In this week’s edition of ‘Women of color, women of quality’, we bring you Beyonce.
Beyonce Knowles
Born: September 4, 1981
Occupation: Actress, singer-song writer
Almost everything Beyonce touches turns to gold. A former member of the extremely successful trio, Destiny Child, Beyonce is one of the few artistes who managed to carve a name for her even after disbandment. With 5 Billboard number 1 songs, 12 top ten hits, countless endorsement deals, 5 Grammy awards scooped up in a year, Beyonce is looking to be in for the long haul.
A highly versatile performer; she is a mezzo-soprano who has been known to pull off long notes while dancing her bootylicious derrière off, she is one of the very few talented artistes who rarely has an off performance.
Her success isn’t limited to just the boundaries of the music industry. She is often lauded for her performances on the silver screen. Showing off her acting chops, she has starred in the critically acclaimed movie, Dream girl, where she was nominated for a Golden Globe. This year, in between rehearsing for her tour and releasing an album, she found time to act in a thriller-form movie titled Obsessed. Again, her performance was critically well-received, and even more notably this time, because it was her first venture at not playing the role of a singer.
(^btw i still giggle at 2:37 the audience who trying took her glove..but bey just gave them..lol.)
Beyonce Knowles is the epitome of glamour. She always appears at the red carpets looking like a million dollars. There is always this sparkle in her. She speaks in a low and calm voice but make no mistake. Once she takes center stage, she transforms into a hard, ferocious and in her own words, a fierce entertainer.
One of the most hardworking entertainers, it is a surprise that fame has yet to get to her. While her female coworkers are busy working the tabloids; flashing their crotches, getting pulled over for DUI, she has always maintained a clean tabloid slate. A woman of quality, she doesn’t get involved in the dark side of the business; eschewing the use of drugs and even smoking. We don’t think we have even heard her use any four-letter word before!
She has dedicated her cause to helping children and youths. Using her innate talents for a good cause, she co wrote the song, Stand Up for Love, which was the anthem of World Children’s Day in 2005. In 2008, she generously donated $100,000 to relief efforts, benefitting victims of Hurricane Ike.
Beyonce has always appeared to be calm and collected. She always has a genuine smile and she keeps her private life to herself, preferring instead to discuss more about her career. Industry watchers have deemed her antics ‘mild’ and ‘boring’ but hey, that is a woman of swagger. She doesn’t need to play up her wild side to get attention.
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