A Nigerian model expressed her dissatisfaction after she was disrespected by an artiste and his crew who contacted her for a music video shoot in which she would be the model for the video. According to the lady identified on the microblogging platform Twitter as @ewameansbewuty, she was contacted by an artiste and his crew to star in a music video about which she agreed, she packed her things and headed to the location, upon reaching the location and almost done with her makeup, she was asked to stop since they wouldn't be needing her anymore.
Going forward, she expressed their action towards her made her feel disrespected, hence her decision to narrate the whole ordeal on social media. Read it below;
8 am on Sunday, I left my house in Ikeja to the set of an mv at Lekki. Some minutes after noon, the artiste arrived on set and said he changed his mind. He wants a light-skinned model because my skin tone 'doesn't fit the aesthetic At this time, I was done with makeup and halfway through my hair, so l was thinking it must probably be a joke. Am I supposed to whip out bleaching cream and turn myself into the skin tone that fits the aesthetic? The members of the crew tell me that its the artistes video and theres nothing they can do about it. This is very funny to me because the artist himself cast me for the role a week ago. And it wasnt until an hour before filming that he decided he wanted a light-skinned girl.
They said I will be given a compensation fee which isn't even half the pay for the job but I should be grateful because they could have just told me bye-bye. Throughout everything, the director and the artist refused to address me personally and instead resorted to sending members of the crew to me. They told me to go home, it happens all the time, and light-skinned women are preferable for VMS. They kept telling me how the situation could have been much worse. 'What if I had started filming before the artiste changed his mind?' I should be grateful they decided to give me some money because they originally just wanted to pay for my transport alone.
I can't begin to describe how insulted I felt. The fact that this didn't happen in Europe or Asia makes it all the more hurtful. It's always baffling to see how outrageously colorist our society and the industry are. I'm a dark-skinned woman and if I don't fit the aesthetic or meet up to your beauty standards, don't book me. It's that simple. There are thousands of light-skinned women to choose from. Models are not accessories. We are not shoes or bags that you can change and replace as you see fit. We are people and we deserve to be treated as such. She added.
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