ATLANTA–Perched in a stylist’s chair at Yaya’s Natural Hair Boutique, Akeyla Peele-Tembong teared up as she recalled how, when she was a higher education pupil, a person of her professors instructed that she straighten her all-natural hair to improve her chances of landing a plum function-research career. “I was like, […]
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Who Plays Bela On ‘Sex Lives Of College Girls’? Meet Amrit Kaur
Growing up in Toronto, Amrit Kaur didn’t think she could be an actor. The Bollywood films she watched as a kid often starred beauty queens, like Priyanka Chopra and Aishwarya Rai. So at 18, she submitted herself to Canada’s beauty pageant circuit for one long, miserable year. “I felt like […]