Okay, I saw the video for "We belong together" this morning. Is it me, or does her facial structure look different? She looks more ethnic than usual. Don't get me wrong she looks good, but something is different about her. Has she had surgery or something? Wussup with her face?

She's gained weight that's probably why it looks different.

maybe shes had botox that would make her look different

To me the difference in her appearance is the difference that takes place to everyone between the early 20s and mid 30s. This is not to say that she has had something done. With her amount of money and vanity, I am sure she has had some touch ups.

i don't know. I can't pinpoint it. Her facial structure looks different. Like her face has been broken, and reconstructed. Her jawbones look different. She looks more ethnic now. She used to look like a total white woman. (not anything bad)

beret1022 said:

I used to think she was a vey light skinned Black woman until they said was mixed. To me, I actually think she looks a little how she used to look. She looks healthy and that's a great thing.

She's had Botox.

purplecam said:

I used to think she was white until they said she was mixed...

VoicesCarry said:

Of course she has. Nothing about Mariah is original.

kisscamille said:

She's a shameful mess

oh, come on!! the girl can sing!!!

I saw a pic of her in a womans gossip magazine here in the UK (Heat maybe?)

She had a face like a spacehopper, bloated, fat and orange. She looked really bad.

Mariah's Careys face is brought to you by...

krayzie said:

Same here, i'd no idea she was part black until about two years ago. found that out here i think. Guess that's what happens when your packaged/marketed as she was originally. "A voice to rival Whitney, and she's WHITE".

I wish i could remember the station or music magazine in the UK that said that. (might have been Radio One, Top Of The Pops on BBC1, Q or even the NME.)

Did anyone else think she was white too?

I'm a bit embarrassed i thought she was.
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She's black when it's convenient for her...

beret1022 said:

uPtoWnNY said:

Hate to say it, but I get that vibe from her, too.

When Mariah debuted, I and a LOT of other Black people knew that she was bi-racial. There was just something about her face and hair (curly & Brown) that tipped me off at least. She never has looked like nor did I buy the Sony marketing spin of "the little white girl with the big soulful voice"!

I do believe that Mariah was coached and told NOT to reveal her racial identity by the label BUT I also believe that she has a lot of issues regarding her race and how she & her family were treated while she was growing up.

I saw her on Ellen today and think that she has had something done to her nose and coupled with her new weight, her face does look a little different to me. Also the uber-blonde hair IS NOT WORKING for her - I wish she'd go honey blonde if she must be blonde.

You realize she's slowly turning into Bette Midler.

VoicesCarry said:

Why would someone as young as her have Botox done?

JANFAN4L said:

i agree

When the mind goes...everything else will surely follow

GangstaFam said:

How old is Mariah, anyway? 35 or something like that? that's long in the tooth in the minds of the rich and beautiful!

Anyhow, those celebrities are crazy for the Botox. Ive heard from some folks that have relatives in dermatology and plastic surgery that out in Hollyweird and such it's becoming more and more common to have Botox at younger and younger ages - they think it'll prevent any new wrinkles from forming (besides getting rid of any wrinkles already present)

I think it's crazy. Leave yer damn faces alone. Who wants to look like a frozen corpse (i.e. Priscilla Presley!)

JANFAN4L said:

And you know what I say? F--- Mariah Carey, Tiger Woods, Michael Jackson, O.J., and all these "pseudo-black" celebrities. Beret's 100% right. Like Mariah,I grew up on mostly white Long Island and had to with racial B.S. too. I'm light-brown, but I never had any issues with my blackness - I embrace it and I'm damn proud of it. And if Tajeznah's right, shame on Mariah & Sony for playing that game.


As far as I know, Alicia Keys never tried to 'hide'. That's why I respect her so much.
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BoOTyLiCioUs said:

Hmmm, Gaining weight makes you look ethnic?

Marrk said:

why embarrased? she does not look black one little bit, its not a hard mistake to make. i didnt know she was mixed until i found out on here too. when my sister told me a couple weeks before i started coming to this site, i was like 'nah, no way. she must be mixed as in half white half latino' but yeh, then i came on here and found out otherwise. i think she never mentioned she was half black, cos no one would believe her.

uPtoWnNY said:

Don't get me wrong. I like some of Mariah's stuff, but as far as her persona I get this vibe that if it were 1905 instead of 2005 she would be one of the main blacks "disappearing into the white community" -- never to be heard from again.

There are a few books that deal with the subject of really "light" blacks who would basically abandon the black community altogether if their skin warranted them the opporunity because of stigma and racism. They'd erase all familial ties, move to another state and "melt" into white society.

And about Alicia Keys, I thought it was funny/cool that she was trying to put on skin tanning cream and cornrow her hair the first album to show she was really "down with us" ::strikes '80s B-Boy pose::

uPtoWnNY said:

ohhhh....miss keyes got her own issues..got her own..

JANFAN4L said:

I actually dont think Alicia Keys was lookin like she did 2 show that she is "down with us"-I think thats how she really is and they had 2 force that tough NY chick out of her this time around.I think this b/c she grew up around mostly black people,like her friends and stuff were black.So I think she actually is like that-especially when i hear her talk n stuff...i dont think shes fakin it.I remeber when she 1st came out-i had exactly no clue she was mixed...i thought she was just light-skinned,lol.Now,the tanning thing,lol thats just funny...i know bunches of light-skinned ppl who put that crap on...and my cousin tries 2 stay out in the sun 2 get darker,lol-2 funny.they r always complainin like im soooo yellow..or im soooo white!its funny 2 me.