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Dark Complexions Do Need Color
December 2008 |
by Alisa Hostettler You don't know how many times I have gone to a show and saw a competitor with darker skin that did not have any color on. I would always ask them if they need any color and the answer was always the same. " I think I am already dark enough". Well, I am here to tell you, Dark people need color too! I have always called this 'the rookie mistake!' I believe that many a person of color has stepped out onto the stage without competition color on their skin, but that should have only been for their first show. After that they should have been informed, or educated themselves. I am always interested in the people that do not know this. I will even have white people ask me why a darker complected person needs color, and my answer is always the same, 'every competitor needs color'. Allot of times I will see a darker complected person go out on stage with only baby oiil or Pam on their skin. This does NOT work. When a darker complected competitor goes on stage without any applied color to their skin, the bright stage lights will literally wash them out on stage. The light will reflect off of them and they will take on a greyish hue. There is no way for the judges to view them correctly. When that same competitor walks out on stage and has competition color on their skin, their skin will absorb the light, which in turn will show every detail of their body even better. Every line, every vein, the very depth of the muscle will come out for the judges to see clearly. Believe it or not, when competition color is applied to darker skin, it does not tend to make that person much darker, per say, like it would a fairer complected person. The applied color just enhances their own personal complexion and only makes it look 'richer'. A competitor with very dark complected skin type will only need one application of color and they will be good to go. The darker a person is, the less color applications they will need. Does anyone really think that Dexter Jackson, Toney Freeman, or Dayana Cadeau, have stepped out on the Olympia stage, or any other stage, without color? The answer is NO! And neither should you!
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