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The International Hair Business

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http://youtu.be/2653J_aaE_I A jaw-dropping documentary (Part 1 of 3) by Aron Ranen, detailing how Koreans now dominate the black hair care market and have been covertly and strategically displacing black owned companies out of the market for decades even though black peoples are 90% of the consumer base. A truly puzzling, thought provoking as well as troubling piece. […]

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Pop singer Jamelia goes in search of the truth

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Pop singer Jamelia goes in search of the truth behind the multi-million pound human hair extensions industry. Jamelia grew up experimenting with hair extensions and nowadays they have become an essential part of her stage persona. From celebs to schoolgirls, women will spend anything from £20 to £2,000 to clip, glue or sew another girl’s hair on to their heads. This film accompanies Jamelia as she follows a trail of hair back to its roots. The international road trip takes her from the exclusive London salons to a dingy Moscow apartment where men trade human ponytails for cash, and to the hair sacrificing temples of Southern India. The journey brings her face to face with some of her worst fears when she witnesses hair being shaved from toddlers’ heads and a 13 year old who’s flogging her hair in exchange for pocket money. But she’s also humbled by her experience when she connects with women who still choose to sacrifice it for financial or religious purposes.

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multi-billion dollar industry

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How does a deeply spiritual offering from Indias poor become a must-have accessory in the salons of Europe? As fashion and faith collide, religious sacrifice is fuelling a multi-billion dollar industry.
Every year millions of Hindus shave their heads in offering to the gods. Its called tonsuring, and its big business. On average we are getting in excess of five tonnes, says hair dealer Mayoor Balsara as he finalises his latest purchase from the temples. Its a classic globalisation story: the sacrificial hair is cheaply sourced in the developing world, and is lining the pockets of those in the west. David Gold is one of them. Each year his company turns over $150 million selling hair extensions sourced from Indias temples. He deflects questions of ethics, arguing that the temples pour profits back into local welfare projects. Its a dubious claim, and yet many Hindus seem happy for their hair to be spun into gold: We gave it to God, and its come back like this. Its beautiful.

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Great Lengths hair extensions featured on MTV Fabulous Life

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Noemie Lenoir & Karl Lagerfeld talk about race in fashion

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Noemie Lenoir & Karl Lagerfeld talk about race in fashion

Noémie Lenoir is a French model and actress of African and European descent. They disagree .Karl said that’s there is no racism in fashion. Noemie said the contrary. Then karl said she ‘s the proof there ‘s no racism because she ‘s famous. Noemie argues that’s she not black nor white, she”between the two” and […]

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exploring Latinos, Beauty and identity in the U.S. and abroad.

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exploring Latinos, Beauty and identity in the U.S. and abroad.

social consequences of a color complex http://youtu.be/7lxKIqWXJIs  

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“Leonie” the next Naomi Campbell?

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ethnicity within the UK Fashion industry

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[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/13122749 w=500&h=281]  Four-part documentary about ethnic minorities within the UK Fashion industry. Part one explores ther Asian fashion industry with an interview with the UK’s top Asian female model, Mandi Sidhu. The Asian fashion industry is one of the UK’s most lavish and fervent media-based industries in the UK. Linked by culture, romance and […]

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Charlene Almarvez

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Charlene Almarvez

Nationality: Filipino Her full name is Charlene Louise Alagon Almarvez. She immediately won the Ford Supermodel of the World Contest Philippines 2009. The following year she was the first runner-up in the Ford Supermodel of the World 2010 contest. She was discovered at a ‘Santacruzan’, a religious festival in her home country.    She has walked […]

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We are all Beautiful

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Lana Ogilvie

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Lana Ogilvie

Nationality: Canadian Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ethnicity: African-Canadian   This Canadian-born ’90s supermodel holds the distinction of being the first black woman to sign an exclusive contract with Cover Girl.    Her father a surgeon and her mother a teacher.    Always classy and elegant, Lana Ogilvie was the picture of poised beauty.   

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Victoria Secret Model Jessica White on Tyra Banks

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Flawed Beauty – Brazil

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80’s Supermodel Waris Dirie

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80’s Supermodel Waris Dirie

80’s supermodel Waris Dirie was born into a nomadic tribe in Somalia.   Ms. Dirie ran away at age thirteen to avoid marriage a much older man.   After working odd jobs in London, she was discovered by photographer Terence Donovan, who shot her for her the cover of the 1987 Pirelli calendar.   From […]

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post office closings

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http://youtu.be/veGvv5b89mw Shutting down the Lohrville, Iowa post office will save the government $32,000 a year. But residents count the hidden costs. From time and gas needed to mail a package in the next town over, to what they fear will be the death of their hometown.

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0-60mph Electric Powered Drag Racer

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Northampton, UK. — The Black Current, constructed from a 1965 VW Beetle and an old milk float, created by brothers Olly and Sam Young has beaten a million pound Bugatti Veyron in a drag race; racing from zero to 60 miles per hour in 1.6 seconds it set a world record for Fastest electric-powered drag […]

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Worlds Youngest Psychologist: Andrew Almazan Anaya

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Mexico City, Mexico — Mexican teenager Andrew Almazan Anaya, 16, considered a child prodigy for his intellectual precocity, will graduate this month as a psychologist – setting the world record for the Youngest psychologist – and will go on to finish his last few semesters of medical studies. http://youtu.be/VXM3vFmOLRg

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Most expensive white wine: 1811 Chateau d’Yquerm

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LONDON, UK — A 200-year-old bottle of 1811 Chateau d’Yquem was bought for $123000 (75000 pounds) at the Ritz in London by wine connoisseur and private collector Christian Vanneque – setting the new world record for the Most expensive bottle of white wine. http://youtu.be/NoZ6dk4HHaQ

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An 1.8 mile (3km) Veil

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CASAL DI PRINCIPE, Naples, Italy — Thousands of people were seen taking to the streets of Casal di Principe, Naples, Italy, to watch bride Elena De Angelis’ wedding dress and her 1.8-MILE (3 km) veil, (designed by Gianni Molaro Campania) which required 600 people to carry the headpiece – setting the world record for the […]

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Richest woman: Gina Rinehart sets world record

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The Australian mining mogul, Gina Rinehart, 58, is worth a reported $29 billion aus; a worth that grows by an astounding one million dollars every 30 minutes of every day – setting the new world record for the Richest woman. http://youtu.be/90zufIQKxl8

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Homemade Planes

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Ingenuity isn’t dead.  I love these stories from around the world. http://youtu.be/MRsUT5OisoA http://youtu.be/ZzCeD5T0d4s This machine was built by Antonio Saldarriga of Columbia. Home built at a cost of 5,700 English pounds in 1954.And claimed to be the first helicopter built in Columbia, it says flight trials were satisfactory?…2 seats, 125 H.P piston engine, 27 ft rotor,experimental […]

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Engineer/inventor Created A “FREE ENERGY” Device

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Engineer/inventor Created A “FREE ENERGY” Device

Finishing his master’s, Lonnie G. Johnson joined the Air Force and was assigned to the Strategic Air Command, where he helped develop the stealth bomber program. His other assignments included working as a systems engineer for the Galileo mission to Jupiter and the Cassini mission to Saturn. Johnson also created the Super Soaker squirt gun, which became one of […]

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