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More on the L'Oréal front ... When Beyonce signed on with L'Oréal in 2001 her career was big -- but not huge. As she became more mainstream, her look in the ads appears to evolve -- into a whiter version of her former self.
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(Page 2 of 17) Previous 15 Comments | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Most Recent | Next 15 Comments16. #13 reefreshing-I am an old man and I don't understand all these words you are writing.It is either that text stuff they talk about or you just don't know how to spell. That is huge bottom lip this girl has.My opinion is that they tried to make her hair look lighter,not her skin. I typed this real slow for you people who don't read too fast.
Posted at 8:04AM on Aug 9th 2008 by ANOKIE
17. Good grief, they are trying to promote warmer colors for Fall/Winter. It's called marketing, TMZ. Why would they spend all of the $ to hire a big name and then try to make the big name NOT look like themselves. Once again in your race to pounce on NOTHING and try to turn it into SOMETHING, you put your foot in it.
Way to go, TMZ, you bunch of a$$holes.
Posted at 8:11AM on Aug 9th 2008 by Get a real job
18. Shouldn't most entertainers of her stature have final approval on the look of the images used in ads? You might want to look into that. I doubt this is a shock to her.
Posted at 8:12AM on Aug 9th 2008 by mat
19. Oh please! Nina, get over it already. You're just making a big deal out of nothing! Nobody cares.
First of all, the lighting is different in the picture. It's more yellowish than the rest. It's made to enhance the hair.
Has Beyoncé made a bit deal out of this? No. Has the press made a huge deal about this? No. Is Nina overreacting? Yes.
Posted at 1:19PM on Aug 12th 2008 by Bianca
20.
TMZ:
Racism died a long time ago. Too late to revive it. You look lame for trying.
Posted at 8:34AM on Aug 9th 2008 by danny c
21. For all of you who are upset , you act like this is some crime , like it doesnt happen all the time on every tv show and every magazine with models
what do you think of Oprahs fake skin then, on her show, I mean she is like Aunt Jemimah without makeup , but yet when she goes on her show, its almost like a micheal Jackson transfomation her skin is 1000 shades whiter, she is almost charcoal black in real life.........why are you not crying about that? or did you not notice?
Posted at 8:24AM on Aug 9th 2008 by Mack
22. You guys have branded TMZ as a funny celeb website, not a PAC. These news clips read like they're written by a political activist. Not funny. Not persuasive. Better luck next time TMZ!
Posted at 8:32AM on Aug 9th 2008 by whome
23. The latest picture looks more like a blond Sofia Coppola than Beyonce. I'd like to know how Beyonce feels about these pictures. She has a lot of "looks" and they are all beautiful.
Posted at 8:26AM on Aug 9th 2008 by Kay
24. The black racists are really mad cause L'Oréal gave a black woman blond hair.......
Posted at 8:28AM on Aug 9th 2008 by LOL
25. Hey "reefreshing"...ever read or SEEN a book in your life??? You butcher the english language like no other...and take of the caps lock dumbass!
Posted at 8:34AM on Aug 9th 2008 by what
26. My god they are trying to make us think she is half white...............OPS she is half white.........GOSH
Posted at 8:37AM on Aug 9th 2008 by Mack
27. @ #13 REEFRESHING
Stop yelling at us. Not cool.
You need to go back to school. My suggestion - Spelling 101.
Posted at 8:42AM on Aug 9th 2008 by misty
28. That hair color would look horrible on the darker skin from the previous ads...
Posted at 8:46AM on Aug 9th 2008 by Heather
29. What she needs to do is work on her diction. She has that Ebonics accent that makes it hard to understand what she is saying. Speak clearly if you are going to bee a spokespserson for a product!
Posted at 8:47AM on Aug 9th 2008 by Esquire
30. First off, none of the pictures have Beyonce's real hair. Beyonce always wear wigs. Her real hair is nice but not nearly as long as the wigs she wears. She hasn't worn her natural hair since the first few years of Destiny's Child. That has been mentioned many times by celebrity stylists and hairdressers. Beyonce briefly commented on that long before she was super famous. She admits she damaged her own hair from constant hair changes and realized she would need to protect her own hair. This also isn't the first occasion that Beyonce has worn blond wigs. Watch some old videos/movies, flip through Us Weekly earlier this year. Beyonce is already a light-skinned black woman. As someone whose family is mixed, I have family members who could pass for white. But in the summer time they are out in the sun frequently and tan extremely quickly. We don't know when exactly the pictures were taken. They could have been taken a few months ago or during the winter time. How many times have we seen stuff come out several months after it was done? I don't think Loreal tried to whitewash Beyonce. The blond hair choice, I'm certain that was more Beyonce's choice than Loreal. Her and Tyra Banks are forever wearing blond wigs. They both need to stop it.
Posted at 8:51AM on Aug 9th 2008 by Whitewash-gate
