Janelle Monae: Cover Girl's First Natural Model?

Janelle Monae -- Cover Girl's first model with natural hair? Source

R&B singer Janelle Monáe is the new spokesmodel for COVERGIRL.

Monáe will star in the makeup line's fall campaign and, perhaps, is the first openly natural Cover Girl model (I think Queen Latifah may be natural, but I'm not sure since she largely wears her hair straight).

COVERGIRL couldn't have picked a better spokesperson. With her trademark natural pompadour and uniquely styled black and white ensembles, the songstress encourages others to embrace their uniqueness.

"Becoming a COVERGIRL is truly an honor and a gift," said Monáe in a statement in Essence Magazine.  "It opens up a new platform for me to inspire women to feel stronger, braver and more beautiful inside and out. One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music and fashion worlds and to empower the wonderful things that make us unique."

“I believe it’s time that women truly owned their superpowers and used their beauty and strength to change the world around them,” said Monáe.

Amen.