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February 13, 2017

Beyoncé at Grammys: "It's Important to Show Images to My Children That Reflect Their Beauty"
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And last night was the 59th annual Grammy Awards. British singer Adele
won a total of five awards, including Album of the Year for "25"-even
though many had expected Beyoncé to win the night's top award for her
wildly popular album "Lemonade." Even Adele said Beyoncé should have won
the award, and she broke her Grammy in half while on stage. Beyoncé did
win two awards for Best Music Video and Best Urban Contemporary Album.
She was the first of the night to speak about politics in her acceptance
speech.

Beyoncé: "It's important to me to show images to my children that
reflect their beauty, so they can grow up in a world where they look in
the mirror, first through their own families, as well as the news, the
Super Bowl, the Olympics, the White House and the Grammys, and see
themselves and have no doubt that they're beautiful, intelligent and
capable."



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