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Irene Major is married to Canadian oil tycoon, Sam Malin. She used to be a model and hails from Cameroon.
Today, she's in the news for the colour of her skin. Or rather the changing colour of her skin. No, she's not a chameleon, but close.
She looks almost unrecognisable in these two photos circulating on social media today - taken only a few years apart.
She told the Mail Online that lighter skin simply makes her feel prettier than her dark skin. She confessed to using a smorgasbord of skin lightening products and treatments (some more extreme than others) over the years.
She added that she knows that skin lightening, as a practice, is seen as a taboo; and that people are very judgmental when they've learn that she's manipulating her skin's appearance to look more "white". Yet, the ex-model said that it makes her feel better about herself.
Skin lightening as a practice is...
Irene Major is married to Canadian oil tycoon, Sam Malin. She used to be a model and hails from Cameroon.
Today, she's in the news for the colour of her skin. Or rather the changing colour of her skin. No, she's not a chameleon, but close.
She looks almost unrecognisable in these two photos circulating on social media today - taken only a few years apart.
She told the Mail Online that lighter skin simply makes her feel prettier than her dark skin. She confessed to using a smorgasbord of skin lightening products and treatments (some more extreme than others) over the years.
She added that she knows that skin lightening, as a practice, is seen as a taboo; and that people are very judgmental when they've learn that she's manipulating her skin's appearance to look more "white". Yet, the ex-model said that it makes her feel better about herself.
Skin lightening as a practice is...
