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10 Examples of Women We Love Giving the Best Hugs for National Hug Day
It's National Hug Day, so naturally we rounded up some of our favorite women hugging! National Hug Day was launched in 1986 to encourage people to hug those they love more often due to the mental and physical health benefits of giving or getting a squeeze, and these women are doing it right!
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Besties Maria Bello and Mariska Hargitay give a full-on squeeze.
OITNB's Yael Stone and Natasha Lyonne do the half hug.
The Fosters' Teri Polo and Sherri Saum demonstrate the nose-to-nose baby bump hug.
Pretty Little Liars' Shay Mitchell and Lindsey Shaw play onscreen girlfriends, but here they're just loving up on each other in real life.
OITNB's Taylor Schilling gives Danielle Brooks the front to back hug.
Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep do the red carpet power couple hug.
Speaking of Pretty Little Liars, here is Shay with fellow Liar Ashley Benson doing the half nuzzle hug.
Blue Is the Warmest Color stars Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos demonstrate the over the shoulder back to front hug.
Those OITNB girls are real huggers. Here are Taylor and Laura Prepon doing the boob-to-boob half hug.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
