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Ms. Snowden reminds us during a televised debate on the issue, that the 27-year old Entertainer is a “Naturally Fair-Skinned Woman so I don’t see what all of the hoopla is about“.

Well….

If Beyonce were already “Fair-Skinned enough” prior to this new ad campaign, why haven’t we seen this “Fair-Skinned” version of her before now?

Ms. Snowden further argues that when “Beyonce usually steps out into the public’s eye, she is covered with a Bronzer and that her hair is usually a darker color”.
“Thus her skin may look darker than it really is“.

I call Bullsh*t on that one too!

Upon viewing those pics even a guy could see that there was possibly some photoshopping done.

In addition her cheekbones look slimmer on those images.

I used the term “possibly” because since I wasn’t present during the photo session, I can’t say if the prints were actually altered or not. They just appear to be.

The company of course denies having digitally airbrushed any of the pics shot for the ads and defends their professional partnership with the Star with this statement:

“We highly value our relationship with Ms. Knowles. It is categorically untrue that L’Oreal Paris altered Ms. Knowles’ features or skin tone in the campaign for Feria hair color,” the Paris-based company said in a statement sent to the Associated Press Thursday“.

Did Ms. Knowles have some of the Melanin extracted from her skin before those shots were taken?

Would wearing stage make-up have given her that same bright glow we see in those pics?

I don’t know. Maybe. Maybe not.

Without question Beyonce is an African-American Woman with a lighter complexion, however she isn’t by Black folk standards a “Redbone“, nor is she “High Yellow“.

As it relates to skin tone, she’s just a step or two (NOT three) above the average Brown-Skinned Sistah.

What message does this situation send to Darker-Skinned Woman not just within the Black community but also within other ethnic groups?