Send Feedback

Picture 3Model Jourdan Dunn plays “Foxy Brown” in the latest issue of i-D Magazine. Jourdan, 19, is one of the few models of color on the rise, in addition to Chanel Iman, Sessilee Lopez and Arlenis Sosa. She recently announced that she was expecting a baby boy in December, meaning she’s at least 8 months along, but you wouldn’t be able to tell by the looks of this photo shoot, of which she’s been catching flack for being so thin.

“It was really hard,” she admits of her unplanned pregnancy. “All I could think about was what my mom was going to say, my agency, my boyfriend. When I told my mom, she started crying and blaming herself. She got pregnant with me at the same age, and she said, ‘I don’t want you to have to go through what I did,’” she once told Teen Vogue.

So, what do you think? That she’s too skinny to be so pregnant? That she’s just lucky enough to not have gained much weight? Or that the magazine photoshopped and eliminated her protruding belly? If so, was that the right thing to do?

GALLERY: Chanel Iman & Jourdan Dunn Cover Teen Vogue!

Vogue Rounds Third Consecutive Month For Black Covers

Tags: , , , ,
Share with Friends!
  • BlackPlanet
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • email
 
  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Shamel_/ Shamel_

    She’s beautiful. Pregnancy is “becoming” on her. I thought this was going to be something dreadful (smh). PASS for sure!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/A_Christina/ A_Christina

    Shame on them for photoshopping out the baby. Babies are gifts from God and no one should EVER redo his work.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CrEaMeH/ CrEaMeH

    what they should have done is photo-shopped that picture of her getting mushed or either he is trying real hard to pry that wig off her head…..everyone knows how the industry is and its sad but they are really trying to say is that they don’t condone that type of behavior i guess its better than saying hey your fired just for being pregnant….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chrissyb001/ chrissyb001

    This picture was probably taken MONTHS ago, possibly even last year. Magazine covers are planned months in advance, there’s no way they would take a chance on not having their cover by doing it at the last minute. And, the chances are excellent that the minute she started showing she stopped working. She’s very obviously not pregnant……pregnant women gain weight not only in their belly but in their face and arms. This is an old picture.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzpast/ jazzpast

    That’s a beautiful black queen, and there’s nothing moe sexier than a pregnant beautiful black Queen.(disclaimer: no kids here lol)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    THE MOST PROFICIENT SYSTEM OF RACISM EVER
    The present despairing state of Black America is neither a baffling phenomenon, nor the result of some innate racial deficiency among Blacks; but rather instead the result of a more sophisticatedly evolved racist system that is commonly used against Black populations as a means for maintaining white dominance and control. And although this method is less blatant than those earlier racist systems used in the past against Blacks, its affects are detrimentally real. In fact it is by far the most proficient racist system ever deployed against America’s black population-and yet most Black people are totally oblivious it. It is imperative that Black people recognize how racism has sophisticatedly evolved if we are to be apart of the future.
    The national media’s distorted portrayal of Black America that amplifies the negative to the point that it distorts reality is more than just biased media reports. They function as media manipulation psychosocial programs. A covert system that maintains white dominance and control by ensuring that Blacks remain the most racially divided, devalued and most economically exploited group in America. It was implemented by America’s true ruling white elites; they that actually run the country from behind the scenes and maintains their positions of power and prestige regardless of who is actually president.
    The constant relentless bombardment with deplorably negative images of themselves that of which African Americans are so inundated with, through a white controlled media, is a very carefully and deliberately designed psychological conditioning program. It is designed to adversely manipulate and shape the minds and collective consciousness of its African American population by subjecting them to seeing only the fraudulent worst in themselves while implying that they admire, respect, and trust only whites.
    This media psychosocial program conditions Black people to accept white dominance over their lives by convincing them that it is now they that are their own worst enemies. Its unrelenting daily assault on the Black psyche is designed to break down African Americans’ sense of racial unity and allegiance, mold the character of self-hatred, engender self-doubt, self-loathing, and distrust among their group.
    When most people hear the term of psychological manipulation they usually think in terms of the classic “conspiracy theory” that refers to overt mind control such as mind altering drugs with carefully hypnotic programming. However, the real and true dangers are the well proven methods of affecting the unconscious mind by using deception, and manipulation. It is neither magical nor mystical, but a process that involves a set of basic social psychological principles.
    To learn more visit http://www.DivineBlacktruth.org

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1_Nonly1/ 1_Nonly1

    Ummm all professional photos are edited for 1. And we don’t know if these are current photos or not for 2.
    Ummm this is her career and if this is a current photo of her while she is indeed pregnant, then obviously she is doing what she should be doing and thats working, it’s nothing wrong with it all, it’s actually a honor, out of all the non-pregnant models they choose her to do the photo come on now that speaks for itself doesn’t it. Besides nobody complaining when there is a non-pregnant woman posing as pregnant. Bottom line this is her career, the money she needs to provide for her child, she’s not doing anything illegal, nasty, demeaning or dangerous so I see nothing wrong with it all.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/single_409/ single_409

    Mr. Nanastroker, what does your statement have to do with the article? I don’t get it. She’s a beautiful woman and like the commenters stated, the photos could be old or that they did photoshop. They do it everyday along with camera tricks to make the models like they way they want them to look.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kbneville/ kbneville

    All pregnant women don’t gain weight. My neice just had a baby and her belly got bigger. The rest of her stayed the same size. But she’s looking extremely small in these pictures. Even as a pregnant woman. Her stomach looks to be big, but the rest of her looks damn near anorexic.

  • http://hellobeautiful.com/your-world/top-10-highest-paid-models-revealed-none-black/ List Of Top 10 Highest Earning Models Released, None Black | Hello Beautiful

    [...] in agreement. In addition, several young black supermodels like Chanel Iman, Sessilee Lopez and Jourdan Dunn, have experience (ie. Victoria Secret contracts) that is similar if not equal to that of the lucky [...]

  • http://hellobeautiful.com/your-world/news-gossip/hello-beautiful-staff/should-kourtney-k-be-mad-at-mag-for-photoshopping-figure/ Should Kourtney K. Be Mad At Mag For Photoshopping Figure? | Hello Beautiful

    [...] PASS OR FAIL? Mag Photoshops Model’s Pregnant Belly [...]

  • http://hellobeautiful.com/your-world/news-gossip/danielle-cheesman/photoshop-victim-serenas-muscles-magically-disappear/ Photoshop Victim: Serena’s Muscles Magically Disappear | Hello Beautiful

    [...] PASS OR FAIL? Mag Photoshops Model Jourdan Dunn’s Pregnant Belly [...]

  • http://www.inspired-by-nature.com/ Inspiration nature

    Recommended Websites…

    [...]below you’ll find the link to some sites that we think you should visit[...]…

blog comments powered by Disqus

Hello Beautiful Topics

?>