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Thursday 16 January 2014

Vanity Fair accused of lightening Lupita Nyong'o's skin color

Vanity Fair yesterday announced that 30 year old Oscar nominee Lupita Nyong'o was one of the faces photographed for the Vanities Section of its February issue and tweeted the pic on the right. And while the Kenyan beauty looks great in the pic, some people were quick to point out that she looks way lighter in the pic than she really is. Compare and contrast the pics above. Black is beautiful Vanity Fair! Continue...



at 1/16/2014 09:59:00 pm

102 comments:

  1. Eugenia Ekeji16 January 2014 at 22:02

    She's fair on the other pic. I would have loved her being black. Black is beautiful.

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  2. AnnMarie16 January 2014 at 22:02

    I think its the picture

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    1. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:59

      yes, dats mere light effect

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    2. JustPorsh17 January 2014 at 15:22

      It comes with photo editing which makes the picture more professional. Online bleaching ko! People can like to tlk sha.

      Btw, Anty Linda, is she 26 or 30?

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  3. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:04

    na wah dem wan bleach her skin by force. Lupita is a black beauty from Kenya and she is proud of her skin color unlike many Nigerian girls who love to bleach a.k.a Dencia

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    1. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 00:24

      I laugh in German. For your information, Dencia is Cameroonian and not Nigerian. Jealousy!

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  4. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:06

    who cares if they lightened it ?! hahaha oh lord people shaaaaa, acting like they set off an atomic bomb urgh!

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    1. Unknown16 January 2014 at 22:50

      I sweae like seriously ppl jst look for issues where there's none.

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    2. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:59

      Asinnnn! Gosh! Wen will we jst STOP all d hypocrisy n jst ENJOY dis EARTH while we still cn. Arghhh! D black nation stressing all d time abt color, abt racism, abt global marginalisation; we sound like we hv complex issues! We hv our freedom nw. Lupita ddnt complain. Obama is still president. Wat do u fcking blck ppl want?!! Arrgghh!

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    3. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 23:36

      Hahaha! I tell u! Ppl will make a big deal out of anything,and turn d simplest issues into "a revolution"!
      Unrelated: has anyone noticed that prince charming doesn't comment anymore? Dat 100k wey linda no give am,really pain d dude,lol.seiously sha,I wonder why linda didn't give him some of d money.d guys was as consistent and annoying as bonario(if not more so sef),so I wonder why linda didn't reward him just like she did bonario.it's not quite fair sha;I don't blame him for feeling hurt and slighted. #OkBye

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    4. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 02:12

      Buhahahaha. Anon11:36. Gud observation. Even rough diamond is hardly hia dis days. Hahahahaha.

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    5. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 10:41

      Actually Princecharming stopped commenting sometime in september last year,wonder where the dude went to.

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  5. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:10

    Black is beautiful yet you and your sister bleach. You will call yours toning. Same thing.

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    1. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 01:17

      They hav 2 manage d toning cos they can neva b light-skinned. Fair is more beautiful...

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  6. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:12

    Probably the lights used...that will make u lighter.

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  7. ST. KIZITO BOUTIQUE IG: @stkizitoboutique16 January 2014 at 22:14

    Maybe she wanted it too

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    1. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 09:03

      Jeeez lupita is 30 ke? I could swear she was 18

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  8. IkwerreBoy16 January 2014 at 22:14

    common blacks should get over racism.

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  9. ♥ ȊƦȋƺȟ ƘƦȋϻ ♥16 January 2014 at 22:17

    4 God sake is d flash....does evrytyn hv 2 b cream na wa oooO

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    1. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 07:41

      Saw her on GG red carpet on sun/ Mon n she is as black as black itself, shiny ebony. When did she bleach her skin? Abeg people shld shut up n grow up. Dat pix jus got so much lighting effect, she is nt bleached at all.

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  10. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:19

    this one na bleaching nyere mu aka....pls black is beautiful....Linda post my comment am a first timer...

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  11. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:20

    They should know that studio pictures has flash of light and is different from outdoor normal pix.what's wrong with plp.

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  12. James16 January 2014 at 22:20

    Haha! What's new? These people make models appear thinner, remove blemishes from people's faces and make them look flawless among other things. It's how it works in Hollywood.

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  13. ladyp16 January 2014 at 22:20

    linda i read in Genevieve maz that one of d popular nollywood actress was nap in a hotel in vi, by d wife of her sugar dad, they said d actress is short, fare, above 30 ve won more than two awards dis year, and ve won best dressed actress on may award, from eastern part of dis country, pls bring d full gist here

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    1. Nneka17 January 2014 at 08:06

      All dis sum up is pointing to one person.(Rita) Are u scared of calling names???
      Ujo ana atu gi??

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    2. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 16:38

      Lmao! Linda. There is nothing we won't see on this ur blog. Bwahahaha!

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  14. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:21

    Mumu people,can't they see the pic is fotoshopped

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  15. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:23

    And so? Please let her win the Oscar first. Who send ththis twitter guy msg? Don't they also lighten/darken Caucasians?

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  16. Unknown16 January 2014 at 22:23

    I think it has more to do with the lighting of the photo studio. People should rest joor.

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  17. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:23

    Everybody hates black people and their skin colour and nigeria is making matters worse, increasing the hate people have for us even more with this gay bill. Rain insults don't give a shit

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  18. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:25

    What if it's d photo shop, maybe it was edited, people just like unnecessary iranu. Either ways she looks good.
    Tweet

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  19. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:27

    And so?
    ~Ð great anonymous!

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  20. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:30

    They do that to all, u think they don't do it to Beyonce ciara, no matter how light they are

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  21. Unknown16 January 2014 at 22:31

    It's not like she is as fair as Dencia, she still looks too black...so y d fuss over nothing...

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  22. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:31

    Rily..tbh,shez fyner in d bleached version jor.....but black is beutiful sha...lol...vinny

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  23. Unknown16 January 2014 at 22:32

    Black is indeed beautiful

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  24. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:32

    African queen lol #bright bravo#

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  25. slimzyose16 January 2014 at 22:35

    She's beautiful

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  26. Maris16 January 2014 at 22:37

    She too dark joor, see her neck.

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  27. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:37

    Why is it I don't hear people say , " white is beautiful"? She looks better fair than black jor. Are u blind? Most men like it fair toned than black. Well I do.

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  28. Maris16 January 2014 at 22:38

    Too dark joor

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  29. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:40

    Sometimes the lighting for those pics makes the person look lighter. Either way its not a jarring difference. Its more like an instagram filter.

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  30. Unknown16 January 2014 at 22:44

    Black is beautiful

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  31. @MEETD®EALEVANS™16 January 2014 at 22:46

    I find dis post funny, is d lightened lady complaining,

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  32. success igbinoba16 January 2014 at 22:49

    Okay

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  33. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:50

    SoRry is it my phone screen or something? I think the girl is definitely good lookin but I don't see me and my guyz lookin back twice just to look @ her or leaving our drinks nd goin to toast her. Nywayz u good lookin dear... #NOhyping2014 #blackwomanskinsmooth #willzsayso

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  34. wemimo16 January 2014 at 22:50

    It's no big deal..could be d camera lights..now that editor abi na animator is in trouble...lolz

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  35. Dorcasdaduchess16 January 2014 at 22:53

    Na photo-shop jor make we hear word.*hiss*

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  36. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:53

    Black is really beautiful,African Queen!

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  37. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:53

    I'm freaking tired to the word 'bleach' don't u guys take pics or what is ur probs. I look brighter in all of ma pics cos of the flash. Also d pics whr she looks brighter r photoshoped. Linda na everybody they bleach don't make silly commentors irritate reasonable ppl from ur blog

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  38. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:54

    War on bleaching! Say no to bleaching! Say no to fair girls.......... Lmao.

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  39. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:55

    Pple must talk! Smh
    @UA

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  40. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 22:57

    But is she really 30?

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  41. SUNSHINE16 January 2014 at 22:58

    Africans love making issues outta nothing.
    What happened to studio lights and all the lighting equipments?

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  42. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 23:07

    Naa †ђξ picture colour change her luk.black Į̸̸̨§ beautiful.

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  43. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 23:07

    Naa †ђξ picture colour change her luk.black Į̸̸̨§ beautiful.

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  44. Lisa London16 January 2014 at 23:08

    It is the flash. Just like in some editorials they even make her darker

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  45. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 23:09

    CAn it be undone?


    Post a Comment

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  46. Apple16 January 2014 at 23:12

    They sure did, black is beautiful.

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  47. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 23:23

    Really black is beautiful. Haba vanityfair

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  48. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 23:33

    D girl is rily beautiful. Lightened or not

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  49. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 23:48

    Oponu ppl...igba yen nko

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  50. Unknown16 January 2014 at 23:48

    U guys plz giv me a break , think before you comment that's just a phoro edit. Common guyz

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  51. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 23:49

    Am sure is the picture they lightened up and not Lupita herself.

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  52. Anonymous16 January 2014 at 23:55

    You people should just shut up, even normal moisturiser lightens up d skin, dat girl did not bleach, believe me I kn when someone bleaching, most u people leave dirty comments, Linda abeg how u dey sleep for night with all dis dirty comment, all this usless monitoring spirit, some people live on Linda ikeji blog, low lifers, degenerated fools. Abeg joor, some people need make Dem wash their mouth with canoe soap, yeye people if una like abuse me. Later Dem go say Dem no get job, make Linda dey look for job for una, jobless bloggers monitoring demons

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  53. Unknown16 January 2014 at 23:58

    Gosh *pls free d babe *

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  54. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 00:01

    And this is news because ? Learn to focus on the positivesss.

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  55. candygirl17 January 2014 at 00:05

    Eish humans though!wtf is wrong with people?everything they complain about..shake my head,I really can't deal.

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  56. Unknown17 January 2014 at 00:18

    Guess the pics was edited...!

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  57. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 00:52

    People are fools! There are things used for lighting in the studio. Even if she's lighter sef, is it your body? Humans disgust me sometimes.

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  58. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 00:59

    ok i think we are getting ahead of ourselves here, it's the lightening they used for the photo shoot.. She is dark and beautiful and we know nobody can take that away

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  59. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 01:23

    She is pretty, especially in the third pic. Btw, no bleaching is done on that lovely skin..call it edited , filtered, or wat eva. No big deal though. {Lovetheskinthatyou're in}

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  60. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 01:30

    Yawning...! Nothing can erase her lovely dark skin. Ppl should cut the bull! Even lightened she's still very dark.

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  61. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 02:24

    If you can not photoshop then what is the use of the technology! We all know she is black why all the hassle? Hilary Obiorah

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  62. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 02:58

    Nw vanity re-edit d picture
    Black is beautiful

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  63. miss Sparxz17 January 2014 at 03:40

    Na wah for ppl oh! It's just a pic and she still looks like a BLACK lady in d pic and No one is gonna confuse her for being WHITE so take a chill pill ppl and jst relax. Whenever a model takes a pic, she could be made to look darker or lighter.....na picture abeg! Or did u guys want her so dark she would b invisible in d pic? Ppl wit too much time and too little to do...come use the time wash my cloths abeg!

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  64. fungi17 January 2014 at 04:09

    lool.. it's photoshop

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  65. Unknown17 January 2014 at 05:52

    Haba,no b everytin wey eye see mouth dey tlk. Pple sabi tlk jare. Abeg mk una free d babe, it cud b d pic

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  66. Unknown17 January 2014 at 06:44

    She looks better in the lightened pix abeg. Stop all these hypocrisy people.

    ~~Success Has No Limitation~~

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  67. Unknown17 January 2014 at 06:56

    Mctewwwwwww

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  68. jbankzE17 January 2014 at 06:57

    Dem wan sell dia magazine quick na......dey dnt want darkness cover jare bt Black is stil nd wil alwayz b d BEST

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  69. victor u17 January 2014 at 07:21

    Photo effect.

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  70. victor u17 January 2014 at 07:22

    Photo effect I guess

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  71. Amarachukwu17 January 2014 at 08:03

    Is obvious,she looks fairer but still beautiful.

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  72. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 08:12

    There are better things to worry about than people bleaching their own skin, relaxing their own hair, adding extensions to their own hair, piercing their own body,tattooing their own skin. Haba, enough of the spiteful attacks. Mind ur own filthy biz. It ain't ur headache 'perfect judgmental people'. Haba!!!

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  73. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 08:15

    It's called Photoshop people .

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  74. dhobiz17 January 2014 at 08:24

    Editing error

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  75. Adetola17 January 2014 at 08:58

    People and their wahala sha, Its the picture nah..

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  76. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 09:11

    It's an issue because the message is she isn't fine as she is. Altering her skin makes her better. Bravo to those ladies for calling out Vanity Fair on its BS. Lupita became famous woman as a dark skinned woman. That's how she should stay.

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  77. Uloma17 January 2014 at 09:18

    Everytin na story sha! I see nufin significantly wrong wif d pix abeg!

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  78. Unknown17 January 2014 at 10:01

    geezz people give it a brek aint nuttin fair abt this pic na wa for una o

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  79. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 10:03

    mtcheeew...I hiss in french! The gal only got a good bath jare...the type that cleans u up after pepper don rest well!

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  80. Unknown17 January 2014 at 10:33

    she is 30?????wow

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  81. Unknown17 January 2014 at 10:37

    she is 30?????wow

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  82. Unknown17 January 2014 at 10:46

    Its photoshop jare.......

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  83. Adorable Jewel17 January 2014 at 10:56

    And how is dis news??? ***flips perovian and walks away***

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  84. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 11:04

    She is okay

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  85. Anonymous17 January 2014 at 12:47

    I guess I'll ave to keep on threatening Linda dat I'll stop posting any comment bfor she publish all my comments o! Cos wen I told her I'll stop commenting, she publised it, bt afterwards she stopped, y nah? Anyways, here's my view abt d pix, d lighter pix is photo shop get it. Shikena! Toyin Kakulu

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  86. ZeeZee17 January 2014 at 14:26

    its good lighting... somebody tell the idiots

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  87. MY TURN17 January 2014 at 16:09

    duuuuh its called vanity FAIR isn't it?So...

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