“It’s important to know a path has been blazed for me,” she told the magazine. Beyonc? represents “excellence,” for Cox, whose love of Queen Bey is well-documented.
"Beyonc? represents excellence. Her work ethic is like nobody else I've ever seen. There were so many moments when I was shooting Rocky Horror, and I'd be exhausted. My body would be hurting, and I'd be like, 'Beyonc?. Beyonc? does this.' You have to just put in the work."
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"The pain, pleasure, and agony of all she's been through is in her voice. Her story is the story of so many black women who've endured abuse and come out the other side in such a brilliant, beautiful way."
Africa, meanwhile was the first trans model to score a major campaign, appearing on the box for Clairol’s Nice & Easy Dark Auburn, No. 512.
“She was a black trans woman who modeled in the ’70s, and had cosmetics deals and a hair contract with Clairol— it was a big deal,” Cox said. Sadly When the industry learned Tracey was trans, she lost her contracts and bookings.
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