OlderWed, 11 March 2009 at 9:51 am
Halle Berry is the Sexiest Black Woman
Halle Berry is spends the afternoon at a friend’s house on Tuesday (March 10) in Los Angeles, Calif.
The 42-year-old actress was just named the Sexiest Black Woman by Access Hollywood’s TV One Access survey. Halle beat out Tyra Banks, Alicia Keys, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Rihanna in TV One Access‘ poll.
Halle just released her debut fragrance, Halle, in collaboration with perfume giant Coty.
WHAT DO YOU THINK about Halle Berry being named the Sexiest Black Woman?
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she looks GREAT even in jeans and a baseball cap go halle
WEIRD HOW ALL THE WOMEN ARE LIGHTER OF “BLACK”! THANKS AH I guess darker skinned woman are still toO dark for true beauty. Way to make a statement while trying to be sneaky about it.
She’s half white so I don’t think she should qualify for sexiest black woman. How about someone who only has a little white (most blacks have a little bit of white in them if they live in America.)
She’s cute!
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Way to make something out of nothing #2 and #3.
She’s gorgeous, it doesn’t friggen matter how dark her skin is or is not.
I think it’s degrading.I feel the same way whether it’s men or women. “sexiest” anyone is degrading. It makes objects out of people. I think Halle Berry is probably one of the most beautiful human beings period. I also don’t like the racial category. I thought we were moving away from that kind of B.S. Access is behind times and ignorant. They are ignorant about women and about race.
urrrrr I like Jada……
What about the stunningly, gorgeous Michelle Obama, I thought she was the most beautiful black woman in the World. Everyone wants her arms, don’t they?
she’s is beautiful but nothing stunning about her (….overrated…)JADA PINKETT SMITH should ‘ve been named the sexiest one.
anyone see the video of this foul mouthed cow…she showed her true colours on the live video..she is so ugly on the inside and moreover how contradictory saying she is a black woman???? it is almost like making fun of her LOL with tabloids publishing that especially after the BS with kid and sperm donor in tow….oh she is in so deep in manure it aint funny
my condolence halle lol its been a long time comming and theres more too..the future has no room for fake con artist’s and shallow people that prey on young vulnerable hearts!!!
i love it when people say she’s HALF white so she’s not black. Really?
If slavery still existed would she be a slave? Yes, probably the cfook or wet nurse…but a slave
Would she be able to join a country club? No.. they’d use her as a lawn jockey.
If she wondered into a Klu Kluz Klan rally, would they let her join…or start looking for a rope?
If they were gonna call her names what would they yell? “half-black or ******?
She has had many racist experiences in her life. She doesn’t see herself as a half white woman but a whole black woman. If that wasn’t the case then she should be doing the same roles as white women.
She’s half white so I don’t think she should qualify for sexiest black woman.
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your being ridiculous! look at her skin and what color do you see? if you want to be so damn specific why dont u just request an another online poll for sexiest 100% african american women OR just gtfo
What do I think? I think its a shame that her mother is white, she is half white, and she is still referred to as a black woman.. Pisses me off. She is a mixed race woman and should be identified in the media as that.
it’s weird and offensive that every women they listed are all light skinned, and this is comming from a light skinned black woman. they should hav included Black women of all shades if they want to truely make a statement and not be looked upon as biased.
If they were gonna call her names what would they yell? “half-black or ******?
She has had many racist experiences in her life. She doesn’t see herself as a half white woman but a whole black woman.
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Her mother may be white but it’s her mother that TOLD her she’s NOT WHITE!
Paula Patton is pretty. Women past forty are not sexy in my opinion they are too old.
SHE IS PREGNANT!!!! CONFIRMED!!!
White people can get as pissed off all they want because in the end SHE doesn’t see herself as MIXED HALF OR WHITE.
The joke is, that it’s white people who made sure she knew her place wasn’t with white people.
Ya’ll need to get a grip on the whole race thing. Why they keep mentioning her as the Sexiest Woman etc again again is beyond me? Now TVOne is getting into the act. Old news, yawn.
It was reported months ago with that joke of an Esquire article parodying her Oscar speech which a lot of folks including Oprah etal took as gospel. Won’t go off an Auntie O tangent.
Also, X17 has a video of the same photos with her walking her mother to the door. Her house? Her mother’s house? A friend’s who knows? Glad to know she actually has friends other than Oprah and that sleazoid reporter Nancy O’Dell.
Still think she keeps tipping off the sleazoid pappis. Even though, they can be stalkerazzis at times. @10–that was a set up for the Fertility Clinic damage control pictures a few days later. Everything this woman does is calculated even if she’s blowing to the wind in the oposite direction. Talk about low self-esteem issues.
#16 And one day you will be one of those “old” people and feel embarrassed by your shallow immature self. Because the only reason you think it’s old is the number.
I know 20 year olds that look older than Halle!
@17–Halle hasn’t confirmed she’s pregnant. Get real with UR wishful thinking. Until she, her team or her gossip buddy Nancy O’Dell confirm it, it’s not true. Stop spreading the **** gurl.Don’t let the pix of she and Gabe exiting the Westwood Fertility Clinic, ya know the one folks have been spreading the 411 on how she got Nahla fool you. The only new baby I know about is her new fragrance “Halle” which she has repeatedly called her ‘new baby’.
Ok ok… Halle Berry is interacial - half white and half black - So is Obama, yet their white linage gets no recognition.
Both Halle and Obama were born from the loins of white women and raised by white families. Neither had much knowledge of their black heritage.
She is actually the sexiest woman alive: http://www.actressscene.com/search/label/Halle%20Berry
Halle considers herself biracial. She’s said that many times in many different interviews. Just like Alicia Keys.
Plus, everyone knows that Halle’s obsessed with white people. She’s married to a white guy and she certainly hoped that their children would be as white as possible too.
Acknowledging only one half of who you are is dangerous, and I think that when people are of mixed heritage that both should be celebrated. Simply calling her “black” separates black and white people in this country even more. The same with Obama. He isn’t the first Black president. He is European/African American. Saying that he is “black” because he doesn’t have fair skin is like saying a masculine gay person is straight and not gay. Too much emphasis is put on Black or White in this country. There are far more underrepresented cultures who don’t even get a chance to be considered “sexy”. Where are the Indian, Turkish, Asian or Native American “sexy” actresses or Presidents?
#21-you’re right nothing has been confirmed. Agree w/your ‘Halle’ comment.
#17-rumors have been flying since late Feb. By the skin tight dresses she recently wore at the Oscars and Essence luncheon I say no. Can’t go by the purse position in the above pix nor the scarf she wore in the recent family golf outing. If your going by some blurb on that show her friend does–re-read again it was referring to Things We Lost In the Fire in the synopsis, but when you open it, it talks about her perfume.
HOW THE *** IS SHE SEXYEST BLACK WOMAN???? SHE IS NOT AL THAT SHE IS GIVEN CREDIT FOR.
Ok to everyone^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
WHO CARES if she white, black or GREY!!!
1) if there were all darker skinned women in that category then lighter skinned would be offended
2) if there were half white and half black women in that category, then full black women are gonna be offended
2) if there full black women in that category then mixed women are gonna be offended
3) if there were all light skinned women in that category, then dark skinnded are gonna be offended
…do you see where im going with this^^^^^^^^^^ basically you guys are going to be offended no matter what…..
I think it’s ridiculous. What is the purpose of categorizing race? This is no longer relevant in our society of multiple mixtures of race.
This has to be a joke. She is “hardly” the sexiest black woman. Makes you wonder who the heck came up with that! NO WAY! All of these beautiful black actresses and she’s sexiest?….please
Amerie is beautiful, but Kimora isn’t. I think she is prego, notice the large handbag hiding her stomach. And to the idiot who said women over forty aren’t beautiful you should see my mother. Today’s forty something women are the new thirty.
Jada pinkett smith is the sexiest
She’s mixed race. Children of mixed races are often attractive having acquired what SOME see as the best features from each race. Her looks don’t have anything to do what SHE has accomplished. It’s not something she should be praised for, it’s a chance of birth. Besides beauty IS in the eye of the beholder. I’m sure there are others that think some of the other women are sexier.You know what they say about opinions….
Don’t think so Clarice–she and Gabe were seen coming out a fertility clinic last month or so unless they hit pay dirt like they did with Nahla. Probably either her not thinking or trying to draw more attention to herself since she has nothing going for her except her looks and delusional undiagnosed hysterionic/borderline/ADD personality disorder.
Why are people still hung up on skin color classifications?
Shar, that’s exactly what I said. But then someone said Gabrielle Union, Iman & Kerry Washington were on the list.
“What about the stunningly, gorgeous Michelle Obama, I thought she was the most beautiful black woman in the World. Everyone wants her arms, don’t they?”
Um, no. Plus, have you seen Michelle’s face? Usually, “most beautiful woman” has a pretty face. Michelle falls more in the Janet Reno/Margaret Thatcher category; I’m sure they had nice arms, too.
This is sooo offensive.
To be sexy black women, you have to have white blood in you?!!! You have to have lighted skin??!!
she’s by far the sexiest black women - alive!!!!!
Um…nooooo.
Beyonce is, by a mile, the hottest black woman on the planet.
End of debate. Case closed. Thanks for playing.
Bottom line, what I find disturbing about the whole thing is that there is even a “Sexiest Black Woman” list. What about “Sexiest Woman” list that includes ALL women, not just white, black, etc.
I think Hallie is a beautiful woman regardless of what race box she’s put in.
Halle is gorg. Everyone on this list is. It’s bs that they’d make a category of “black”. SO f-ing racist
Halle is gorg. Everyone on this list is. It’s bs that they’d make a category of “black”. SO f-ing racist
This is sooo offensive.
To be sexy black women, you have to have white blood in you?!!! You have to have lighted skin??!!
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WOULD you take it down a notch! holy f—-, nobody is saying that you have to be bi-racial to be sexy… ARE YOU THAT BLOODY IGNORANT…
She is not the sexiest but probably one of the most beautiful. Halle is horrible at trying to be sexy; watch Catwoman and Swordfish to see what I mean. She would definitely win the award for most CRAZIEST BLACK WOMAN ALIVE!
Ok to everyone^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^AGAIN….
…………….WHO CARES what mix she is……………….
………………acording to your prespective……………….
1) if there was only darker skinned women in this category then lighter skinned ppl would be offended
2) if there was only half white & half black women in this category, then full black women are gonna be offended
3) if there was only full black women in this category then mixed women are gonna be offended
4) if there was only light skinned women in this category, then dark skinned are gonna be offended
………….do you see where im going with this……………
basically you guys are going to be offended no matter what…..
……………..and that is irrational………………..
it really holds black people back in society to have a separate catergory for sexiest BLACK woman alive. she should deny the award in the name of black women who want to be treated equal to white women and women of all other races.
Why non choose someone who is all natural (ie. no nose job, botox, hair weaves, etc..)? Berry has indulged in all of these. It gets tiresome to hear other women celebs bashed for plastic surgery and she’s always captioned as ’so naturally beautiful.’ I suppose these days, as long as your alive you’re ‘natural’.
Halle is crazy as a bed bug, the African American community have been well aware of that for a very long time. She’s just as crazy as Angelina Jolie another crazy, and Mariah Carrey, they “is all crazy” pretty but “crazy”.
She’s a very pretty lady,but she’s biracial so with saying tht she does nt compare to black females,you can only compare her wth other biracial women
sara @ 03/11/2009 at 10:57 am
Guess what, sara? Slavery was abolished a long time ago!
Get with the times.
Might look good but an evil, surly biotch inside…………..
A) Every time a person of mixed race, specifically black and white, people want to say NO THEY ARE MIXED NOT BLACK. But what is so funny no one says crap to Salma Hayek (1/2 Lebanese) or Kate Beckinsale (1/4 Burmese) , or Johnny Depp (1/2 cherokee) that they are. So Let her be what the hell she claims to be.
B) I think this list is ridiculous, sexiest black?…really? most these women could top any list period.
Halle Berry is not a “black” woman but a woman of “mixed” lineages as (most) Americans are not of a pure race. There are no sexy black or white women but “sexy women” and there are no sexy black or white men but “sexy men”.
She is not even fully black so she should not have that title.They should call her sexiest mixed woman or something. I thinki it sends out a bad message to always pick a mixed woman as the sexiest black woman. There are just as many beautiful dark skinned women as well.
Who won the sexiest White Woman award?
i think she deserves it regardless
i kinda like chanel iman a lil bit more but whatever
she’s still a sexy woman =]
that shirt looks cute
I would say that Halle Berry could also win the sexiest White Woman award, after all she looks better than Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, Megan Fox, she has a better body and better skin than all these women, just sayin.
Halle is half white, half black……I do not think that qualifies her for sexiest black person. Why is it that someone who is half black and half white is black…….why not caucasian. People from the Middle East, India are considered white.
why does she cover her tummy with her bag? is she pregnant? i hope she is…can’t wait to see the 2nd baby…=)
Hm…don’t think so. Like I said she was doing damage control at the Fertility Clinic w/ her boo over a month or so ago. Don’t think she’d be showing.
i think she is absolutely stunning, but they should give that title to someone who is fully African American. Halle is just as much white as she is black.
Oh and this is a stupid award. They shouldn’t have a category just for someone’s skin color, they should treat women all equally, regardless. If they had Sexiest White Woman everyone would be calling that racist.
black, white….who gives a s**t. If she has nappy hair, she’s black. end of story. who cares if she has a white mother…..
I FIND IT ODD THAT HALE AND ALICIA ARE BIRACIAL AND THEY ARE CONSIDERED BLACK WOMEN?
Not true #53. Christina Aguilera is half Ecuadorian and almost every person I see or hear talk about her calls her ‘white”.
She is NOT black.
Here are the 3 main “emotional” reasons for saying so:
1) She “looks” black. So do some Arabs, Eastern Indians, and people of other non-black races. Are they black too?
2) She would have been segregated against YEARS ago. So would have other races. Are they also black? The fact that biracial people are beginning to acknowledge ALL of their heritage is representative of that segregation changing. Why hinder it and engage in racial isolation with an incorrect “one race” label?
3)One drop rule. The ODR is outdated, racist and scientifically flawed. It was ruled unconstitutional (and good riddance) in 1967. It gave whites the right to disown their own children. Who in the heck supports this and labels themselves based on what a racist tells them?
“Treatment” does not constitute claim to a race. Neither does “appearance” alone. And “looks” aren’t the only genetic material races pass on. Biracial people can look everything from black to white. They are still all biracial. Halle Berry IS biraical. Biraical people have a unique cultural and familial experience. Blacks cannot experience being biracial. The two are NOT synonymous. Yes, some blacks have white ancestry, but some whites have black ancestry. Are they black? Being the DIRECT offspring of a white person is TOTALLY different. Biracial people are just that - two(bi) races (racial). Any other label is advocacy for internal segregation. Quit thinking with pitiful emotional attachment and tell is like it is. I don’t care how she “identifies” that does not change what she is. Halle Berry is NOT representative of the culture or unique physical beauty that makes the African race.
alicia keys is the sexiest black woman
Yes. I second that letsbreal. The media always touts biracial blacks as more beautiful that dark-skinned full African Americans. Regardless of whether Halle considers herself black or not, the fact is White America almost ALWAYS favors mixed race or mixed looking blacks over authentic black looks. The reason why some dark-skinned black actresses might not be as beautiful is because THERE’S LESS OF THEM to begin with. Naturally since the Entertainment industry favors more light skinned black women than dark skinned ones there’s more variety of the former the thus more truly beautiful ones. In the fashion world however (which is also racist) there’s more gorgeous dark skinned black women who could top Halle any day (Jessica White, Lauren Bassa, Yasmin Warsame etc.)
She IS a beautiful woman … full stop. That’s it.
i hear people sayin she looks interracial…FYI THERE ARE LIGHT SKINNED BLACK GIRLS..people think being black is being darkskinned..i am lighter than her, long hair grwey eyes and i am no whereeeeeee mixed 100% black…dont get mad dta halle defines herself as a black woman…get over it..it doesnt matter wat the media or other people think she already identified herself.lol
@melis:
Are you jealous ?
@Shar: I agree with this aslo. The bi-racial women dont consider them selves black anyway , but bi-racial. so give them their own bi-racial catergory, and let the beautiful black women like Gabriell Union, Jada pinkett smith, keri washington,meagon good,sanaa lathan,lela rochon,nia long etc. be considered.
Why are you posting such antiquated stereotypes? The “one-drop” rule was overturned in 1924 with the Racial Integrity Act. The fact is that Halle herself has said that she sees herself as a black woman not a white woman. But I do find it humorous that blacks consider all bi-racial people as black when they become famous. Like calling President Obama the first black President. He is Arab-African and White. He is only 6.25% black from a great-grandmother. Here is the best part, his Arab ancestors living in Africa were slave traders. Why do you think that he, his father and other ancestors on his father’s side all have Arab names? Tiger Woods is only 25% black but since he is the best golfer on tour he is suddenly the black. Too funny.
I see now how things change in the reverse order.Halle Berry considers herself bi-racial what’s wrong with that? This isn’t 1850,1900,1940,or even 1960’s anymore by alongshot! Times are different so is our culture in America.The only people that seem to have a problem when people call themselves bi-racial is black people why? Yes in years past white people would’ve said that if u aint 100per cent white u aint white.I’m hispanic and for almost 100years peopel have been trying to classify us as a “race” when we are not we are multi-racial we associate with nationalities more than “race”.Ironically Halle Berry looks like many Latina’s and shouldn’t be hated on because she considers herself bi-racial,so is she supposed to ignore the fact her mother’s white? It’s a fact so why do so many African Americans get angry when she claims her bi-racial heritage? Just dnt get it why should she say I’m black and that’s it? Yes her mom told her you are what you look like/consider yourself to be so in that same tone she should say I’m latina because I look like one.I’m half Puerto Rican half Mexican but I look like a typical whiteboy.People have always assumed I was white all my life (I’m 36 yrs old) so on the same vein I shold say ‘yea I’m white’ cause I look white? Hell no I kno my lineage is rich and multi-racial so I respond I’m American with Puerto Rican and Mexican heritage proud to the core! Be proud of your heritage NOT ashamed!
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