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Bridget: I bleached after TV rejected me because I was dark-skinned. I didn’t change my skin colour because of a man

Posted on by Pauline Syombua

Socialite Bridget Achieng has opened up yet again on why she decided to bleach her skin.

Speaking in an interview on NTV, Achieng said being a dark skin frustrated her because she was always treated negatively.

“I didn’t change my skin color because of a man, I changed it to feel good about myself. Because at that time I felt that if I complied to society’s standards of beauty, I would look better and get anything I want,” she revealed on the Wicked Edition.

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Achieng shared a story where she was rejected for a TV job because she dark-skinned a thing that really broke her heart.

“I once went to an interview for a TV station. I won’t mention the name. I was the first runners up but walinikataa juu mimi ni mweusi wakachukua msichana mwingine hapo zero-zero juu ni light skin. So kutoka hapo nilijam. Nikasema ni juu ya kupaka mafuta? Nikaamua kupaka mafuta nikuwe mweupe. It has worked in my favour. I don’t regret doing it anyway that’s why I say it boldly.”

 

¨I bleached to get my confidence back¨ Former Nairobi Diaries Bridget Achieng confesses

Posted on by Gloria Katunge

Kenyan socialite turned reality TV star, Bridget Achieng bleached her skin after facing rejection from a media house.

The voluptuous beauty consumed roughly Ksh 3 Million to undergo her skin lightening procedure.

A move she attributes to getting her confidence back.

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Over the weekend, while speaking to NTV´s Dr Kingori, the proud mother of 1 opens up.

I didn’t change my skin colour because of a man, I changed it to feel good about myself.

Because at that time I felt that if I complied to society’s standards of beauty, I would look better and get anything I want.

Unfortunately, the cause was our very own media houses.

I once went to an interview for a TV station. I won’t mention the name.

I was the first runners up but walinikataa juu mimi ni mweusi wakachukua msichana mwingine hapo zero-zero juu ni light skin.

So kutoka hapo nilijam. Nikasema ni juu ya kupaka mafuta? Nikaamua kupaka mafuta nikuwe mweupe.

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Fortunately for her, she has no regrets because it seems it was all for the better.

It has worked in my favour. I don’t regret doing it anyway that’s why I say it boldly.