The celebrity-world dwellers are constantly doing everything to look younger, more attractive and fit into the beauty standards more and more. From superstars like Rihanna and Beyoncé to others who are lesser known, everyone in Hollywood has made some attempt to look more conventionally attractive.
With procedures of plastic surgeries on the rise, many celebrities have also used skin-lightening techniques to appear lighter and fairer. Here’s a list of eight celebrities who have been accused of changing their skin color.
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Blac Chyna
American reality TV star Blac Chyna has frequently been accused of lightening her skin. Though she has never accepted or denied these claims, the changes in her skin tone are pretty self-explanatory. Chyna even has a skin whitening cream over which she received a lot of backlash.
Do you know how vile you have to be as a black woman, to travel to a country with such strong ties to colourism to promote skin bleaching
— Tops (@SincerelyTops) November 20, 2018
Ciara
Actress Ciara has undergone some noticeable changes when it comes to her skin tone. For someone who had brown complexion, she now leans more towards a tanned fair skin. Many have speculated that the actress has had her skin bleached, though she has denied any such claims.
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Diana Ross
One of the most famous singers from the 70s and 60s, Diana’s skin has visibly lightened over the years. However, many have also assumed that it might be due to a loss of melanin in her skin, skin lightening is also a factor she could have used to step into the fairer spotlight.
Khanyi Mbau
African actress Khanyi Mbau went through a shocking transformation as she lightened her whole body a lot of shades lighter.
When accused of skin bleaching, the actress said, “I have always being intrigued by healthy skin and the science behind aesthetics, I have been on my skin journey for over five years and thus far it has brightened my skin.”
She further responded to the accusations and said,“I am not shy of being Black, I am very Black but I am the free Black. The liberated and free Black. The one who, if I want to do something, I do it regardless of what people say,”
Lil Kim
The American rapper underwent a big transformation as she appeared racially different after having her skin lightened. Responding to these claims she said to a fan, “Ok but when the f*ck did I bleach my skin u miserable Moron! My plast post clearly shows that but u haters will always have something to say even when facts r right in front of ur face but I understand ur just doing ur job as a hater but understand this … I checked my calendar and I still won’t give a f*ck Neveruary the 1st either.”
Rihanna
Rihanna has also been accused of using skin-lightening techniques to get fairer skin. Many have also argued that it might be because of makeup or her losing melanin. The ‘Diamonds‘ singer has never responded to any of these claims, but the quick transformation does seem a little suspicious.
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Nicki Minaj
The queen of rap got at least three shades lighter as she spent more time in the industry. Nicki Minaj has had a lot of work done on different parts of her body; a skin-lightening treatment is highly possible too.
While many fans have argued that she used a lot of spray tan at the beginning of her career which is why the rapper looked so dark.
Nicki is light skin get over it sis , she said at the beginning of her career she used a lot of tan spray let's not be slow today thank you. BTW the room is bright so the picture just made her look lighter but if u look at the video that day you would kno 🤷🏽♀️ pic.twitter.com/QWYRvBXyU4
— Eliezer 🇬🇾 (@MyaEliezer) January 30, 2020
Beyoncé
Queen Bey recently came under fire for looking extremely white-toned for her concert film premiere. Many accused her of whitefishing while many argued that she had always looked this fair. Her mother Tina Knowles came to her rescue and slammed the haters who were accusing her of lightening her skin.
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