Pop star Lady Gaga has cited the photo of her on the cover of Glamour Magazine as being too beautiful at the Women of the Year awards in New York. She also felt 16-year-old Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, who was attacked by the Taliban last year, should have been on the cover. “Who really belongs on the cover is not me. If I could forfeit my Glamour cover, I would give it to Malala,” she said of fellow Glamour honoree. “You’re so inspiring, so young and so brilliant.” Gaga went on to express her concerns about the cover: “Malala used her voice, so I’m going to use mine … The picture, which I’m very grateful for and very happy to be on this cover, I felt it was too beautiful. I felt my skin looked too perfect, and my hair looked too soft. This is not usually how I dress or how I carry myself.”
While speaking to an audience that included fellow honorees Barbra Streisand and Kerry Washington, Gaga added:”I believe my true mission is to inspire young people to fight back against forces that make them feel like they’re not beautiful or important,” she said. “I do not look like this when I wake up in the morning.” ~Raj-Kabir Birk