~Elle Shanice~ APPROVED ✔: Wendy Williams Covers Essence

Although she was eliminated from "Dancing With the Stars" on Tuesday, Wendy Williams went on her talk show and revealed her May 2011 cover of Essence. She said she was proud of the cover, article, and pictures that were part of the "Girlfriends" issue.

She also talked about being eliminated from the show and that she was grateful for the opportunity to be a part of it. I liked when she said that not many people get to dance in front of millions of people on one of the most popular TV shows and she bowed out gracefully during her speech on the show.

I love her attitude and that she used DWTS as a platform to share her story to a bigger audience. I thought that she was brave to go on the show in the first place, seeing as though she has NO dance training whatsoever and do it with a smile on her face the entire time. She even tweeted her swollen feet (which was brave in itself).

Of course, she didn't make it as far as some of the previous black women who have been on the show, like Brandy, Mya, Mel B and Laila Ali, she still falls into the category of sisters who were prematurely or wrongly  voted off. I don't know if it was because her fans didn't vote (I know I DID; ALL 10 of my online votes on Monday went to Wendy) or because her scores were so low but I actually didn't think she did THAT bad. It wasn't the worst that I have seen on the show but I guess that people didn't want to see her dance anymore. I still commend Wendy for going on the show and she should be an inspiration of lots of people, including ME.

Videos of her Essence cover and talking about DWTS are below:

Skylar Diggins is GREAT for the Women's Game...

...and NOT just because she is pretty!!!!! A lot of people say that women's basketball is not as entertaining as men's but it sure does help that she is because it gets people to watch more than before.

Tonight's national championship between Diggins' Notre Dame and Texas A&M (shoutout to the other Aggies) is probably NOT the match-up that people wanted to see, as they may have wanted a rematch between Maya Moore's UConn and Stanford, who ended their 90-game winning streak. Honestly, I have not watched a lot of women's basketball this season or since I stopped playing in 2008. However, I have to support ANYONE who beats UConn as they did in the semifinals and I love a good upset.

I'm glad that there is a new star in women's basketball and I would compare her to Candice Parker and Candice Wiggins because they were both able to attract people to watch women's basketball because of their looks. I'm also glad that there are more teams in the conversation other that Tennessee, UConn, Stanford, and Baylor who were the #1 seeds this year.

In the past few weeks, my Twitter timeline has been full of comments about Skylar Diggins and how beautiful she is. Even my boo Chris Brown tweeted about her:

• chrisbrown: Skylar Diggins ... She's a cutie @skydigg4 congrats beautiful

I'm also happy to see comments about her game and comparing her to Maya Moore, who has led UConn to the last 2 championships and pretty much dominated the conversation in women's basketball. But there have also been some kinda rude but truthful comments about the game tonight.

• Skylar Diggins gonna be the only reason imma watch this womens gme 2nite #truth
• #ToBeHonest I might actually watch the NCAA Womens Title Game Tonight Because Of Skylar Diggins' Sexy Ass
• I'll  watch the game 2nite but I really just wanna look at Skylar Diggins

Either way, the more people watching tonight's game is better for women's basketball. If the game is good then people will like it and if they see a pretty girl, then it's all the more better.