Chicago Defender reporter Kathy Chaney posted this link about what Iman had to say about Michelle Obama. Click here to read it. This is my response in turn. First of all, Iman is NOT pretty to me. She's all right, but I wouldn't walk by her and say, "Oh, she's beautiful." Tyra Banks has her beat by a long shot. Hell, Michelle Obama is far prettier than her to me. I like Iman's fashion line and wear her lipstick shades, but that's where it ends. I'm really getting tired of black women having to find ways to pick on each other. I wouldn't have even written this blog about how funny-looking I think Iman is if not for her goofy comments about Michelle Obama.
Michelle does look a lot prettier than she did when we started seeing her on the scene. I wasn't into the flip hair, but I love how she's rocking the wrap now. I think her eyebrows and bone features are excellent. When I see Michelle Obama, she's striking, and I'd say that even if she wasn't married to Barack Obama.
But my bigger issue is her saying that "When you're a great beauty, it's all downhill." Not true. Not even remotely close. Off the top of my head, I can think of several women who are gorgeous and don't have a bad reputation to ruin it (ex. Regina King, Billie Holiday, Beyonce, MC Lyte, Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, Stacey Dash, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Megan Goode, Gabrielle Union, Lucy Liu, Julia Roberts). I could go on, but you get the picture.
Seriously, sistas, we have GOT to stop trying to find ways to pick at each other. Where is Iman's publicist? What she should have said is how bright the woman is and left it at that. The rest was unnecessary.