16 Of Whitney Houston's Most Iconic Beauty Moments

15 Photos Of Whitney Houston’s Beauty

Source: Michael Zagaris / Getty When it comes to icons in music, very few could hold a candle to the late great Whitney Houston! Hailing from Newark, New Jersey, Houston began singing as a child in church. She eventually became a background vocalist in high school. After becoming a teen model in 1981, she became one of the youngest Black women ever to grace the cover of Seventeen. Houston signed to Arista Records at the age of 19 and her career …

16 Of Whitney Houston's Most Iconic Beauty Moments

Dirck Halstead/Getty Images By India Espy-Jones ·Updated July 31, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Sixty-two years ago today, Whitney Houston was born. Raised in New Jersey with a family full of stars—her two-time Grammy Award-winning mother sang backup for Aretha Franklin and cousin Dione Warwick was a ‘60s pop star—she turned to Chaka Khan records to dial up her angelic notes. Taking a page out of her book for both vocals and beau…