&#8220;I like how I look, and I love representing the beautiful dark women,&#8221; she said.
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Serena Williams says she has been &#8220;undervalued&#8221; and &#8220;underpaid&#8221; during her tennis career, despite having earning four Olympic gold medals and 23 Grand Slam singles titles to date.
It&#8217;s been an uphill battle for Williams over the years, who made her tennis debut in the 1990s alongside her sister Venus. She&#8217;s also has dealt with systematic prejudice and racial commentary on her physical appearance.
&#8220;[But] I&#8217;ve never been a person that has been like, &#8216;I want to be a different color&#8217; or &#8216;I want my skin tone to be lighter,&#8221; said British Vogue&#8217;s November 2020 cover star. &#8220;I like who I am, I like how I look, and I love representing the beautiful dark women out there. For me, it&#8217;s perfect. I wouldn&#8217;t want it any other way.&#8221;
&#8220;When I was growing up, what was celebrated was different,&#8221; Williams continued. &#8220;Venus looked more like what is really acceptable: She has incredibly long legs, she&#8217;s really, really thin. I didn&#8217;t see people on TV that looked like me, who were thick. There wasn&#8217;t positive body image. It was a different age.&#8221;
She credits her  daughter Olympia for helping her love her body, as she continues to stick up for and support women of all body types.
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Williams said she plans to do all she can to change the narrative for &#8220;women and people of color&#8221; and promote size inclusivity with her clothing line, Serena.
&#8220;In this society, women are not taught or expected to be that future leader or future CEO,&#8221; Williams said. &#8220;And maybe it doesn&#8217;t get better in time for me, but someone in my position can show women and people of color that we have a voice, because Lord knows, I use mine.&#8221;

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Serena Williams talks body image, says she’s been ‘undervalued’ and ‘underpaid’ in tennis