http://photos.essence.com/galleries/essence_covers

Amazing covers

I love this one

Alek Wek *******.

Gary was so sexy.

Please tell me she looks better now

She used to be one of the most beautiful women, ever since her cosby days.

It's called age genius....

Plus she's wearing no makeup in that candid.

Grace, Lisa, Janet, Naomi, Tyra, Queen, Halle, Toni, Bey, For Colored Girls <3.

Bey looks so effortlessly beautiful.

Absolutely not. Look at her eyes and tell me she looks like a 40-year-old. It's called "rumoured drug abuse"

I don't care much for Messence these days. Every damn article is either 1) why black men don't want you or 2) why interracial dating will take you to the promised land or whatever. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Most of these covers are amazing, though. Alek Wek.

Some girls have to try, and then there's Beyonce. Her beauty radiates from her every pore.