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[MWS Natural]

 

[Dreams-Visions]

^ lol, stop that.

Are you guys sure it's not just different makeup and lighting conditions?

yes, of course.

 

[Gattsu25]

Same basic setting as the 2nd pic.

Downgrade total

 

[Uno Venova]

Aw, she was one of the sexist R&B singers out there.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Why would you do that?

 

[Guevara]

She looked more asian before.

Nose job actually looks good, and I don't usually think so. Also she looks 10x better with more nature eyebrows and unstraightened hair.

 

[neutralgamer02]

She looked more asian before.

This really isn't a fair comparison. Her face is stretched so much in the before picture that it makes it seem like they aren't even the same person.

 

[Onemic]

Truly a tragedy

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Why would you do that?

you'd be suprised the kind of weird shit people start seeing in the mirror when they have nothing better to do than self-critique based on their inhibitions and insecurities. the skinny start thinking they're fat. the naturally beautiful start thinking they need permanent, body-appearance surgery.

people can quickly lose sight of reality.

Amerie is just the latest big-name example, but there are thousands of little names doing the same thing every single day.

 

[Shogmaster]

Her black side succumbed to her Korean side... Korean Blasians are doomed by their genes...

 

[Bgamer90]

Man this is sad.

 

[Fusebox]

This really isn't a fair comparison. Her face is stretched so much in the before picture that it makes it seem like they aren't even the same person.

Only the thumbnail zoom is stretched, the main pic isn't. It's a good nose job.

 

[commedieu]

well.

Looks like she already had the nose done no?

And those lashes are just mods. Probably just for the premiere of whatever B movie she is in. (not credited)

Plus theres a ton of makeup on her..

and..and her hair is just tied back.

/denial.

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

should've quit while she was ahead

but it's up to her what she does to her body. maybe she thinks she looks better now.

 

[neutralgamer02]

Her black side succumbed to her Korean side... Korean Blasians are doomed by their genes...

Looks like she actually removed her asian side mostly. She get rid of the asian eye slant and asian nose. She just barely bleached her skin. Looks like she wanted european features over asian ones.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

should've quit while she was ahead

but it's up to her what she does to her body. maybe she thinks she looks better now.

I just...I'd love to know what her husband had to say about this bullshit. why would he be okay with her going under the knife or doing hyper-pigmentation treatments? where the fuck is he from?

Looks like she actually removed her asian side mostly. She get rid of the asian eye slant and asian nose. She just barely bleached her skin. Looks like she wanted european features over asian ones.

actually, her nose was decidedly black originally. and there's no "just barely" about that skin bleaching. it's fucking significant and she looks odd now.

she definitely looks like she went for all the tropes of societal definitions of beauty and has begun to fail by taking it too far, as most do.

 

[Medalion]

Amerie, damn I was just thinking about her recently

She just kinda dissapeared off the face of the earth after an awesome song and hot music video for One Thing in 2005

Is she trying to embrace her asian side now?

 

[Wiseblade]

Not another one...

Although this is one of the better bleachings I've seen. Most leave the person looking like their skin rotted off. This one only looks unnatural. Still, a sad day for hotness appreciators everywhere.

 

[Rain_ng]

Depressing, she was fine already.

 

[Ovid]

What did she do?

The only thing that looks different is her hair being pulled back, the lighting and a ton of makeup.

 

[SpartanForce]

ugly both ways

 

[Half and half]

ugly both ways

Too obvious. 1/10

 

[Kyon]

Omg one of my faves! So underrated! I remember when Bey swagger jacked Amerie's style. Then again who doesn't Beyaka steal from... anyway Amerie stays slaying your faves! Too bad she's a flop :/

 

[Shogmaster]

Looks like she actually removed her asian side mostly. She get rid of the asian eye slant and asian nose. She just barely bleached her skin. Looks like she wanted european features over asian ones.

I was talking about her Korean subconscious impulse for plastic surgery.

 

[Vic]

I was talking about her Korean subconscious impulse for plastic surgery.

lol

 

[neutralgamer02]

actually, her nose was decidedly black originally. and there's no "just barely" about that skin bleaching. it's fucking significant and she looks odd now.

she definitely looks like she went for all the tropes of societal definitions of beauty and has begun to fail by taking it too far, as most do.

The skin bleaching really doesn't look that significant. It was hard for me to tell if it was due to the lighting or not. I have seen much worse.

About the nose, it really depends but black peoples noses are a little more bubbly so to say. Her nose is more flat like a lot of asian noses. It is a lot more clean in the first comparison pic posted. Whatever though. She didn't like it either way.

I was talking about her Korean subconscious impulse for plastic surgery.

Oh, I see.

 

[Raynes]

 

[Revolutionary]

Looks like the flash from a camera. She still looks great.

 

[Kitschkraft]

People are far too quick to jump to "OMG SKIN LIGHTENING" for celebs.

While she has clearly had plastic surgery (As have most celebrities), the percieved difference in skin tone can be explained by a lot of things. This isn't a Sammy Sosa imo.

I don't think Rihanna had it either. These women have loads of make up tricks.

I see an article on bossip/mediatakeout like once a month accusing Beyonce of bleaching, it's like the new "SHE GOT A WEAVE" in black culture.

 

[Kreed]

What did she do?

The only thing that looks different is her hair being pulled back, the lighting and a ton of makeup.

First she got a nose job:

She looked more asian before.

Then she got a second nose job and bleached her skin:

Same basic setting as the 2nd pic.

The OP should have provided the full body shot here and not just the shot of her face.

 

[KibblesBits]

Amerie used to be so damn pretty.

This is one thing that's got me trippin'.

 

[Takuan]

Doesn't even look like the same person anymore.

 

[akira28]

Man do people suck.
I wonder what she's had to listen to, or what she thinks.

 

[benzy]

Are there any other pics of the new her at a different event?

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Amerie used to be so damn pretty.

This is one thing that's got me trippin'.

God-tier thighs.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Hadn't heard of her before the thread, but she went from gorgeous to tragedy real quick. Sad.

 

[Takuan]

Man do people suck.
I wonder what she's had to listen to, or what she thinks.

In Korea, it's not considered an insult when a girl tells a friend she'd look prettier if she got surgery. Surgery falls under the self-improvement umbrella, and has been encouraged as a means to an end for some time now. So yeah, I guarantee you she's had all kinds of horrible things said to her face about physical "flaws" and "imperfections". Truly a disgusting aspect of Korean culture.

Here's a news piece on the popularity of surgery in Korea that gives a cultural perspective on the phenomenon, for those interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlV_OnBnGmI&feature=youtu.be

 

[Nizz]

Man this is sad.

Tell me about it.

 

[Kaizer]

Damn, talk about a downgrade.

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

Maybe she's turning into an ahjumma.

 

[Medalion]

Lady Rhiannahim

 

[Extra Sauce]

Michael Jackson with tits?

 

[Throavium]

No one bothered posting anymore pictures?

 

[Eric C]

Quite a remarkable transformation.
She turned from black to asian.

lil kim did it first

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Those lil kim pictures...I honestly thought those were two different people at first glance

 

[undrtakr900]

Meanwhile Beyonce looks more and more like shakira with each passing day.

They dam near looked like twins in their Beautiful Liar video:

 

[akira28]

So culture just went underground with it, I guess?


And what the hell is with lil kim looking like Ms Swan from Mad TV?

 

[coldvein]

i somehow don't care. she looks fine before and after. the concept of skin bleaching is just ... fucking hilarious. BLEACH ME, IM NOT WHITE ENOUGH! lol.

 

[SolidSnakex]

And what the hell is with lil kim looking like Ms Swan from Mad TV?

Years ago she said that her goal was to become the "black Pamela Anderson".