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Imagine This  - Black has always been beautiful but Procter & Gamble's seven-year initiative honoring just that came to a crescendo in living color when they debuted the documentary My Black Is Beautiful: Imagine a Future on April 21, 2013, at the Tribeca Film Festival. Tune in on July 5, 2013, at 10 p.m. EST when BET premieres the groundbreaking film. 

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Showtime - Imagine a Future joined the BET Experience with a star-studded red carpet premiere. The inspiring event was graced by celebrities, journalists and BET power players, who all believe in the film's message about embracing inner beauty.(Photo: Paul A. Hebert/Getty Images for BET)

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These Girls Rock - Imagine a Future hopes to show Black girls across America that beauty comes in all skin tones, and what better way to spread that message than with this group of gorgeous women? Second Generation Wayans star Tatyana Ali, beauty expert Tai Beauchamp, rapper MC Lyte and writer Michaela Angela Davis squeeze together for a red carpet group shot.(Photo: Paul A. Hebert/Getty Images for BET)

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Emerald Envy - Actress Tatyana Ali is a show-stopper in an emerald dress on the red carpet of Imagine a Future.(Photo: Paul A. Hebert/Getty Images for BET)

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Power Suit - BET Chairman and CEO Debra Lee shows support for the inspiring film.(Photo: Paul A. Hebert/Getty Images for BET

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She Knows Beauty - Beauty and style maven Tai Beauchamp shows off her own cocoa skin in a summery yellow dress.(Photo: Paul A. Hebert/Getty Images for BET)

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A Work of Art - Writer, stylist and inspirational woman Michaela Angela Davis has been an "image activist" for years. "Anything that tears us apart as sisters, we have no privilege in," she once said.(Photo: Paul A. Hebert/Getty Images for BET)

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Guiding Lyte - As one of hip hop's first feminists, MC Lyte has had a lot to say about race and beauty.(Photo: Paul A. Hebert/Getty Images for BET)

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Hoop Dream - WNBA player Lisa Leslie, former pro-athlete and four time Olympic gold medalist, is always ready to support her fellow fierce females.(Photo: Paul A. Hebert/Getty Images for BET)

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Coupled Up - NFL player Thomas Davis and wife Kelly Stokes make a cute couple on the carpet. (Photo: Paul A. Hebert/Getty Images for BET)

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Cover Girl - Alexis Harris, 18, was chosen by Ellen DeGeneres to be a CoverGirl out of over 20,000 applicants. The beauty also has brains, earning an associates degree before even graduating high school. Strike a pose, Alexis! (Photo: Paul A. Hebert/Getty Images for BET)

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Rocking You - Back in New York City, Black Girls Rock founder Beverly Bond, who executive produced the intimate documentary, helped the film's co-directors, Lisa Cortes (Precious) and Shola Lynch (Free Angela and All Political Prisoners), celebrate a world of positive self-expression in the Black community. Who run the world? Girls!(Photo: GettyImages)

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Shot Callers - P&G's impassioned Vice President of Global Cosmetics Esi Eggleston-Bracey surely sees a mirror in BET's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Debra Lee. No doubt these pioneers go hard. (Photo: GettyImages)

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Wonder Women - Writer Michaela Angela Davis, who also appears in the 30-minute film along with Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas and actresses Gabourey Sidibe and Tatyana Ali, breaks bread with the film's directors. They discuss the importance of empowering Black women, and they never flinch to express their most beautiful selves. (Photo: GettyImages)

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Beautiful and Black - Michaela Angela Davis, who never half steps when it comes to Black beauty or pride, can be expected to let her hair hang when discussing her own self journey. (Photo: GettyImages)

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Culture Crusaders - Davis and directors Lynch and Cortes discuss how a teenager from Delaware traveled to South Africa to uncover the beauty and self-esteem issues Black women and girls face in society.   (Photo: GettyImages)

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Show Stoppers - Cortes and Lynch are proud mamas of the new national conversation surrounding Black female power and how we can better educate our communities. (Photo: GettyImages)

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Every Woman - Fashion slayer, music maker, mentor and so much more, Bond launched Black Girls Rock in 2006 as a way to mentor teenange girls. Since then, she and BET have joined forces to honor those who inspire with an annual star-studded awards show. As executive producer of the documentary My Black Is Beautiful: Imagine a World, Bond doesn't hesitate to set the bar high for how far we can climb if we don't stop. (Photo: GettyImages)

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