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Here’s Why Viola Davis’s Oscar Hairdo Was Such A Big Deal

Viola Davis may not have walked away with the Oscar for Best Actress Sunday night, but as far as we’re concerned her decision to wear her hair natural — and not relaxed or covered up by a wig or otherwise processed — makes her the award show’s biggest winner.

Because in a sea of women who had been plucked and waxed and maquillaged to within an inch of their lives, Davis and her short and powerfully curly hair stood out as a beautiful example of just how good you can look when you leave your hair the hell alone. Davis, who was nominated for her performance in The Help, tends to wear wigs for her movie roles and on the red carpet, but her husband actor Julius Tennon has been campaigning behind the scenes for her to start wearing her natural hair when she’s not making a movie. She did just that when she appeared on the cover of the Los Angeles Times Fashion Magazine earlier this month, and at the Essence Black Women In Hollywood luncheon last week. The third time, at the Academy Awards, turned out to be a real charm.

Davis told Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet that her mother did her hair, and we think its natural red-brown color perfectly complements the deep green of the custom Vera Wang gown she wore. But more than just looking great, it sent a clear and powerful message to the world — and to the scores of Black women and girls who have their hair chemically processed year in and year out — that it’s perfectly OK to let your hair be just what it is. The Oscars is without a doubt the most visible entertainment event of the year, and we’re glad that Davis took such a vital opportunity to make such an important statement.

Check out how good she looks below.





  • Bikerk

    So that color was natural?

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    the color no..the curls yes!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3102419 Cassidy Blackwell

    as a natural hair blogger and enthusiast, i want to send a full round of applause to this article!  well-written and well-said!  bravo!

  • Lisa

    A. Not her “natural” color.
    B. Styleite trashes her dress and look in a separate article.
    C. She rocks her hair no matter what color it is. Glad she feels powerful enough to not go the wig/extensions look! You go girl!

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    I love that last photo of her!

  • Healthyhairsociety

    Natural is not that you cannot color your hair. Natural simply means chemical free alterations of your nataural curl pattern.  Also, youcan dye your hair with Henna which is natural.

  • Barefootdreamer

    I love  the hair and the dress… yes, the dress could have been cut differently up top – but overall, she gets two thumbs up from me on the oscar appearance and the hair.  Love it!

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    They trashed her dress not her hair. They said her boobs did not look right in the dress which is true, they are a bit mashed up… it’s all about her hair. Even in the other article they state bravo on her hair.

  • DEBRA

    I LOVE LOVE HER NATURAL LOOK I’M SO TIRED OF BLACK WOMEN WEARING THOSE WIGS LOOKING A HOT MESS…NATURAL IS THE WAY TO GO AND I HOPE MORE WOMEN STAR BACK WITH THIS..WIG MAKE YOU LOOK OLDER

  • Byzy2

    I think she is absolutely gorgeous.  Yes, some women wear wigs and otherpeices well, some do not.  As for me, I have always preferred nature for yselfl  If my hair had not come out, I would still be wearing my -fro!  We, Back women ar wesimpky gorgeous!  Gon’, MS Dasvis, wid yo’ bad self!:-)

  • seusn

    i do what the hell i want with my hair if she doesn’t want a perm good for her and i do and i look very good with it perm personally she should have worn a wig cause i thought she looked terrible with that style and i hated the dress so that statement wasn’t for me but for her i will perm my hair unstill the day i die

  • seusn

    what about the scores of white women with perms and weaves every last one of those white ladies hair was fried and toasted so don’t single us black ladies out for what we do cause more white women perm and color and weave too so before you say something look under your on a s s

  • seusn

    The oscars are for White people anyway they pick a black movie here and there especially when it’s one degrading like pecious gabbie needs a serious make over black woman are beautiful and she ant one of them

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    I loved Viola’s hair and thought she looked beautiful and rocked that green dress.  I’m so sick of people making a big deal about this. Bottom line, black women have kinky hair no where near the texture of white people’s hair.  Why should she cover her head with a wig when she has hair.  She doesn’t have to straighten it to please anyone else who felt her hair was not dressy.  She was being herself and not conforming.  Be who you are…that’s what she did and I loved it!!

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