'South Africa, love me as I am,' says Khanyi Mbau on being compared to raw chicken

20 April 2017 - 10:16 By TshisaLIVE
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Khanyi Mbau has managed to see the light-hearted side to the thousands of mocking memes that have been made to target her 'pink complexion'.

Ever since Khanyi shared a picture of herself that went viral earlier this week, theres been thousands of memes, which have inundated social media.

Re-posting a "raw chicken" meme, Khanyi asked Mzansi to accept her for who she is.

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"South Africa love me as I am, accept me, please take this offering of these pieces of me..#PinkLivesMatterToo," she said. 

 

Khanyi also shared another meme where someone made her complexion considerably darker.

 

Khanyi became the talk of the town earlier this week when a picture of her went viral, with Twitter users labelling her complexion "raw" and "pink".

But despite the storm that erupted around her, Khanyi remained unfazed by the hate.

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She told TshisaLIVE that after 13 years in the industry she was still a major topic of discussion.

"13 years later and people still question everything I do. I just stay blessed," she said.

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