L'Oreal/Beyonce Whitewash

196. You're all a bunch of idiots..it's Hollywood that's what they do! Get over it or stop hating cuz you broke. If somebody offered you $50,000 to photoshop some pictures you wouldn't give a damn so shut the hell up.

Posted at 12:06AM on Aug 7th 2008 by whatever

197. Look they even changed Beyonce's nose. She is a lovely black woman. Why make her white? I cannot believe this crap still goes on!!! From a 43 year old white woman in the sticks!!!

Posted at 5:34PM on Aug 6th 2008 by Suzie

198. In the Seinfeld series the little person actor whose character "Mickey" was "heightening" now Beyonce gets acused of "Whitening"...is this story a candid camaera event? Is Jerry making anolther episode or a Seinfeld Movie? Beyonce is a beautiful woman no matter how dark or light her skin is....so really who care. Michael Jackson gotr much lighter in skin color and I did not see the protests over that....we are all too uptight over race and this may meana Obama has more to worry about that I would have thought given his lead in the polls. I though we were all mature enough to get this behind us.

Posted at 5:35PM on Aug 6th 2008 by Progressive wit

199. No surprise to me Beyonce has BEEN a sellout. Seasonal tanning & color change is clearly not to blame in this instance since she looks Michael Jackson-like in this photo. Hey! Heres an idea blame it on a skin disease! American media has always pushed the rule that lighter skinned blacks are automatically more beautiful & this incident is just a drop in the bucket.

Posted at 5:35PM on Aug 6th 2008 by Alicia P

200. I'm astounded at some of the posts that blast Heidi for being bare-breasted in front of her son! I'm so ashamed of the world we live in that is all for raising children in a close-minded, narrow-minded and utterly Puritan society. My son took showers with me or his father until he was 5... but I'm sure in your minds this would make me a horrible mother. Go f**k yourselves.

Posted at 5:40PM on Aug 6th 2008 by Cara

201. Whatever, why is everybody picking on her? She is modeling and the ad agency can do whatever they want with her ad. That is why they paid millions of dollars. Get over it, it's not like those other models are completely natural. A great model is one flexible enough to various looks.

Posted at 5:45PM on Aug 6th 2008 by texasjo

202. I searched for other pictures on the internet of Beyonce just now and many show her lighter than the picture on the left, and many show her darker than the picture on the right. I think it does depend on the time of year, if she is tan, or possibly spray tanned for a red carpet event. Also, when her hair is lighter, then her skin looks lighter in other pictures too. But the majority of the photos show her true skin tone somewhere in the middle of these two photos. Other L'Oreal ads show her darker as well.

Posted at 5:45PM on Aug 6th 2008 by Stage_Mom

203. No slap in the face to blacks. Its the same as losing weight..wearing hot clothes..makeup..or even perfume. Its simply away of improving your looks. They wouldnt have DARED print the ad without her approval. So I say that if shes happy with it, just let it go. All of us have done things to not only look better but feel better as well. Besides, black women have been doing this for years. I even read somewhere that black women make up like 90% of those who buy colored lenses. No big deal. i am getting jealous of her looks though :(

Posted at 5:28PM on Aug 7th 2008 by marrisaisahott

204. SHE IS A BEAUTY SO WHAT DIFFERENCE WOULD HER COLOR MAKE ??????????? AND SHE IS A CLASS ACT SO
WHAT DIFFERENCE WOULD HER COLOR MAKE.........I COULD GO ON BUT WHY

Posted at 5:46PM on Aug 6th 2008 by E SMITH

205. I haven't read everyone else's comments but, I do have to say that I don't recall Beyonce looking the y way she does in the picture on the left. I think that picture was darkened.

Posted at 5:50PM on Aug 6th 2008 by Shanna

206. I'm still wondering how this ad was turned into a race issue. That hadn't even crossed my mind. Therefore... no, it's not a slap in the face!

Posted at 5:46PM on Aug 6th 2008 by Chris

207. For you people's information, there are no such thing as so-called "white" people. Caucasians are pink people ----- different shades of pink, but pink nonetheless.
Give up the brainwashing nonsense about "white" people. Everyone know it's a distortions of facts that the Europeans (Caucasians) extracted the word "white" from the Bible, as the word white in the Bible is used symbolically for purity, or that of being without spots or tarnish. Thus, Caucasians in their devious brainwashing of the rest of mankind started refering to their skin color as being "white" ----- or to insinuate their so-called "pure" color or "pure" race.
Simplify the stupid connotations by just putting your pink skin next to anything ----- including this page ---- that is truly white, and it is obviously a misguided description. Caucasians are simply pink ---- so are many people from China, etc.
The nearest person you can actually even begin to consider white ---- or a pale white ---- are albino's.
And everyone knows ---- or should know ---- that only the true dark-skins people actually produced the first albinos on this planet earth.
Are you Caucasians truly from this planet, Earth? Then just give it nonsense and get real.

Posted at 5:49PM on Aug 6th 2008 by Pierre

208. Excuse me, but has anyone ever looked at Beyonce's own album covers? Not to mention her video's all the way back to her En Vogue day's? Seriously. Beyonce has been sporting this look way before Loreal got into the picture. Long hair, light skin. Yeah,Yeah, Yeah. The fashion world and the media set's these standards of beauty and because Beyonce doesn't even for a second resemble Kizzy. She's all of a sudden looking white? Or Loreal is trying to pass her? Get a life. I saw the picture and she doesn't look white to me. Hell I got cousins that look more caucasion than she does and nobodies running around calling them whities. FYI Woman of color come in all Hues, shades and color saturations. I don't see anyone screaming blackie when that big suimsuit edition comes out every year and you know good and well those girls didn't tan that evenly all the way down from their hoky poky and then all the up to their cheeze nips. Give it a rest.
Just because a woman of color wants to have long , blonde, red or whatever hair doesn't mean she looks white. photography lighting makes you a shade or two lighter as it always does if it's good commercial or fashion lighting It helps blow out the flaws. Only a white person would come up with this crap! And for hair coloring. Good weaves are made out of human hair that CAN be colored. You color your natural hair and then take the hair extensions and dye it to match. I don't recomend doing this at home but if your hair is easy to match like mine( Basic black) You shouldn't have a problem. My hair is natural and long I don't have a weave but. I am knowledgeable enough to speak about them. I hate when I blow out my hair and people say it looks white then white people are always trying to touch it. White people come up with the dumbest crap!!! She looks white? Maybe to the white person that started this hoopla she does but not to any black people that I know. The person that started this hoopla I promise you had limited contact growing up with anyone of color. And probably has one black friend that looks like Kizzy. Beyonce is Beautiful. On the inside and the out. Leave her and Loreal alone. Go attack someone that is really doing some harm in the world!!!
imodel

Posted at 8:39PM on Aug 6th 2008 by imodel

209. No differance than a white girl with a dark tan!

Posted at 5:47PM on Aug 6th 2008 by conrad Labutiay

210. She needs no touch ups. Her skin color is so beautiful as it is. We're all going to brown in the future anyway because of all the nationalities mixing with each other. so no one will have to try and get a tan !

Posted at 5:47PM on Aug 6th 2008 by lynn