TweetWhen I found out that Academy Award nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe was going to be on the cover of ELLE magazine, I was elated. Here was a sister with meat on her bones sporting unperfect perfection. Gabby would be gracing the coveted cover of a fashion magazine that is usually held for underweight waifs with little substance. Despite what you may have heard (or been force fed by the media), Gabby is fierce. Baby, she is a thick snack with a confidence unseen in women like her. I thought, “ELLE magazine is all good with me!”. But that was before I saw the cover of ELLE. I first saw the cover online and was shocked and appalled. WHO is this chick? Certainly, it isn’t the chocolicious lovely young woman we first came to love in the movie ‘Precious’. Not only did the cover not doing her justice (bad hair, subpar ...
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