'I love the way she unapologetically carried herself and in the face of strife, she still stood her ground,' she tells Harper's Bazaar for our May cover story.
To Anok Yai, a woman’s beauty is in her power.In a cover interview for Harper’s Bazaar’s May 2024 issue, the South Sudanese–American model reflects on what beauty means to her, and how that definition has changed for her through the years.“When I was younger, I thought that beauty was something that you could attain more of. … If I put on this nice outfit, if I wear this certain makeup, it would make me more beautiful,” Yai says.
I mean, it controls me too, and I wanna get to a point where even if I’m scared, I can move forward, right?”That’s why Nina Simone is her beauty icon. “I love the way she unapologetically carried herself and in the face of strife, she still stood her ground,” Yai says of the singer, pianist, songwriter, and Civil Rights activist. “She had moments of intense fear because she went through a lot, but she still acted fearless.
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