Jennifer Hudson, Vogue Covergirl

From WWD:

Jennifer Hudson is clearly the woman of the hour. After securing an Oscar nomination, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild award for best supporting actress for her role in "Dreamgirls," the "American Idol" runner-up has landed the March Power cover of Vogue. Hudson was photographed by Annie Leibovitz at the Apollo Theater as part of a seven-page photo essay inside, but the chances of one of those photos ending up on the cover were high even before Hudson won a Globe late last month. But, presumably, her win helped seal the deal. Vogue has featured only two African-Americans on its cover since December 2002 — Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry and model Liya Kebede.

This is HUGE. For plus sized women, for minority women, for all women. I can only imagine how refreshing it will be to open up the worlds most celebrated fashion magazine and see a woman outside the standard magazine comfort zone represented as beautiful, sexy and fashionable. I can't wait till it hits newstands!

Fingers crossed they don't airbrush her into oblivion.