Beyonce's lighter side

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By signing Beyonce Knowles as the "new face" of L'Oreal, the beauty giant appears to have attracted the wrong type of attention. The 27-year-old looks considerably paler in their new campaign, prompting the American press to accuse L'Oreal of 'whitewashing' the bootylicious singer by digitally lightening her skin. In the image, Beyonce also has strawberry blonde hair, due to the hair colour product she's advertising - a Feria highlighting kit. But it's her noticeably lighter skin tone that's causing a stir. Beyonce's spokesperson has declined to comment on the media storm, while L'Oreal state: "It is categorically untrue that L'Oreal Paris altered Ms Knowles' features or skin tone in the campaign." Her contract with the company is reported to be worth £2.3m over five years and she also had to agree to keep her hair in 'excellent condition' and tell L'Oreal before making any 'radical' alterations to her image. Hmm, we await a further announcement with interest.