#SerenaWilliams goes unretouched @harpersbazaarus , August 2019 issue .

.“I’ve been called every name in the book. I’ve been shamed because of my body shape. I’ve been paid unequally because of my sex. I’ve been penalized a game in the final of a Major because I expressed my opinion or grunted too loudly...And these are only the things that are seen by the public. In short, it’s never been easy. But then I think of the next girl who is going to come along who looks like me, and I hope, ‘Maybe, just maybe, my voice will help her.’”

Photography by @alexilubomirski
Styling by @menamorado
Hair by @vernonfrancois
Makeup by @tyronmachhausen @maybelline