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Let me put it out there that as a child I have been a absolute Destiny's Child and Beyonce fan. Like devout. I've seen them in concert. Have all their albums and solo ones too ( apart from Michelle Williams' sorry yeah lol ). And much as I may not agree with certain changes I've seen in Beyonce as a fashion icon and performer I have mad mad respect for her as a female artist...Moving on.
An article yesterday in the Dairy Mail snapped the above picture of Bey out on a shopping spree with new bleach blonde hair and significantly lighter looking skin.
FIRST: We have to remember Beyonce's mother is mixed race and her father African American so naturally she is more likely to have a lighter skin tone. As much as people may have to say from childhood photos and old group photos Beyonce was always the lighter in the group (whether this has enabled her to get further in the industry is another discussion for another day!)
SECONDLY: photoshop + media's need for a 'story' - We can't put anything past the media these days. So many images can be lightened, shrunk, cropped and generally manipulated to match a headline.
FINALLY: Lighting - can make all the difference. Depending where or how a picture is taken your skin tone is not going to be consistent in all shots. Its impossible due to shading, sunlight etc.
TO CONCLUDE: In my opinion. Amongst other things I cant deny Beyonce seems to have got lighter over the years. Her skin colour, her hair colour etc.
I do not disprove that although in this picture she looks significantly lighter, it may be a fluke and/or manipulation.
I just hope a woman as beautiful as Beyonce is not bleaching her already lighter skin. She is an inspiration and a role model to a lot of young and impressionable females out there. And us females need to accept who we are and see more females in the public eye content with who they are too.
What do you think ?
to read the article visit : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1357759/Beyonce-shows-lighter-side.html
She does actually look very pale in that picture compared to before but you're right. The media will do anything to print a story. They airbrush and photo shop everything but I remember watching the Beautiful Liar video and not knowing which one was Shakira and which was Beyonce. I hope she'd not bleaching, not just because so many women and girls look up to her but also because it's just not healthy.
ReplyDeleteVery true. I may look into the so called 'pros' and cons of bleaching, Its been made obvious in a lot of celebrities I think people are unaware how dangerous it is as is tanning.
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