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Here tonight with a celebrity Instagram Post that is raising all sorts of questions about beauty and successful and influential female rappers creating a raging debate. Heres Deborah Roberts. Reporter shes the selfproclaimed queen b of rap. She made her mark with raw rimes. Long before others it was lil kim beneath the colorful wigs in videos like crush on you. Reporter and eye popping videos like how many licks. Lil kims appearance is a big part of her persona. Which may explain why shes turning heads again. In a series of pictures she recently posted on instagram, many say shes virtually unrecognizable as compared to pictures in the 90s. Along with her many are saying her nose is thin, her skin lighter. The post is sparking an online fire storm with some speculating whether the image is due to camera filters. Others saying shes lightening her skin tones. Shes also earned the hash tag lil kim so white. Shes mum on the issue, and her representatives didnt reach out. The images are sparking a big discussion about societys view of ideal beauty and whether women of color are under pressure to conform. I would say the hollywood standard of beauty is lighter skin, blonde air, blue eyes. A minnesota photographer has heard it for years. When i first saw the pictures i was shocked, but i started thinking about it. As a little girl, i was a little black kid who wanted skin. This transformation of lil kim is extreme, but its not a phenomenon. Reporter in fact, lil kim herself admitted to insecurities to her looks in a news week interview where she opens up about not feeling attractive stating i have low selfesteem, i always have. Guys always cheated with me who were european looking. Being a regular black woman wasnt enough. Women of color are always aspiring to get us close to as white as possible. To fit within the beauty standards. Reporter critics say the Beauty Industry is capitalizing on the fact that some women of color are unhappy in their own skin. In high school was when i started dabbling in other things such as skin bleaching. Reporter this Beauty Blogger knows all about the over the counter skin bleachi reporter how far did you go . All throughout high school i had really bag acne. I started off trying to bleach the spots, and then i was like well, if i bleach the spots, what happens if i bleach my face, and so i started it, and when i went to school a couple times i got compliments from folks saying your skin looks brighter, and that was kind of motivation for me to continue doing it. Reporter patience experimented also. It was terrible. Every time you put it on you recognize that you dont like something of yourself, which it was my skin color. Reporter dermatologists warn that many of the creams are only intended for small areas and that using them more broadly can thin the skin and become dangerous. A lot of the over the counter products can contain toxic chemicals that can be harmful and cause skin cancer and internal cancers. Reporter t the appeal of skin bleaching products casts a wider net more than the u. S. In the indian society, things can be done at a young age to lighten the skin tone. Reporter in 2011 the world health reported that 77 of women used skin lightening. And 40 in china, ma lay ya, the fill leans and south korea. This complex leads tsome to vocalize their compassion for lil kim. Address the bigger issue. Thats how White Supremacy is pervasive in the media. Reporter her Instagram Post comes on the heels of the other queen bs album lemonade. Lighter skin women continue to dominate the magazine covers. Some have come under fire for allegedly lightening dark skinned celebrities. Something they have denied. Most recently instyle magazine was accused of lightening kerry washington. They deny digitally lightening her skin, instead blaming it on the cover lighting. The quest to achieve beauty ideals often goes far beyond complexion. My tip is not as defined as id like it to be. Two years ago we met this woman who was on the hunt for the perfect face. Makeup isnt changing. Maybe its my nose. Reporter shes no stranger to the knife. Ive been through this three times. Reporter she was on her fourth attempt on her nose. She was hopeful the surgery would finally give her a reflection shes happy with. The total cost of the procedure was about 14,000. Its fine. I always thought she was pretty. Reporter her mom wasnt sure it was money well spent, worrying that with each nose job her daughter was erasing her ethnicity. Im proud of my blackness. Always been that way. I dont want to change a thing. Reporter but kendra insists her nose doesnt define her identity. Reporter this doctor specializes in what he calls ethnic surgery, marketing himself to minorities. He says patients of all races seem to one similar looks. I certainly have a fair amount of patients that bring he pictures of super celebrities that have a certain nose. Reporter kendra wants to model her nose on that of alicia keys. We check in after surgery. How are you feeling . A little sore. Im recovering. Reporter what are you going . Do you not want to look like a woman of color . I do. I want to look like a woman of color. Changing my nose wont make me look like a woman of color. Days later the big reveal. Oh, wow. I like it. The one i want. Reporter her old friend is there. I am not like michael jackson. Im sure he didnt think so either. Reporter yet a year later shes only content with her nose. Im very happy than i was. Im not 100 satisfied but more like 85 . Reporter if she had the money, shed have even more work done, shed said. I thought about cheekbone and eyebrow lift. Reporter as for lil kim, no matter what they say, whether the speculation is true or not, some hope this conversation on beauty will keep going on. Lil kim having lighter skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes is a big deal, then you are maybe part of the default. And i think thats an important thing to raise. Reporter for nightline, im Deborah Roberts in new york. Up next, the global phenomenon, Cirque Du Soleil takes on broadway. The actress now flying with the acrobats. And an announcement from Channing Tatum from will raise eyebrows and heart rates. Ust drop oh no, ill take you up to me off rthe front of the school. Thats where your friends are. Seriously, its, its really fine. You dont want to be seen with your dad . No, its. No. This about a boy . Dad stop, please. Oh, theres tracy. What [ horn honking ] [ forward collision warning ] [ car braking ] bye dad it brakes when you dont. Forward collision warning and autonomous emergency braking. Available on the newly redesigned passat. From volkswagen. Cire acrobatics has become a global phenomenon, but can they make it here on broadway . Its a multimillion dollar gamble, and we go behind the scenes. Reporter when you think of broadway, you dont think of aerial summer salts or glidiing through the air. They are hoping to change that at Cirque Du Soleil with the upcoming broadway debut. Its a marriage of the classic story telling of musical theater. Reporter broadway has never seen anything like it. True to Cirque Du Soleil form, there are countless stunts that make your jaw drop. Like the strap artists who fly through the air without a harness in what is a display of strength and grace. Its a 25 milli young woman. Less than two weeks before we have an audience. A lot of work still has to get done. Reporter ruby plays a lounge singer. Reporter who gets caught up in an old hollywood love triangle. Torn between two men. She has been performing for 24 years, but this is her broadway debut. And the stakes dont get any higher. Cirque du soleil has tried twice already to tackle broadway to mixed results. Do you feel the nerves . Do you feel pressure . I think im in fight or flight mode a little bit. This is your debut. Its the first impression. Reporter her day begins almost like anyone elses. I drink a lot of coffee these days, especially today. I know its going to be a long one. Reporter to fuel her ten hour workdays, the kentucky girl let me show you what a southern broccoli casserole looks like. Thats an entire stick of butter and ritz crackers. You can see specks of green. Youre still getting your vegetables. Reporter how do you train for Something Like this . Theres athleticism for you as well in all the dance . Yeah. I say singing, dancing, acting, its all working a muscle. If you do it enough and get comfortable enough in it, then you become one of the best. Reporter were behind the scenes with ruby and the cast. Split roughly down the middle between actors and acrobats. Many oh limb bik level gymnasts. The world class ak kcrobats tra every day. Reporter most of them have specialties and represented their countries. On their final week leading up to their first here we are. Reporter everyone is working around the clock. Backstage producers, costume designe designers. Even hair and makeup. All hands own deck as theyre near the final hours of preproduction. First up ruby checks in with her costar. Ruby. Hi. Hi. Reporter brett plays rob by plays her confidant. Weve become pals. I think its a southern thing. Our accents come back in full force when were together. Im from texas. Reporter she needs to mentally prepare for her acrobatic stunlt. Today shes testing out the harness that will hoist her 25 feet in the air. Is it physically more demanding than most musicals . In a different way it is. Reporter you have to fair on all pistons when you go on page stage. You dont realize how it was until the end of the day when youre like, that was a lot. Reporter this guy plays joey, the composer, one of two men her character is torn over. Such a shame i have been to be fought over. Two lovely men with beautiful voices. The director represents fame and fortune. The composer represents the simple life. Reporter or maybe just love. Next stop, wardrobe. Hello, everybody. Reporter a huge team is still designing and creating more than 250 costumes. Especially crafted to allow for the rigors of a Cirque Du Soleil show. A lot of the costumes like this one has wires built in. Reporter to keep it from flipping over her head when shes up side down. Unfortunately ruby doesnt speak any french which can make things tricky when canadian Cirque Du Soleil crew. Then a stop in hair and makeup. Ruby alone will have more than ten different looks. Ruby, youre going into costumes at this time. Reporter at least i look pretty. Its time for her to practice her flying. She gets into her harness and heads to the theater. Its an exhausting process. Reporter they attach cables to the harness through holes cut in the especially crafted skirt. A quick last minute safety check and slowly but surely shes up in the air. Reporter is it ever scary . It is scary when i get loaded in. You start thinking what if the wi its probably a million to one odds or something. But it still goes through your mind when youre dangling. Reporter have you gotten injured . Yes, i had to get xraies on my ribs. We were rehearsing a trick thats no longer in the show. Ruby, its all you. Reporter danger aside, i couldnt resist. Thats it. Reporter oh. Crushed it. I knew you could do it. Reporter what is it, do you think, that will make this show appealing to a broad audience . Its going to be so surprising to people. Its unlike anything audiences have seen. Reporter its visual magic. Yeah. Reporter four days later time for their first preview performance. Weve definitely put in some major hours. Once the curtain goes down at the end of the show, were all going to feel such elation. Reporter for nightline in new york. It opens on may 25th. 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