Although she is grieving the horrific murders of her family this holiday season, Jennifer Hudson has decided to go forward with a new GAP holiday campaign.

Jennifer is featured on one of the companies many holidays ads, sporting a cheerful bright red sweater with a big smile on her face. The tagline reads, Shine Your Own Star.

Gap spokesperson Olive Doyne says the company gave the singer/actress the option of backing out.

“She said she wanted to be a part of it and that we should move forward,” Doyne says. The photo shoot took place last July in New York City, months before the murders took place.

The ad will be featured in magazines, newspapers and on billboards.