Why are light skinned girls prettier

The brand Clean and Dry took bleaching to new levels in , when it began heavily advertising for a new wash to lighten the vagina. This time, women had had enough. In , the activist group Women of Worth launched their Dark is Beautiful campaign , which was endorsed by the Indian theatre actress Nandita Sen.

This guidance is in keeping with the Indian Constitution , which provides for equality for all article 14 and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth article Unfortunately, the law can do little to stop the subtler forms of racism and bigotry present in Indian society. And, to date, that vagina bleaching product is still on the market.

Portsmouth Climate Festival — Portsmouth, Portsmouth. Edition: Available editions United Kingdom. Writing in Elle magazine , she said one of the reasons her role as Rachel Zane in the US legal drama Suits "stole her heart" was because it wasn't about the character's skin colour.

Star Wars actress Lupita Nyong'o has previously spoken about being teased for her "night-shaded skin" and would pray to God to wake up lighter-skinned. Actress Adele Oni plays a photographer in upcoming British film No Shade - which is all about colourism and love. She says: "We are all aware how inherent it is in our society, the concept of colourism and the concept of growing up and understanding if you're fairer skinned you're prettier in the eyes of men - and we accept it.

Media and entertainment has recently been celebrated for being more diverse. Edward Enninful, the first black editor of British Vogue took over in August last year, and the May issue of the magazine featured women with various skin tones.

And Black Panther, whose cast includes Lupita Nyong'o and Letitia Wright, was praised for representing darker-skinned women in film. Jordan Mitchell, managing director for PR firm Liz Matthews PR, says the debate around colourism can "sometimes work against women of colour". She says the focus should be celebrating the fact the entertainment industry has become more diverse. Lioness released a remix of her single DBT Dead Black Ting earlier this month - which featured several other darker-skinned female artists such as Lady Leshurr and Little Simz - to hit back at colourism.

She says she now celebrates being darker-skinned and wanted the song to "touch on the fact that we are all one race whatever the shade". Follow Newsbeat on Instagram , Facebook and Twitter. Listen to Newsbeat live at and every weekday on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra - if you miss us you can listen back here.

Maya Jama: Dark-skinned tweet 'ignorant'. Beyonce's dad calls out pop's colourism. Colourism and black love. Image source, Getty Images. Frisby asked 79 female participants to evaluate a selection of the photographs, which they believed were for an upcoming advertising campaign. Frisby analyzed the responses and discovered that participants, of whom 45 were Caucasian and 34 were African American, found the light brown skin tone most attractive. These findings might impact how advertisers use African-American models.