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MY TAKE

Really sad! I knew it had everything to do with colonialism. This phenomenon even had its effect on me as a teenager… I heard rumours of girls injecting poisonous substances regardless of the dire consequences to their health just because they wanted to ‘shine’. I shall shine at all cost! Really sad!

WHAT’S YOUR TAKE?

Ms Ross is in the middle

Now

Was the lighting that bad in the 60′s or has Ms Ross just grown fairer?

MY TAKE

Tell me why the Indians will not crucify Frieda Pinto for her complexion when every where you turn, influential dark skin celebrities are opting to ‘bleach’ their skin colour.

WHAT’S YOUR TAKE?

The picture above of a noticeably lighter-skin Beyonce Knowles was taken on the 15th Feb on the occasion of former band member Kelly Rowland’s 30th birthday dinner. The Media and blogosphere have gone into a frenzy insinuating that Beyonce is bleaching her skin. This got me curious and while doing some research on Beyonce’s earlier pictures, I stumbled across hordes of pictures of celebrities whose original body image have been altered in the photographer’s studio lab. Check them out below:

More tanned skin

Now unto other celebrities

Why oh why? She looks as gorgeous without the tan

So obvious

More tanned and Trimmer Waist and tummy

Fairer skin

Fairer skin

Perfect skin

Fairer skin, trimmer waist and thighs.

Judging from these pictures, is Beyonce Bleaching her skin or is it a question of magazines and newspapers trying to promote which skin colour they ‘think’ is ‘beautiful?’

MY TAKE

I think the lighting and possible flash from the Camera has a lot to do with the colour of her skin in all these pictures.