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Uzo Aduba & Baseball Phenom Mo'ne Davis NAMED 2014 Women Who Dare In Harper’s Bazaar + Lance Gross' Photography PUBLISHED In Vogue Italia

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Fab chicks Uzo Aduba and 13-year-old baseball superstar Mo’ne Davis have landed in Harper’s Bazaar as two of their 2014 Women Who Dare. Also. Lance Gross' photography made its debut in Vogue Italia. Peep their black-and-white pictorials and Lance's shot inside….

Harper’s Bazaar is giving props to the daring women with vision, commitment and style who took over the world this year. And two YBF chicks made the list.

“Orange Is The New Black” standout Uzo Aduba has had a breakout year, winning her very first Emmy Award for her role as “Crazy Eyes” in the hit NETFLIX series. So it was only right she was chosen as one of the 2014 Women Who Dare by Harper’s Bazar.

Donning a Carolina Herrera dress and Stephen Webster pendant, the first generation Nigerian-American actress revealed the day she got the part for the NETFLIX show was the day she decided to quit acting. As a theater actress, she had been auditioning for roles, but nothing was happening. She said,

"My family is from Nigeria, and when I was a kid, my parents wanted me to be a lawyer," she says. "I thought, 'You aren't meant to be an actor. This isn't for you.' "

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Just two year later, she was walking across the stage to accept her very first Emmy Award. She talked about playing her character Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren saying,

"Suzanne was described to me as innocent like a child, except children aren't scary. Whatever she does comes from a place of curiosity." The eyes "I focused on last." She laughs. "Like when she winks, she thinks she's doing it with one eye, but it's with both. She just can't quite nail it."

And what’s her definition of daring?

"…taking all risks and chances. It took me a long time to arrive at that—you know, from my gap teeth to my name. I'm realizing, You don't need to change anything about yourself. This is who you are, and it's okay. That's daring."

True testament to never give up.

Also featured…

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The 13-year-old baseball prodigy with a 70-MPH fastball. Mo’Ne Davis rose to fame after becoming the first female in history to pitch a shut out game at the Little League World Series. Her big accomplishment was highlighted on Sport's Illustrated August 25th cover.

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As only the fourth American girl to ever make it to the World Series, Mo’Ne has been the main topic in Little League baseball, but the YBF chick revealed she actually enjoys another sport more than baseball.

She dished to Harper’s Bazaar.

"Basketball is my favorite sport, actually."

 

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And instead of playing baseball, she’d rather play basketball for the University of Connecticut in college,

"I want to play basketball for UConn." But until then there's sports and school, where the other students were told to "act normal" around her, she explains, "because it's been kinda, like, crazy."

Ha! She also talked about the young guys her age wanting to go against her because she’s a “girl.” She said,

"Most want to hit against me, just to say they got a hit," she says shyly. How often does that happen? "Not very often. Maybe at the end of the game when I'm tired, but that's pretty much it.

Too cute.

Also hitting the magazine pages…..
 

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If you follow actor Lance Gross on social media, you have seen his extrodinary shots he has taken. But now, his work has landed on the pages of VOGUE Italia magazine. And the shot was styled by his girlfriend (soon-to-be-child's mother) Rebecca Jefferson. Team work makes the dream work.

He posted his featured shot with the caption, "Officially Published by Vogue Italia! My Camera on @diandraforrest & @theavaclarke || styled by @becjefferson || Mu by @rebekahaladdin || Hair by @angelacstyles Great work Team!"

Congrats Lance!

 

EXTRAS:
1. Producer Will Packer's Like Father, Like Son, (based on events that happened in his life) was picked up by NBC for a TV sitcom. STORY

 

Photos: Harper's Bazzar/Lance's IG


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