Protective hairstyles like braids are often a go-to option for Black women. They help keep natural hair thriving, limiting ...

However, protective hairstyles, particularly quick braids styles, are the perfect loophole for both ease and convenience.

Marlène-Kany Kouassi is one of only two winners of Miss Ivory Coast over the last six decades to wear her crown over natural hair [COMICI] ...

Feed-in braids are among the unique types of braids that give you a natural ... long and short braids. You can modify the bun in various ways, like holding part of the hair in a bun and letting the ...

Ivory Coast beauty pageant organizers are shaking things up in the world of pageantry. While some are happy with the change, including one contestant who even told the BBC how the new rule ...

In more than six decades, there have only been two notable exceptions, the most recent was Marlène-Kany Kouassi, who took the Miss Ivory Coast title in 2022. Her victory was not only unusual in ...

"We want the candidates to be natural - whether with braids or straightened hair, it should be their own. Beauty must be raw," Victor Yapobi, president of the Miss Côte d'Ivoire organising ...