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Originally posted by Neosoulchild
It may be naive of me, but I didn't think someone of another race would even have the nerve to speak about this issue to other blacks let alone write and article about it. That was the interesting thing to me.
Not once did I think about Eva being more approachable because she appeared to be mixed, and I definately didn't think she won because of it. I also think that YaYa lost not because of her darker skin tone or her nappy hair but because of her attitude.
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I agree. I'm sure his own race has a couple of issues that he can analyze.
Even if I could look past that, his theory is gone once you mention some of the newer African American models Tomiko Fraser, Jaunel McKenzie, Ujjwala, Alek Wek, and Lyia Kebede. I didn't like the way he only threw in Roshumba's name in an attempt to say she's the only other dark model besides Naomi and how she gets no attention.
If you think about it, Covergirl already has a "afrocentric" (using the author's words) model Kiara Kubukuru :
I'm sure they had a say in the overall decision and they didn't want a model who was close to what they already had. Considering Covergirl is about makeup and their ads focus on the model's face, I think that was another factor in not choosing Yaya. Her skin did clear up, but she still had some problems.