Pretty much without exception, a white aesthetic dominates the entertainment industry and cosmetic surgery business. Here are some black celebs who have allegedly gone under the knife. True or False, no one is going from classic African American features to an even more Afrocentric look when it comes to noses.
[thanks to makemeheal.com and celebrityplasticpics.com]
Halle
Amerie
Beyonce
Lil Kim
Patti
14 Comments
October 14, 2007 at 3:52 am
What a shame….
October 15, 2007 at 12:03 am
Now look, I’m all for a woman wanting to look and feel her best. If she feels she has to go under the knife to do so,yes it’s a shame but it’s their bodies to do what they choose. At least Kim and Miss Patti have never denied or shied away from the fact that they have had work done…As for Halle & Beyonce’…not to take away from anything that they have accomplished, but they’ll be the first celebs to tell our young girls how beautiful black girls are and that they should be proud of their looks, blah blah blah. But neither one has their original nose (and in Bey’s case not the original breasts either…or Rhianna’s) They don’t have to put their business on blast, but the hiprocrisy is sickening
October 15, 2007 at 9:45 pm
From the looks of Janet Jackson in “Why Did I Get Married”, she’s had her share of work as well, although it’s not wearing well on her these days.
October 16, 2007 at 12:23 am
Well said Dessa.
In addition, both of those PAtti photos are AFTER rhinoplasty. Her BEFORE nose would be during the Patti Labelle & the Bluebelle days
here http://www.history-of-rock.com/bluebelles.htm
October 18, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Lil Kim….no secret. Everyone else, i doubt it. All the picture at smiling with the teeth showing and then smiling with the mouth closed. Dunno if it has anything to do with it but maybeeeee
October 19, 2007 at 7:13 am
Hi, I have never understood why black people get so angry if a black person gets a nose job. It is not necessarily about a person wanting to look “white” merely they want their nose to look balanced and in line with the rest of there face. I think we black people need to be more honest with our looks. Patti did the right thing, the nose she had was not symmetrical. Ultimately it is about a persons choice to do what they want. It’s there face!
November 1, 2007 at 3:50 am
Sarah, while I do agree that it is their face and they should be able to do what they want to it, the problem is that they have non-European noses and they are getting them shaped to look more European. They looked fine before they had the surgery. There is something wrong with us if we say that getting their noses straightened is “balancing” their faces. It isn’t. It’s conforming to what society deems beautiful. This is a dangerous thing.
A lot of women have eating disorders because society tells women that they must be a certain size even though that size is IMPOSSIBLE for most women to obtain unless they had their ribs removed and their hips shaved. We need to embrace all types of beauty instead of narrow ideas of what beauty is. All of these women were beautiful before they had surgery.
The scary thing is that people see the celebrities and realize that all of them have straight, European noses and they wonder if something is wrong with them because their noses are bulbous or curved. And therefore, they decide to have plastic surgery. It’s a vicious cycle and it keeps women in chains worried about their looks.
Terrence, unless you are blind, Halle Berry, Amerie, and Beyonce have had surgery. It has nothing to do with smiling. Halle Berry had a bulbous nose before she had surgery. Now it’s straight and kind of flared. Amerie looks like a completely different person. Her nose is more straight and defined.
June 18, 2008 at 8:12 pm
People,people,people… let them live. You only have one face and if you look in the mirror and are not happy you should do something about it. Also, those on t.v , in music and film have an image to uphold. If they look even a little off the media will attack and not hold the punches. I say if it feels right in your heart go for it!!!
July 4, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Beyonce does not look as though she has had her nose done to me. I know people are desperate to say her beautiful looks are not natural but they are wrong.
Looks like someone has been playing with the photoshop for the ‘before’ shots as I have been following Beyonce career from when she first started and aint never seen her nose looking as flat as that picture porports to be. Quit hating.
July 28, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Black people seem to have a huge problem with their looks… and they always keep blaming “whitey” for racism, discrimination and all the problems when they are the ones hating….. themselves. I would ban all cosmetic surgery.
September 27, 2008 at 7:19 pm
I want a nose job.
October 11, 2008 at 10:57 pm
I don’t see why there is such a big deal and accusations of people trying to have more Caucasian features. Maybe they don’t like their noses because it’s not proportionate or it’s just too big…plain and simple. When a Caucasian person gets a nose job…no one makes a fuss about it….But when a person of African descent do it’s seen as a slap in the face. There are people of African descent who have natural cute noses. People act like only Caucasians have “smaller” noses. Not saying that there aren’t people out there that don’t like being “black” or ethnic and get nose jobs to appear more “white” under the pressures of the media’s ideal of beauty etc. I’m just saying that just because someone of African descent get their nose reduced doesn’t mean they’re trying to “rid themselves” of their ethnic qualities.
June 4, 2009 at 1:40 am
hey you know what, I feel it has nothing to do with being ashamed of black features, trying to conform to white society, etc but more so the fact that African American noses are ugly and that’s that.
Just like white people have ugly lips an get them filled or Chinese people lift their eyelids, etc
You either are comfortable with it and don’t care or you want to do something about it and opt for surgery.
I think what matters most iS that you do it for yourself and you do it to suit you features and not get everything done, then you look and ARE crazy.
June 16, 2009 at 4:26 am
HeyThatsLife
What makes African American noses ugly?? The fact that they dont match America’s standard of “beauty” which is bigger lips, a thinny thin nose, and wide eyes with an impossibly thin figure?
You and the rest of the world has been brainwashed into thinking that ethnic features are “ugly”.