In a recent interview with Encomium magazine this week,
singer Emma Nyra explained why she likes to show off her cleavage. Find the
interview below...
"It's not that I flaunt them but part of
your selling point as a female artist is your body, your voice, your look, your
hair, everything. Chidinma's lack of hair is her selling point, you understand.
Each part of you is your selling point"
Asked why she flashes the boobs even though they
are not big, Emma responded;
"Its confidence, you understand. Somebody
like Toolz for example, her selling point is her body. Before her voice, it's
her body. As a woman, her own packaging is always different. I have grown up to
be comfortable with the way the skin is because I have accepted the fact that I
can't change it, I have to accept the way I am. Men don't look at me, the women
look at women. If
I go out with or without makeup, a man will not notice. But if I go out and I
see a woman, she will say Emma Nyra you are looking different from how I see you
on TV. She would comment on everything to my eyebrow but a man won't look that
deep unless he is into fashion and everything. I have learnt to accept myself.
If you are not confident about yourself, people won't buy your brand" she
said. Continue...
On her opinion on bleaching, Emma said;
"I grew up with white people and I noticed
that white people tan. They wanted to look like me whereas I wanted to look
like them while growing up because I wanted to belong. This bleaching thing,
Indians do it too, even Americans do it too. Its been so bad lately because the
society's perception of beauty has to do with it. The lighter the better,
whereas, in Europe , the darker the better.
Dark hair, dark skin, its a kind of class. That's how they do their own class
system. Our own is just, we have grown up watching aunties bleach. When I fist
came to Nigeria ,
I went to a store and I couldn't find a regular cream, all I saw was whitening.
I went to Dubai ,
the same thing. Indians and Arabs, they bleach. I am more concerned with clear skin,
not light or dark or whatever because I grew up seeing girls wanting to be
dark. So it didn't affect me that way. I don't support bleaching, I don't think
it's right. Some people wear padded bra, some where padded bum. As a woman, you
can choose whatever you want. You can change your nose, your breast, anything.
But as for bleaching, because of the long term effect, I don't think it's good
for you"
While I
agree that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I think differently about
this subject. What do you think?
No comments:
Post a Comment