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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-ig-adele21-2009jun21,0,1040648.story">Adele</a> isnt the first chanteuse whose voice and style make you forget that shes not a cookie-cutter Hollywood cutie. Though the celebrity ideal may be based on a model-thin figure, when it comes to talent and fashion-forward oomph, these ladies are the real deal."

Jill Scott

( Erik S. Lesser / For The Times )

Adele isnt the first chanteuse whose voice and style make you forget that shes not a cookie-cutter Hollywood cutie. Though the celebrity ideal may be based on a model-thin figure, when it comes to talent and fashion-forward oomph, these ladies are the real deal."

Actress-singer Jill Scott is a chameleon; a slightly funky girl-next-door one day, a diva deluxe the next.

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