“Cosmetics giant L’Oréal painted Beyonce a lighter shade of brown for a new Elle magazine ad…”
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CitizenGeek
Meh, they do stuff like that with all models. It’s not a big deal. Besides, she does look better in the Elle picture.
retrofit71
I’m with citizengeek, I work at a national magazine, and it’s just color corrected, trust me, if you see what most of these people look like unretouched, it ain’t pretty..
n
tru, but a bit extreme dont u think in this instance?
mark
This is SO unnecessary Beyonce is stunning just as she is.
The excusers of this manipulation, act as if there has never been/or currently isn’t a benefit for African Americans to be lighter.
“Lighten up and Brighten Up” used to be the slogan on face BLEACH.
Joe
I can’t believe the first two commenters… seriously? She looks like she has vitiligo.
mark
Beyonce isn’t blameless in this ad, she cooperated in this propoganda.
Michelle
Wow, paper bag… that’s pretty old school, but sadly it still applies.
spunkbox
can someone photoshop some talent onto that cow?
Nitesurf
Why don’t they just go get a white girl for the ad instead of pretending Beyonce is.
Darth Paul
Mark’s totally right. Many magazines DO brighten the black folks up pretty regularly…and I have no doubt Beyonce is thrilled by it.
LMAO at ‘paper bag’, though…!
Snoodle
Colour correction no doubt…but she does look a bit ridiculous, it’s definitely overkill…
Alex Sarmiento
I hate Beyonce Knowles. I don’t dispute her talent, but she is a shining example of why America will only tolerate women of color if they look and act, well, white enough.
Geode
It’s an ad for dye! Isn’t she wearing a weave anyway?
mark
The silliest thing I saw on this story at HuffPo is l’oriel denies they manipulated the image, and Beyonce won’t comment.
SHAME and SHAME again
Rowen
Beyonce, mainly due to her father, was always the “lighter” girl back when she was in Destiny’s Child. Frankly, I’m more annoyed at the way they photoshopped her face into some hard angles.
mark
Here’s another photo of Beyonce
http://www.celebsinc.com/pictures/BeyonceKnowles/nude/beyonce_knowles_003.jpg
a good 8 shades darker than the BRITE ad
RJ
What does retouching have to do with make Beyonce look white? Amazingly, other magazines airbrush pictures of black people and don’t make them paler than my German-Irish self.
Ignoring the lightening of skin, there is also the fact that they altered the shape of her nose.
Ryan
Um I think you just answered your own question. If you take a photo of a black woman, lighten her skin, alter her nose, and put a silky white girl weave on her – then you are making her look white!
mark
Beige is Beautiful
say it proud….F*CK!