Pakistani model and actress Amna Ilyas has called out fellow celebrities for shamelessly promoting fairness products. She also tackled the culture of harassment in Pakistani society.
Amna has always been a vocal figure, especially against ‘colourism’. Recently, she made a series of videos to target showbiz celebrities who promote fairness products.
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In her recent interview with Voice Of America, Amna talked about the severity of this issue.
“Many people think its a publicity stunt but it’s not, as a child I’ve experienced minor things. Like my mother used to say, that you were not this dark when you were born. I stand for this cause, specially colorism, because I faced it. I don’t want any other girl to face it. I usually don’t put filters on my pictures, I take them in the light,” Amna shared her views on colorism.
Talking about the Amna Haq controversy, the model said that many people acknowledged her point of view as Amna said that we take the name of someone referring to his or her physical appearance and she herself has admitted to this. And now she intentionally doesn’t do it.
“Our nation is illiterate and they have no awareness, the harasser is mentally sick it isn’t necessary that he arouses after watching TV or things on phone, he has filth in his brain.”
“I don’t want to take the burden of spending my life according to people’s point of view.”
You can watch the whole thing here:
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