Who says the beauty of a black woman is defined by her hair? Who says you can’t be loved because you have alopecia? Who even says you’re not beautiful without the long, straight, flowy hairstyle cascading down the shoulders? While the women with gloriously looking hair will always be admired, there’s pure beauty in baldness and we can prove it. Ahead, keep scrolling to see the 17 women who will probably convince you to go bald. Some people see it as a trend but it’s a lifestyle for these women.
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If you don’t know Destiny Owusu on Instagram, where have you been? She’s a regular baldie who often post sexy photos on the platform to showcase her barefaced beauty.
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Mela loves being a baldie and in one of her Instagram posts, the London-based beauty star explained that she loves the no hair trend because it allows her head to breath. “I also have decided to embrace my versatility and let my head breathe for this week, I fully missed being a baldie + this uk heat phew no thank you.” she captioned the photo.
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You probably may have seen her photo on your Instagram feed before but Sienna’s beauty is beyond the hair. She’s one of the happiest baldies we’ve ever seen.
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As a runway model, Maryse defies the beauty standard of the industry with her skin haircut. She’s walked many runways and flaunted countless campaigns and continues to keep it real with her baldness.
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Gone are the days where baldness on women was seen as an abomination but for Talphanie, it is a beauty ambition.
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Going bald is clearly a lifestyle for this Cameroonian model and with her new gig with Fenton Model Management, she definitely going to show it off in the upcoming fashion weeks.
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Many women may want to grow out super-long hair, but Iyanna James-Stephenson is on the opposite. With her Rastafarian background, the US-based model loves the beauty of baldness. “My identity was so closely wrapped up in my hair, that I believed I wasn’t me if I wasn’t loc’d,” Iyanna wrote. “Seven years later I have no hair at all. I don’t even grow my natural hair out. I simply prefer to shave my head. I prefer to be completely bald, and that is so beautiful to me.”
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The beauty of a black girl does not lie in her hair and this 33-year-old Atlanta woman is a good example.
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Sofi is a full-time baldie and with her penchant for baldness, we’re not seeing the fashion girl growing out her hair anytime soon.
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When she’s not going bald, Stephanie either cover her head with a headwrap or the fedora hat.
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Heymani was born with Alopecia and has since embraced her beauty the way she is but naturally, she’s darn pretty.
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Gabrielle Hamilton is a performer who simply loves the art of baldness.
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One thing is to be an alopecia and another is how to live it. This beauty is living her alopecia life to the fullest and never shied away from it. She leverage her baldie beauty to tutor other women who are like her, on how to wear a wig and still look natural.
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Chidimma Achebe is a proud baldie and a scroll through her Instagram account will prove it. According to the model, she’s that ‘neighborhood baldie.’
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Susan experimented with her hair during the quarantine days. She completely shaved everything off and was amazed how beautiful she looked even after opting to the baldie trend. “Wow I really did that SHAVED my head,” she captioned the photo.
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Long-haired women rocks but don’t say that to this Nigerian-Us-based black beauty whose entire life adventure has been on a skin haircut.
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There’s nothing Jeanne-Marie loves more than just being pretty in her bald hair.
