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Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago: Of Beauty & Bottoms

Written byJanine Mendes-Franco
Posted 10 February 2011 17:38 GMT

Stunner is incredulous over the skin bleaching phenomenon, saying: “Black is beautiful”, while Lisa Allen-Agostini “can testify that it is not easy for a black woman to be without a big bottom…the cult of the bamsee is strong.”

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