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"Congratulations to Janelle Monae, CoverGirl&amp;apos;s newest celebrity face!\r\n&amp;quot;One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music and fashion worlds and to empower the wonderful things that make us unique,&amp;quot; the 26-year-old R&amp;amp;B crooner says in a release. &amp;quot;Becoming a COVERGIRL is truly an honor and a gift: it opens up a new platform for me to inspire women to feel stronger, braver and more beautiful inside and out.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe &amp;quot;Tightrope&amp;quot; singer is the second star this month to be named to the makeup brand&amp;apos;s already-established celebrity spokeswomen roster. Just last week, new mom Pink was announced as the face of CoverGirl&amp;apos;s &amp;apos;Beauty with an Edge&amp;apos; campaign. The newcomers join current brand ambassadors Taylor Swift, Sofia Vergara, Drew Barrymore, Ellen DeGeneres and Queen Latifah.\r\n\r\nThis summer continues to deliver great success for the Grammy nominated up-and-comer, whose vocals are featured on the hit anthem, &amp;quot;We Are Young&amp;quot; by the band Fun. The single stayed at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six consecutive weeks.\r\n\r\nShe&amp;apos;s also the profile for Vanity Fair&amp;apos;s Hot Tracks in their September issue, where she talks about her monochromatic wardrobe. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s part of having something that&amp;apos;s transcendent. You could time travel, you could go all over the world, it won&amp;apos;t ever go out of style,&amp;quot; she says of her chic black and white. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s just a part of a &amp;apos;brand&amp;apos; that I created, even if nobody was watching. I know what I like; if you go to my closet, I have at least four of everything. Once you find what you like, it&amp;apos;s like it worked yesterday, it works today, it&amp;apos;ll work tomorrow."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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