@15 T2W

The used Photoshop on all of them.

Gabrielle looks sooooooooooo pretty in that pic but Jill Scott is just naturally gorgeous and it doesn’t make sense to me that they didn’t give her the “big hair”…I saw clips of the photoshoot and they gave everyone big hair, even the white women and extensions out the ***…so I just don’t get why Jill’s own hair is blowing in the wind…unless, they just know Jill is real like that… I’m thinking she didn’t get big hair because she’s bigger…they probably associated her with the adjectives dowdy and conservative…which just means: “you’re big and naturally inured to covering up.” Her photo sends a message that runs counter to the purpose of the shoot…empowerment, right? She looks insular and self-conscious.

the white women had*

If sex sells, where are the platinum plaques of :

Christina Milian
Amerie
Brooke Valentine
Rihanna (let’s be real, she don’t sell nothing)
Monica - when she started it
Brandy - when she started it
Ashanti (it works once, she got lucky)
Kelly Rowland
Toni Braxton
Mya
Cassie
Nicole Scherzinger
Teairra Mari
Nivea
Shawnna
Khia
Jackie-O

People say this just cause that’s what everyone says, while Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Corrine Bailey Rae, Mary J and Leona Lewis are selling mad records with no G-String on cameras. Beyonce is one of the exceptions to the rule because her talent is UNDENIABLE. You have one or two other ones, but the vast majority of them FLOPPPP!!! Stop believing the HYPE. Truth is sex used to sell cause it was a “rebellious” statement back then, it was shocking, it was revolutionary, that’s why Madonna or Lil Kim shined, but today people are UNIMPRESSED because everybody does it. This why music ain’t selling like it used to, downloading isn’t to blame, otherwise Alicia or Mary J wouldn’t be selling. Too much sex killed it. It’s boring. It’s everywhere and in every video. Too easy. Oh and besides one or two exceptions, “Gansta Rap” with its “bitches and video hoes” ain’t selling NOTHING. Common and Kanye are way more consistent and will last longer than most of these studio pimps.

Yeah right… if sex sells…….then class prevails. LMAO!

#79 (”Yeah Right”) …………can’t agree with you more

@YEAH RIGHT, Toni Braxton sold MILLIONS apart from her last two albums. Shes been selling sex from the start (even though shes amazingly talented, and does it tastefully!). Her problem was that she was a bad business woman (bankruptcy, that mess switching labels, etc) and lack of promotion. She still wears revealing outfits and is still managing to pull sell out crowds in Vegas.

Lil’ Kim’s gimmick ran out YEARS ago. Dont nobody wanna hear female rappers anyway. Her success is based more on her image and reputation, not so much her record sales.

They better work, I am glad they are having sisters rep in the mag and two that I love tremendously for their talent and beauty. Its a GREAT day!

UMMM THERES A REASON WHY BIG WOMEN ARENT NAKED IN MAGAZINES. A WOMANS NAKED BODY SHOULDNT BE CELEBRATED BY THE WORLD PERIOD. REGARDLESS OF SIZE. YOUR MAN IS THE ONLY ONE THAT SHOULD CELEBRATE THE BEAUTY OF YOUR BODY AND YOUR EYES OF COURSE. I WOULD NEVER POSE NAKED….WITH ALL THESE PERVERTS AND SICK MINDED PPL IN THIS WORLD. IF THE WORLD WAS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAT HAD NO EVIL OF COURSE THERE WOULD BE NO SHAME IN IT.

@ 81, yeah but her talent is UNDENIABLE like Beyonce, but she don’t sell no more today. And about Kim I said “shineDDDD” cause she doesn’t sell anymore either. Like I said, most sex-selling chicks actually don’t sell today. When you compare those who sell sex combined VS those who don’t combined, those who don’t sell sex outsell those who do. Many artist that aren’t exposed are good selling artists. It’s the same for men. Most men selling sex are nowhere, besides exceptions like Usher and Justin who actually don’t do “too much”. Marques Houston or Ray J etc are flops. While Anthony Hamilton or Lyfe Jennings are platinum selling artists.

Boy looka here, we all know that gabriel is bad, but ms jill scott can get….WOOO WOOOO!!!

I think that was a great idea! But Jilly aint no 16! Loves her, but come on…..
And why is she always in a jacked up shifty azz wig???

I would take that thick Jill Scott out of the forest for real. I love her body.

Note to Allure: “MOVE THE DAMN FIGS FROM IN FRONT OF JILL’S TWAT, FOR CRYIN’ OUT LOUD!!!”

I think both women are beautiful, although I hate Jill’s hair. I just wanted to
comment that this is an annual issue– they do it every year. Kelly Rowland
posed a couple of years back. It is for self-awareness, but also I think of a
charity (I can’t remember). Posing nude and celebrating the human body has
been an art form for centruies, and this is continuing that tradition. I see
nothing wrong with how this is done. Second, for everyone who thinks Jill
isn’t a size 16–I just saw her in concert March 25—baby girl has lost MAD
weight. She walked out and everyone around me was like, “Jill look GOOD,
she has shed a lot!” They might have smoothed out some things, but she is
definitely alot slimmer than she’s been in the past.

Ya’ll love to hate by any means necessary. I think this was an artistic endeavor. For the artistically challenged, they wouldn’t get it. Being brave enough to show your body and be comfortable is a good thing. I don’t think these ladies would condone being naked in real life or walking around outside naked or half naked. It’s for the picture.

Whoever said “you don’t see male celebrities doing this for self esteem”, truth is they don’t have to. Men don’t have to be any particular size to get a part in a film or to get a bunch of pretty women. Men aren’t overly criticized about their bodies, women are because of hating ass other women and men who will only date a size zero, and of coarse the gay kids.

Most Of the People On here Are ignorant And Rude! People Saying they are just trying to get attention and Stripped down to Nothing is where People Started and Being Naked And Happy with yourself is part of Loving you as a whole Some of you On here Can not Looking In the Mirror naked and Not Find a flaw and Complain About it Many Probably Will Not look in the mirror after you get out the shower so Please Don’t try to turn Everything into a Publicity Stunt Be Happy Someone Is Will to Do Something alot of are afraid to do
SO STOP HATING!!!
And Take It For What its meant to be

They look wack.

[pumpin fist] hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate!!!

how many of you would’ve actually done that? honestly?!

i’ll wait…

thank you #90.

I am truly proud of Jill!

Beyonce’ exception to the rule, LOL she kind of started it all with this generation of music.I didn’t know Monica and Brandy sold sex, would that include Aaliyah in the mix?Nobody is exception to the rule.Trust you might think Kanye is all goody goody, sure he is not.

Get em ladies!!!

Um Jill isnt this the thing you were trying to steer young women against when you went on that rampage against the video chicks at the essence festival? And I dont give a damn about it being artistic, you aint getting a pass because its a womens magazine and next time, make sure they dont have you like a wilderbeast in the next spread im just saying…

Would y’all MFs with the negative comments shut up!?
This ain’t the first time Gabrielle Union posed nude. She was also nude in a book by photographer Marc Baptiste called “Marc Baptiste Nudes.” I’m interested in seeing Jill in the nude. Yes, I said it! Motherfuckers get all over-sensitive about nudity these days! It’s going to be done tastefully!! If they want to be nude, that’s their choice!

BEAUTIFUL. TASTEFUL. LOVELY.

Jill’s photo is airbrushed like a mu.. How is that suppose to make someone feel good? We ALL could be photoshopped. She is 10X bigger than that. This is a dumb topic. I like Jill for her singing, not her looks. I’m not a fan a Gabs to begin with. I think they could have took way better pictures of Jill.

No she is not bigger than that. Jill has big boobs, but lost alot of weight.

Are yall kidding me? Whats the problem they look beautiful! I think the ones complaining obviously got issues with themselves.

jill’s covered hiding behind some leaves come on i wanna see jill’sd whole package give us some backshots jill wanna see whast you working work. gabrielle does indeed show more but we seen her nude in the past.

Well REALISTIC I guess women need to take notes from men since men keep ruling this world without having to always use their bodies for it, and realize that you don’t have to use your body to “empower” you cause it doesn’t define who you are. Just how many times with Gabby have to do this to feel better about herself because this isn’t the first time? I say go seek a psychiatrist if you still haven’t found inner love after all this time. And just because some people don’t like it does mean that they “hate”. People just have different opinions, nobody called them hoes or ugly.

Jill’s hair looks a mess, and I’m sure that face she’s makin was not the goal, lol.

P.S.: I love the way VICKIED spelled “denial,” lol!

@ 96 anonymiss……Beyonce is one of the exceptions to the rules as far as “sex that sells” these days, cause very few do, whoever started it isn’t what im concerned with. And Brandy’s “Afrodisiac” video and KING mag spread? Monica’s last album cover and video for “Dozen Roses”? Come on nah.

Lookin good sistahs.

BULLS*** they kno da TRUE reason y they getting naked iz becuse they WANT MORE PUBLICITY…stop tryna hide da fact wit all da B.S ..we all kno dat in diz industry u have 2 either
1: give pussy..or
2: get nude..

Come off it with those “I don’t have to do (fill in supposed taboo act here) to feel good, etc., etc. rah, rah”

You were born naked, you originally were never supposed to KNOW you were naked and in your Nu Life (TM), I highly doubt Levis, Baby Phat, Victoria’s Secret or Fruit of the Loom will even be a factor.

Clothes equals evil. You can hide guns, knives, razor blades and, the most evil of them all - MONEY, in them.

That’s the problem with you humans now - swear up and down everything that seems sane is actually the product of years of blindness.

Jill wouldn’t make it out the house effin with me!

Meant to say –>

That’s the problem with you humans now - swear up and down everything that seems sane is gospel when it actually is the product of years of blindness.

i just fell in love with jill scott…..omg..i’d love to kiss her naked body

#2 pretty much summed it up for me

YOU BETTA REPRESENT MISS JILL

All of the ladies looked lovely. Go Jill for representing the thick ones

Why is everyone acting like a 16 is a size 2!!! Jill has big breasts so that makes her look bigger than she is regardless of what size she is. Plus as someone else stated, she has lost weight on WDIGM, she’d purposely gained weight back that was lost before the movie and my guess would be that she’s taken that back off.

I’m not a fan of nudity outside of being before your husband/wife or doctor:) But that’s crazy that she’s being made out to be this amazon when she could easily be a 16 as she stated and you’d be a fool to say you are knowing people will critique you regardless of what you say or do.

I think the pics are pretty.

I’m just glad they didn’t airbrush Jilly’s tig ol’ bitties. Not all chesticles are built the same. I, for one, am proud of mine. Glad she’s proud of hers, too.

Swing d’em bitches, Jill-O!

Jill, noooooooooo! She looks like she’s posing for a really bad soft porn cover or really bad 70s magazine ad for tampons. They stuck her behind some weeds and airbrushed the hell out of her body so you couldn’t even tell it was hers….it probably isn’t.

Allure is not the mag to showcase big, beautiful bodies.

At a size 18 and 5′2 myself, I can look at Jill Scott and tell she is MUCH bigger than me, so the size 16 thing is laughable(I can see her being more like a size 22). Even Queen Latifah is a 18 like me and she’s smaller than Jill Scott…I’m glad she had the guts to do this shoot, tho…

I would love to see Jill Scott, I think she is very attractive. G. Union you are sexy also but I would love to see the size 16 woman.

@19

Jill Scott looks like a size 16. Stop trying to bring another woman down. Have you seen what a women who is a size 26 looks like? Have you seen Jill Scott in person? If you did, you clearly would not have made that comment. She is not as heavy as you may think. Obviously she is not as small as most women in the entertainment industry, but she is not as heavyset as you believe. Jill Scott is no where near a size 26.

I’m happy to see them do tasteful nude photos. There is nothing wrong with nudity or being sexy, the only problem is when it is used to exploit people and it is the only image you are given. However, this is not the case here. There is nothing wrong with tasteful nudity, and there is certainly not anything wrong with using these types of photos to sell magazines. That’s the whole purpose - to convey ideas and publish pictures and ads that people will want to read and see so that they will purchase your magazine. Even if what they are saying about embracing yourself and all of that other stuff is a gimmick to sell magazines, so what? They are magazine company, which means they sell magazines. This is far more tasteful than the pin up type of photos that are found in XXL, Maxim, and other magazines that include pictures of women.

@58

You talk about respect and all of this, but your last line is “all you naked bitches buy some damn clothes.” You are clearly hypocritical. They are tastefully nude in a magazine and you say they are perpetuating stereotypes, however, you just called some women “bitches.” Before you look at other people’s so called wrongs, you need to take a hard look at yourself. Your response alone reveals your lack of respect for yourself and other women so how dare you even comment.

Why are you so angry? Even if you do not agree with nudity, why are you so mad? It seems like you have some other issues going on that you project onto other women. Women like you really annoy me because you profess to be the know-alls of proper behavior, but do not show a modicum of respect or dignity. Stop looking at other people’s supposed shortcomings and turn the mirror towards yourself.

Lastly, we all know how negatively Black women’s sexuality has been portrayed in the media. We all know that Black women’s bodies have put on display for the world to see in the most offensive manners. However, this does not mean that every single time a Black women shows her body it is wrong. It’s not what is being shown, it’s the manner by which it is done. So although there are many times when Black women’s bodies are put on display for the world in a way that is sexually offensive, this does not mean that every time you see a Black women’s body portrayed sexually that she is perpetuating negative stereotypes. If you believe that, then you are no better than the people who put Black women’s bodies on negative display because you have embraced the idea that our bodies automatically promote hyper-sexuality.

I love it, Gabrielle is nice but too skinny for my taste. But Jill Scott is freakin’ HOT.
But the trees are in the way!

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu betta get it jill.show em that thick is it!!!!!!!!!!!

GOOD FOR JILL SCOTT. SHE MADE A TELLING POINT THAT YOU CAN BE SEXY AND BEAUTIFUL AT ANY AGE AND SIZE!

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Wow, I can’t believe all the drama created by these pictures. The whole point of this is to embrace female beauty in ALL of its forms. And it’s not just black women that participated in this shoot, so please drop the BS. Yes, sex appeal is the most powerful propaganda used in today’s media. Let’s look outside of the entertainment industry for a moment and take a look at the commercials that we all take for granted. With or without clothing, sex sells. If it didn’t, why would there be a modeling industry, and why would the criterion to succeed in such an industry be set a such high standards. Brava to these ladies, who are saying, ‘you can love me or hate me for it, but this is me as God intended, and I love it.”

Yes, sometimes I get sick of all of the nudity as well, especially for women of color who seem to be born into this world with two strikes against them. All of this aside, don’t waste your time complaining now unless you are offended every time a female entertainer comes out in stilettos, bra top and skirt just barely covering her goodies as well. Also, yes, it is more prevalent in the female population, but male sex sells as well. Didn’t D’Angelo shoot the video for Untitled in the nude? Were you complaining then and crying sexism? Every time a rapper of singer takes his shirt off and gyrates on stage, are we disgusted by the blunt display of sexuality? I think not. So love the pictures or hate them, but ladies, please don’t commit yourselves to this double standard of what is and isn’t appropriate that so many of you claim to hate yourselves.

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