Singer Christina Aguilera recently caused a stir among her fan community when she showed off her rustic beauty and freckled face in a magazine.

Christina Aguilera looks strange in Paper magazine

Vocalist Fighter looks great in photos taken for the latest issue of fashion and lifestyle magazine Paper (USA) with the theme “Transformation 2018”, however, she is usually known for her fashion sense. With careful and gorgeous makeup every time she appears, this time Christina surprised many people because they “almost didn’t recognize” her.

One of the songs that depicts how strong Christina has overcome difficulties is Fighter – the song she co-wrote on the album Stripped.

The singer shared with Paper that she was in a moment where she wanted to “throw it all away”.

“I’ve always been the type of person who likes to experiment, likes to act, likes to create stories and play a character in videos or on stage. I’m a performer, that’s my nature.

But now I’m at a point – even musically – where I feel like I want to liberate myself, let go of everything and appreciate myself, appreciate my ‘raw’ beauty “, the 37-year-old female artist shared.

Christina Aguilera looks strange in Paper magazine

“Chameleon” in music

It would not be an exaggeration to call Christina a “chameleon” in music because of her passion for experience.

In an interview with Paper posted on March 27, Christina herself said that each album she makes allows her to go in a different direction and explore a different side of herself.

In 1999, Christina debuted in the music industry with her self-titled album, with the image of a pop princess and the typical fashion style of that period of crop-tops, flared pants, and adorable lip gloss. .

Christina Aguilera “”early life” – Photo: Getty Images

In 2001, she collaborated with Pink, Mya and Lil Kim to create Lady Marmalade – a song that won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Collaboration in 2002.

Since then, the “pop princess” began to change her style, becoming “edgier” with colorful braids and sexier outfits.

Until 2002, the song Dirrty on the album Stripped was released and Christina called it the song that brought her many important changes.

The female singer explores a new fashion style with two-color hair, a bikini top and leather pants.

Christina’s image in Dirrty (right) once inspired Kylie Jenner’s Halloween costume later – Photo: Elle

With Stripped , Christina said she escaped the shadow of her first album – a product she said was “made from the perspective of the man at the top of the record line”, a period in which she said she was “untouched”. creatively happy” – to sing songs that make her feel like herself and to have fun with more “provocative” clothes.

Four years later, Christina surprised again when she released the album Back to Basics and an image of Christina Aguilera with sexy red lips – an image that would forever be associated with the singer.

Not being able to stay still, in 2010 when the electronic-sounding album Bionic was released, Christina combined both modern and classic retro styles with big curled hair, classy red lipstick, and a bold black dress. at that year’s MTV Movie Awards.

Christina Aguilera at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards – Photo: Getty Images

And now, entering 2018, Christina once again shocked everyone when she stripped off her makeup and “exposed” her freckled face in a magazine.

However, this made fans excited and more than 46,000 people showed it by “liking” the cover photo featuring her on Paper magazine’s Instagram page.

Christina Aguilera looks strange on the cover of Paper magazine

The former judge of The Voice shared her beauty secret is to “bravely break new boundaries and don’t be afraid to go against the critics on your way”.

“There will always be criticism, or each person will have their own concept of ideal beauty,” Christina said.

Childhood was not peaceful

Born in New York in 1980, little Christina Aguilera experienced a not very warm childhood.

The Genie in a Bottle singer once had to witness domestic violence not only in her home but also in the area where she lived.

“I saw my mother having to obey, having to behave carefully if she didn’t want to be beaten,” Christina later often said about her mother’s difficult time at that time.

According to her, a child growing up in that situation will either be hurt and continue on their mother’s path, or they will feel motivated and never want to go down that path.

And Christina chose the second path, never allowing herself to be in a situation where her happiness was in the hands of someone else to decide.

After years of witnessing domestic violence and being shunned by friends at school, Christina turned to music to escape.

From the age of 15, she began to pour out her feelings into melodies and lyrics containing her thoughts. However, thanks to experiencing hardship, Christina has sympathy for those who are struggling and do not know how to free themselves.

“I hate it when I hear people say, ‘Why doesn’t she just leave?’. People in that situation, they suffer psychological and mental health damage. A lot of people don’t I don’t have the ability to speak up about it, or I don’t know how to get out,” Christina confided.

Christina Aguilera looks strange in Paper magazine

Christina is also a huge supporter of the LGBT (gay, bisexual and transgender) community.

In 2003, she was awarded the GLAAD Media Award for her media contributions to the LGBT community, specifically portraying gay and transgender people in her MV Beautiful.

After that, the female singer continued to show her support for this community in the MV Let There Be Love in 2012.

In 2016, she dedicated the song Change to the victim of the shooting at Pulse nightclub for gay men in Orlando, Florida and profits from this song were also donated to the victim’s family.

Some impressive images of Christina Aguilera on Paper:

Christina Aguilera looks strange in Paper magazine