InStyle magazine’s September issue, and it may be her best cover yet!
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The actress looks beautiful and serene with berry lips and what appears to be just a touch of mascara. She’s flawless!
The pregnant star, who is soon to give birth to her second child, also gives a sophisticated interview to the publication that shows just how intelligent and aware she is.
We love her even more for that!
Read on for HIGHlights!
On race relations: “I don’t want to not be African. The goal is to live in a world where my race doesn’t limit my access, where I can see myself represented in the highest level of society without any limitation.”
On the trajectory of social change: “I choose to feel optimistic, because I don’t think I could get out of bed if I didn’t. The key will be when we stop allowing our otherness to separate us. Whether it’s immigrant’s rights, women’s rights, civil rights, or LGBT rights, we’re all under attack, because none of us belongs to that small group who have held power for a very long time.”
On needing help: “I consider myself busy, but [Scandal creator and writer] Shonda [Rhimes] has about four of five shows, three kids… She says, ‘If you feel like you have just the right amount of help, then you don’t have enough.’ My therapist said this too. You need a lot of support. Not just logistically but emotionally and spiritually.”
On feminism: “I feel like there is a misconception of this catty, competitiveness between women. That has not been my experience, particularly in Shondaland. My mother is one of seven kids├óΓé¼┬ªso I have a lot of strong women in my family, and I have supportive, beautiful relationships with all of them. Being the one woman in the room should not be seen as a victory. If there’s only one of us in the room, we’re still a token; we don’t actually have an empowered voice. If there’s two of us, we’re still a minority. If there’s three├óΓé¼┬ª then we’re allowed to have a multiplicity of opinions.”
See Kerry’s spread in the gallery (above)!
[Image via InStyle Magazine.]