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Teyana Taylor was recently named Maxim magazine’s Sexiest Woman Alive, ESSENCE reported.
Taylor, singer, dancer, model and entrepreneur extraordinaire made history when Maxim selected her because she was the first Black woman to hold such recognition on Maxim‘s Hot 100 list. She appears on the cover of the July/August 2021 issue, according to the article.
“I’ve followed Maxim for a long time and I’ve always felt like I should be on the cover,” Taylor said the magazine during the cover interview, ESSENCE reported. “So to actually get the call saying they want me on the cover really means a lot. I was like, what? They want me on the cover? Okay!”
Taylor, 30, and a wife to NBA player Iman Shumpert, (they married in 2016) have two daughters, 5-year-old Junie and an infant named Rue Rose.
One of her top career moments was starring in and choreographing Kanye West’s “Fade” video, which helped propel her already blossoming career.
The dancer’s moves in the video showed off her fit figure and body confidence.
Taylor is also in the early stages of a documentary about singer Dionne Warwick’s life, in which she will star in as Warwick, ESSENCE reported.
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