What’s New Pussycat?

To say that Tatyana Ali is no longer the little girl she used to be is a serious understatement.  Now at age 29, the actress has finally become the woman she was destined to be.  A woman whose come into her own, needing no reassurance from the world.

The former Fresh Prince of Bel Air star may not have had the career that was expected of the beautiful gal, but she certainly didn’t stop living just because we weren’t watching.

An excerpt from the upcoming issue of King Magazine:

It’s very rare to see a child actor flee from Hollyweird to get a higher education. Those “don’t do drugs” campaigns must have seeped in.

College was my opportunity to be around my peers, which you don’t get to do when you’re a child actor. And I wanted to be normal and see what else was out there, see what else I was good at. And there are some other things that I’m good at.

Such as?

I’m good at the sciences, I love learning about plants. You know, I’m a dork…it’s cool. I’ve come to terms with that and I dig it a little.

A sexy botanist? Works for us, but nobody in Harvard stopped you in the halls?

Sure, they did, but they also did that to the Latin scholars across the hallway and the number-one math student who was walking down the street. In Harvard, everybody was extraordinary in the town that they came from. When you get there, nobody is more extraordinary than anyone else.

I can see why they photographed Tatyana with an old school vibe in these photos.  She’s got an old soul. Not that plastic, tranny look so many female pop star sell to us nowadays.  Nicole Jizzfinger, I’m looking at you.

Pics of Tatyana Ali in King Magazine a few years back