She look like a oily mess and her feet is UGLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She never was cute 2 me.

GET NAKED!

I knows shes a man… I don’t why she’s coverieng her chest.

This is so wrong…SO WRONGGGGG

Very nice SERENA,

LORD, I need 2 hit the jym………A.S.A.P!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

quit hatin on her i luv her sexy black ass

Okay. Angel

DON’T WORRY SERENA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If I was FAT & OUT OF SHAPE or just plain ol’ BUTT UGLY, I would be hating too.

(SMMFH)!

her body

damn, she look goog.

had this very pose not been done over and over again, I may have liked it

Question Angel “when i recieve and error messange “in moderation” does that mean you don’t want my comment on your site” cause this is the 3rd time. And please just asking a question ( attitude not necessary) TNX

I don’t know about this. I have a big problem with a black woman posing nude for a primarily white publication. I just don’t like this.

What the hell is Serena doing gettin naked for a photo shoot? This brings my respect for her down a notch. She already has money, and a good amount of fame. Yet that isn’t enough attention, so she needs to get naked.
Stay classy Serena (sarcasm intended).

UH THINK OF SOMETHING NICE TO SAY UHHHH…….. NICE MUSCLES

HOWEVA SHE LOOKS A MESS SHE LOOKS DIRTY SOMETHING ABOUT HER FACE LOOKS A TAD BIT OR AWHOLE LOT OFF HER TOES THEM TOES OFF THE CHAINS THEY POSING FOR THE CAMERA SEPERATELY NOT SURE IF THIS IS SUPPOSE TO B APPEALING BUT IT TICKLES MY BELLY

Her body looks amazing. Sexual chocolate. I’ve never liked the white-woman hair on her or Venus though. For some reason that hair on them brings to mind Planet of the Apes.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…

…AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

I bet she got a thong on or something, it’s just cleverly disguised.

She looks great, i don’t get people issues with nudity, I also don’t understand all the hate, ya’ll know Serena look good in this pick, ya’ll must not be feelin good about ya’ll selves today, get over it.

WHOAAA….YIKES…………..

Now that the initial shock is gone….

@16… I agree… Natural looks would be great…

Dammmmmmn Serena! Can you imagine what the view must be like when you go on a “mission” to play tennis in a foriegn land?

What does Serena, Prince, and Brandy all have in common?

I heart Concreleloop, I really do.. Sometimes I wonder how other sites uploads things 2 and 3 days earlier.. Again I heart Concreteloop. Just curious

I heart Concreleloop, I really do.. Sometimes I wonder how other sites uploads things 2 and 3 days earlier.. Again I heart Concreteloop. Just curious

Some of you people are so mean for nooo reason! lol. Ok shes not as feminine as Halle or as petite as Jada, but what makes Serena beautiful is the same things that makes you beautiful. She’s unique and sexy is her own way. I know this comment means nothing to your hateful, bitter, angry ass, but chill, she has feelings too. And odds are shes looks better naked than you lol

I don’t understand the hate but she looks amazing!!! No homo lol!

ARE U SERIOUS

Serena is a goddess tbh

She may not be the dainty feminine type but she is an INCREDIBLE athlete, her body is just sick - toned, healthy, lovely skin. She is strong and she is good.

Now check this…Serena spend loads of her time either playing tennis, training for tennis or doing a hell of a lot of work for various charities. In contrast, the Bajan Prostitute spends her time gliding around fashion shows looking like a comical robot…and getting beat up by her little boyfriend. Serena is in a whole other league. Get it, Serena!!

@R U SERIOUS

Is that you in your little avatar pic?

@ MEAT…not a damn thang…LOL.

Now back to this cover…she should have taken that wig off as well. I dunno why Im not feelin this pic. Her body is amazing, she’s pretty, but this pic is jus not hot to me

@# 15, SAY LIKE IT IS,

You must be 1 of those SELF-HATING NEGROS who thinks darkskin people look dirty………Am I right or am I right?

Serena’s choice to debase herself by appearing naked on the cover of this mag is suspect considering her little blow up at this year’s US Open. She doesn’t want to be labeled the angry black woman so she chooses to be the stereotypical naked one. Maybe should use all that money and go to college preferably a black one so she can learn a little pride.

Why doesn’t she have some type of clothing on??? Everyone else in that shoot has some type of clothing on and isn’t 100% naked…hhmmmm

I can only go by what I’ve seen her in (I loved her and her sisters reality show) or what she has interviewed on but she SEEMS like such a good, humble & down to earth person. I’m a HUGE fan.

I’m a just a little disappointed. I mean don’t get me wrong she looks great, but… I don’t know. I just think she can do better than that.

Well I’ve got work to do, just wanted to give my 2 cents.

LMAO at “rolling like a river’s” comment

NEXT TIME ADD AM I RIGHT OR WRONG???? I WAS COMMENTING ON SERENA IN MY OPINION BUT I SEE YOU COULDNT COMMENT ON THE TOPIC ITSELF DUE TO YOUR CRAMPING MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO TAKE SOME ADVIL LMAO I DONT WANNA LABLE YOU AN ANGRY BLK WOMAN LMAOOOOO

#33 The photo shoot was done well before the USopen this year so get off the she’s only being naked to better her image bull. Maybe if you didn’t go to a black college but a real one you might know what you are talking about. And what would you know about pride? Pride is being brave enough to say I know all these hating black crabs and racist whites hate seeing a strong black woman’s body, but I’ll pose nude and show off my beautiful black skin and well earned muscles anyway.

I respect Serena as an athlete and what she and Venus have done for the sport of tennis. As far as looks I think she looks great….she’s fit and firm.

@ 38 BRACESOFF…..hey now, I kinda got offended by the ” Maybe if you didn’t go to a black college but a real one…” comment. LOL. I went to HBCU…and i got a great education.

But I know you were jus responding to someone’s post.

31. Dude-N-Htown,……..all JWs.

Work it Serena. Her body is tight and all you haters need to quit. Do your thing ‘Rena

“Now check this…Serena spend loads of her time either playing tennis, training for tennis or doing a hell of a lot of work for various charities. In contrast, the Bajan Prostitute spends her time gliding around fashion shows looking like a comical robot…and getting beat up by her little boyfriend. Serena is in a whole other league. Get it, Serena!!”

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Why are you calling this black woman a prostitute? Her name is “Rhianna”. Why must you mention Barbados? There are plenty of American prostitutes/celebrities running around. What is your obsession with Rhianna(I’m not picking on you alone btw)? She’s so useless,irrelevant,not talented then don’t waste another minute on her. I’ll start to believe you all aren’t just a bunch of jealous haters.

“Maybe should use all that money and go to college preferably a black one so she can learn a little pride.”
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For a tennis player she’s educated. I’m not sure,but I think she went to college. I know Venus graduated a few years ago(design I think). Also,this is actually the second time Serena has posed naked.

Hating ass females!

Serena looks good, I wish I had radiant chocolate skin like that

Stop hatin on serena. Yall just mad because yall don’t look like her. I think she has beautiful dark skin. Some of you women need to go shave that mustache of yall face and recognize real beauty.

She looks SEXY!!!

Its about goddam time they put a real woman on there. On any magazine for that matter not everyone is as skinny as a chicken wing. Love the pic. Haters gone hate.

EEEW NOT SEXY :-/

um, that looks nasty as hell.. SERENA STOP!

ew wtf. she mad ugly.. & look at ha toes ewww! she looks a man!

@# 38 u sound like a total idiot (maybe if u didnt go to a black college but a real one)? wtf is that supposed to mean ? stay off the drugs please people!!

LMAO @ # 51 damn that was harsh

Serena’s body has always been fierce. Undisputed fact. However, this cover was quite unnecessary IMO. She has she right to do it but I don’t see how it advances her carrer in any way.

SOME of the people don’t like the way she “looks” because they have been mentally conditioned by the system to dislike dark skin, and strong features. They don’t acknowledge her kind of beauty because “The lighter, the Brighter the Better” mentallity still reigns supreme.

Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class by Lawrence Otis Graham was a great read on the topic.

kind

She looks great! But I’d never shoot someone’s foot straight on like that. Looks weird.

SMH @ all the people who fear the human body. You only dislike nudity because YOUR nudity would be publicly offensive.

Very artistic. I love this pic of Serena, it is very tasteful, and definitely shows her from another angle (smile)

Sorry, but if I’m being honest, I don’t really care for the picture. Sometimes she does look nice, like in recent posts (new stylist?), but in general, I personally don’t consider her to be the most *gorgeous* person and it has NOTHING to do with the tone of her skin. There are APLENTY of white and other folks that I would and have said the same thing about. Physical beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and to me, has nothing to do with skin tone (there’s an abundance of beautiful dark skinned black women) and more to do with a combination of features, be they afrocentric, eurocentric or asiatic (?).

To me, she would probably look better without the UBER-Eurocentric hair weave because her features are much more afrocentric (and afrocentric is NOT a synonym with ugly), thus it just looks *off* against her features and is not complimentary. I think she would look better with a more natural looking (ethnically speaking) grade of hair weave (or *CRAZY IDEA*, maybe work with her own natural hair!)

I know I wrote an essay, but ppl on this blog seem to love accusing others of “self-hatred” if they simply don’t think a particular individual who happens to have dark skin is gorgeous - and that’s not the case.

she looks like a sexy amazon goddess to me…

ciara? thass u? lol.. nice body

my oh my…serena…

Love it!

Well said La_Verite….you made a good point regarding the ‘european’ hair. The comments are generally favorable when she wears the more afrocentric styles, and I agree, she does look better. I happen to think she looks radiant in this picture. Funny, it’s generally the women who tear her down while the majority of men who comment think she’s the shit (my man included, but that’s cool cuz I feel the same way about her man!)

#52 Baller’s bitch, If you can’t figure out what something means then maybe you are the idiot.

#57 Please feel free to list this “abundance of beautiful dark skinned black women” who make as much money or get as much press in the black community, we don’t even need to mention Hollywood, as Halle, Beyonce, Rihanna, or any other light skinned woman. We always hear people say it’s not about skin color, yet all the evidence says otherwise.

After glancing at this, I felt so brainwashed. I’m used to seeing thin/slim/glamored/airbrushed black women on magazine covers that for a second, I thought she looked terrible. [sigh] I hate the way modern media has that sort of influence on my preferences. ANYWAYS, Serena’s body is wicked (in a good way).

I love Serena…I’ve always thought that she has one of the sickest bodies in the game and her tennis record proves how quick she can move and remain thick at the same time. She’s never going on any type of starvation diets or anything. I wish they had put her in some shorts in a tank though and let her hold her racket in my opinion. I’m not a fan of nudity for a sports magazine. I’m not feeling the hair…I like when she wears the black curly hair.

THERE ARE LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL DARK SKINNED WOMEN TO ME
NAOMI, NATURI, LAURYN HILL, KENYA MOORE, SERENA COULD ALL GET IT.
SHE LOOKS GREAT TO ME. SHE’S AN ATHLETIC WOMAN. I’M GLAD SHE’S SHOWING HER BODY. MAYBE SHE WILL INSPIRE MORE WOMEN TO WORK OUT INSTEAD OF WALKING AROUND 75 AND 80 LBS OVERWEIGHT THINKING YOU ARE A SEXY AND CALLING YOURSELF BBW, JUICY, THICK, ETC.

i think she looks great. very sexy. i like. lol

I literally started laughing when I seen this. It was just automatic LOL!

It’s a TANK.

Can’t believe Common would hit that.

AS RICH AS SHE IS ……WHY DIS-RESPECT HERSELF LIKE THAT?

WHY REDUCE YOURSELF TO A PIECE OF A SS?…..

GIRLs DO THAT WHEN THEY HAVE TOOO..

….SHE HAS $$$ ALREADY ….why is she nude?

LOL @ DWIGHT HOWARD COVERING UP HIS BREASTS IN HIS COVER SHOT!

LLLLLLMMMMMMAAAAAOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree..natural hair would suit her better…the hair makes the pic look unbalanced…

@la_verite. If you are not one of the “SOME” Then my comments don’t apply to you. OK? I’m not suggesting that all black people should think that someone like
Serena is beautiful because she is black. I only hope that people ask themselves honestly, why is she not beautiful to me?

Simply personal preference? Has that preference been influnced by the pervasive campaign in the media to associate all things beautiful with blond hair and blue eyes?
Whatever the answer, I think it’s a question worth asking.

kind.