Under Fire! Amelia Gray Hamlin swiftly responded to accusations of blackfishing after posting a series of photos to Instagram on February 24 that stirred up quite the controversy.
In the pictures, Hamlin, 19, is posing in a rust cutout top and Jennifer Fisher Jewelery with a long, slicked back and braided ponytail.
But it’s the model’s noticeably darker skin tone that attracted a handful of negative attention. A post shared by Amelia (@ameliagray)After being called out for blackfishing, which refers to a non-Black person using photoshop, makeup or other means to make their skin or appearance look more Black, Hamlin turned off the comments to her Instagram post.
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