Gabrielle Union

The ‘Bring it On’ star - who has daughter Kaavia, five, and stepchildren Zaire, 21, and Zaya, 16, with her husband Dwanye Wade, 41 - would want her younger self to “appreciate” being a black woman.

The 51-year-old actress told Ebony magazine: “One day you’ll appreciate how much your brown skin shines in the moonlight, glistens in the sun and ages ever so slowly. Don’t let that pesky low self-esteem creep in and fool you into believing that you don’t have value. Don’t allow it to crush your will or dampen your spirit.”