‘I was too scared to speak up’: GBBO winner Nadiya Hussain reveals make-up artists would lighten her skin for photoshoots early on in her career
Nadiya Hussain has revealed that make-up artists would intentionally lighten her skin for photoshoots early on in her career.
The television star, 37, who won the sixth series of The Great British Bake Off back in 2015, said that she was too scared to speak up for fear of ‘rocking the boat’.
Speaking to The Mirror, as she launches her own IT cosmetics make-up range, the TV star said being more confident meant that she would never accept such treatment today.
Shocking: Nadiya Hussain, 37, has revealed that make-up artists would intentionally lighten her skin for photoshoots early on in her career
Nadiya told the publication: ‘Early on, I’ve had magazine shoots and felt my skin was lighter [afterwards], I’ve also had instances where I’ve sat in a make-up artist’s chair and they’ve visibly made my skin lighter’.
Going on to say: ‘Early on, I remember hearing a lot of tutting, like ‘oh I can’t get the right shade’ and then my skin being lighter in the pictures. If somebody did that to me now, I would say, ‘Absolutely no way. That’s not okay.’
‘But back then I was scared to rock the boat. It would never happen with my make-up artist, who really knows my skin.’
It comes after Nadiya explained how cooking helped her family deal with the death of her sister-in-law Ramana who lost her life to stage 4 cancer earlier this year.
The celebrity chef believes food is what ‘brings everyone together’ in those dark moments and puts a smile back on peoples’ faces.
Fear: The television star who won the sixth series of The Great British Bake Off back in 2015, said that she was too scared to speak up for fear of ‘rocking the boat’
The TV chef found it difficult to ‘function normally’ after the close family loss until she turned to cooking.
She told the Radio Times: ‘In difficult, dark moments like that it is really tough to function normally. It’s the first time I’ve experienced a loss so close to my family and it’s going to affect us for ever. But what I did notice was that, even in death, food becomes central.’
Ramana died at the young age of 34, in June leaving behind her husband Akmoul and their two children.
The mum-of-three continued: ‘It’s the thing that brings everyone together. We were having to accommodate her family, making sure they were fed and looked after. And that was all (through) food. It was, ‘Let’s cook. Let’s make them things that they enjoy.’
It was all food-centred. It put a smile on people’s faces (and) gave them sustenance.’
Taking to Instagram at the time, Nadiya uploaded a video telling fans that her family was going through a ‘tough time’ following the death.
She said: ‘It’s been a difficult, sad time for our family, we have had a huge loss in our family which we were expecting but nothing really prepares you for that.
‘Nothing really prepares you for death even though it is inevitable.
‘We lost our sister-in-law who was 34 and it has been a really tough time for our family all around, my brother-in-law and their kids, and just my family as a whole.
‘He has been an absolute inspiration, his wife right up until the end was the strongest person I know and she has taught us so much and that’s why we have not been around because we have been focusing on our family and being there for each other.’
cooking with love: It comes after Nadiya explained how cooking helped her family deal with the death of her sister-in-law Ramana who lost her life to stage 4 cancer earlier this year
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