PHOTOS: Simon Cowell is all smiles as he holds hands with pregnant lover Lauren Silverman during romantic beach stroll

He's spoken out about how happy he is that his lover Lauren Silverman is pregnant.

And now Simon Cowell is fully showing just how ecstatic he is about it - by putting on a public display of affection with her during a romantic getaway in the South of France.

In fact the music mogul couldn't get the smile off his face as he held hands with Lauren while they walked along a beach on Saturday morning.



Reunited and VERY happy about it: Simon Cowell and his pregnant lover Lauren Silverman hold hands as they walk along a beach in the South of France on Saturday morning




Showing they're an item: Fans were aware they were having a baby together but they've now made sure onlookers realise they're also in a romantic relationship as well

And Silverman looked equally as gleeful as she also grinned from ear to ear to show they're not just having a baby together but are also officially an item.

It is the first time the pair have been seen together since news of the pregnancy shocked the world.

And it also marks the first time they've been reunited since her husband Andrew Silverman found out about their affair and they subsequently got a divorce.



Ecstatic: They have only just been reunited for the first time since news of her pregnancy broke - and they certainly seemed happy about it





Close: Simon branded Lauren a 'very special person' last week and seemed to be enjoying people spotting them together on Saturday morning


The pair certainly seemed to want to show off their love as they walked through the public beach holding hands and joking around with each other.

They even seemed to co-ordinate their outfits like many couples do once they've been together a while.

Top match Simon's smile he wore a white T-shirt with some pale swimming shorts, looking far more relaxed than his usual smart style.



Loved up: It was only a day earlier that Lauren was spotted arriving in France armed with suitcases ready to be reunited with the music mogul





Happy couple: She was married to his best pal Andrew Silverman but they have since had a quickie divorce since it was revealed Lauren's pregnant with Simon's baby





Smiles: They looked like any other couple as they went for a stroll along the beach in the sunshine holding hands


Lauren, meanwhile, covered her bump with a white see-through beach dress.

She accessorised with a straw trilby hat and giggled at the attention as she held her flip flops in her hand and shyly covered her smile.

The 36-year-old showed signs of her growing baby bump in a tight black vest as she landed a day earlier smiling broadly while a gentleman pushed a number of suitcases for her – suggesting it won’t be a flying visit.

She was also rather pointedly wearing the $16,000 5 carat diamond eternity bracelet the X Factor mogul bought for her.




Going strong: Up until now Lauren has been holed up in her rented home in New York but made the special trip to Europe to visit Simon this week





In jokes: The pair couldn't stop giggling as they tried to act like any other holidaymakers enjoying a day on the St Tropez beach


Her arrival comes after the music mogul opened up about her for the first time at the One Direction premiere on Tuesday evening, describing her as ‘a very special girl’.

The New York socialite, who is believed to be around 12 weeks pregnant, appeared relaxed as she touched down ready for what is no doubt set to be a very emotional reunion for the pair – after not seeing each other for weeks.

Dressed in a pair of tight white jeans and a black tank top the early stages of her pregnancy could be seen – perhaps a deliberate move from Lauren who knew the whole world would be watching.



Matching smiles: It was very clear to see how happy both Lauren and Simon are with their baby news and seeing each other again





Romantic stroll: They put on a public display of affection by linking hands on the public beach


The MailOnline exclusively revealed on Tuesday that Lauren would be arriving in Europe on Wednesday.

A source who is close friends with Lauren and part of her social circle on the Upper East Side of Manhattan said: ‘Lauren is so excited. It will be the first time she has actually seen Simon in weeks, she really loves him and they can't wait to be together.'

The couple have been in constant contact, however, and speaking on Tuesday at the One Direction movie premiere in London tonight, Cowell, 53, broke his silence as he told Magic FM's Jo Parkerson that he's 'ready, excited and very happy’ about the baby, calling Lauren ‘a lovely girl'.



Baby bump: Lauren covered up her small pregnancy belly in a summer dress but affectionately cradled her stomach on the walk





Something funny, Simon? The music mogul was in incredibly high spirits as he spent quality time catching up with his pregnant lover

He then told the BBC that he was 'proud', adding: 'Things are changing in my life right now, for the better.

'I'm proud to be a dad...It's something I hadn't thought of before, but now I know I feel good about it.'

The X Factor boss added: 'She (Lauren)'s a very special girl.'

Lauren has spent the past few weeks holed up at her $4million rental home in the Hamptons alongside her seven-year-old son Adam and her soon-to-be ex-husband as they agreed a deal that includes joint custody.

However, the socialite has been supported by close friends including New York fashion designer Rachel Roy, who has given her romance with Cowell her blessing – and in fact, took the now infamous picture of the couple canoodling on board the Slipstream yacht while on vacation in St Barths in January, which Lauren captioned ‘me and my little Simey monster.’




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Borno: Boko Haram militants turn human eaters after being stranded for days without food or water - Suspect

Dozens of suspected Boko Haram militants in Magumeri forest, Borno, have turned to human eaters after being stranded for days without food or water.

Magumeri forest is about 150 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital.

Mallam Momodu Bukar, a suspected militant, told newsmen on Saturday in Maiduguri that he fled the camp at the forest on Thursday when it became obvious that he was going to be eaten.

“I thank God that I escaped because I would have been slaughtered by now to provide meal for my colleagues at the camp,” Bukar said.

The suspected militant was captured by a Youth Vigilante Group, popularly known as the civilian JTF at Baga Road motor park, Maiduguri, on Friday.
He said the militants had been in the forest since May, when they were dislodged from Marte, Marte Local Government Area, by the Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) after the declaration of the State of Emergency.

“Our group, consisting of about 300 well armed combatants, headed for Magumeri on the orders of the sect leader, Abubakar Shekau, shortly before the military took over Marte Camp.“We have been wandering in the forest. We have exhausted our food and water supply, and so, everybody became hungry,” Bukar said.

He also said that they lost contact with Shekau due to the closure of GSM services by the Defence Headquarters.

“It all started last Monday when three of the combatants in camp died of acute hunger, and it became obvious that all of us will die if action was not taken.“The leader of the group, Abu Omar, directed that a non combatant member be slaughtered to provide meal for the rest.“The meat provided meal for the combatant for just two days and another person was killed in the same manner on Wednesday.“So, it became certain that I might be the next person since I am also a non combatant member.”

Bukar said he escaped after volunteering to help search for drinking water for the group in a nearby village.

“I left the camp on Thursday evening after agreeing to fetch water from the village.“After leaving the camp, I started running until I arrived at Magumeri town, so, I slept in the motor park before boarding a vehicle to Maiduguri with the little money on me.” he said.

Bukar said that he was apprehended immediately he arrived at the motor park in Maiduguri by the youth vigilante group.Commenting, an official of the vigilante group, Mallam Ajid Asheik, said the suspect would be handed to the Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) for investigation.

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PHOTOS: Meet baby North West!.......After two months of anticipation

After two months of anticipation, Kim Kardashian's rapper boyfriend Kanye West has revealed the first picture of their baby daughter.

A cherubic photo of baby North West, who was born on June 15, was unveiled on matriarch Kris Jenner's chat show on Friday during the rapper's highly publicized appearance.

During an interview with the excited grandmother, the proud new father, 36, shared the photo with the audience and millions of viewers across America.





First picture: After weeks of anticipation, Kanye West shared a snap of his daughter North on Kris Jenner's chat show on Friday


Baby North pic unveiled for the first time on Kris



A snap of baby North flashed up on the screen after Kanye and Kris sat down to discuss the new addition to the family.

And it is clear from the image that the tiny baby possesses features from both her mother and father.

'How cute is that gorgeous baby!! Who do you think she looks like?' Kris gushed over the snap, to which Kanye responded with a laugh: 'I pray that she looks like her mother when she's older.'

Kris told the singer that she thought that her granddaughter was an 'amazing combination' of both Kim and Kanye.




Ratings boost: Kanye sat down and chatted to Kris Jenner in an exclusive interview on Friday on her chat show

'I think she is an amazing combination of the two of you. She is so adorable. She has Kim's eyes, I think she has your cheeks and both of your lips. Some days she has your lips and some days she has Kim's lips,' she said.

'They dissect her,' Kris explained to the audience.

'Kim would go "Look at her ears mom, look at her ears!" It is so cute how obsessed you guys are.'

Before showing the snap, Kanye categorically denied that he and Kim had tried to shop first images of their daughter to the media.









Flashback: Kanye and Kim as youngsters


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Doting dad: The rapper said he hoped his daughter would grow up to look like Kim

'She's my joy': Kanye West on Kim Kardashian



'It's all this talk about baby pictures and "can you get paid for the baby picture or do you want to put it on a magazine,"' he explained.

'And for me and your daughter we have not attempted to get paid for anything, we have not attempted to put it on a magazine.'

He said he decided to share the snap on Kris's show because he wanted to please little North's grandmother.

'You just stop all of the noise and I thought it would be really cool on her grandmother's season finale to bring a picture of North,' he said.

It was then when he shared the snap, much to the delight of a cheering audience.

During the interview, Kris asked Kanye whether he hopes baby North will follow in her father's footsteps and become a 'rapper'.




We get along! Kanye and Kris, who are rumoured to have tense relationship, swore that they get along in the interview, with the Kardashian/Jenner matriarch telling the rapper she often misses him when he goes away

Kanye told her that he and Kim would be encouraging their daughter to make her own decisions.

'I am going to give her the opportunity to develop her different skill sets and then decide what she is the best at,' he explained.

'...and we will give her the support and let her follow what she loves the most.'

Kanye had previously hinted that he didn't want his child to be in the spotlight, declaring: 'This isn't America's baby.'

But it seems he had a change of heart and decided to share the image of North in a bid to boost Jenner's TV ratings. (Kim, 32, didn't make an appearance on the show but he shared several romantic pictures from their private album).



Opening up: In the emotional and no holds bar interview, Kanye showed a very different and much softer side

Before he showed off the new addition, Kanye opened up about his precious daughter.

He told Kris that she had brought a lot of stability in his life.

'To me it is such a blessing. I feel it is going to give me the stability that I need to really create and do god's work,' he explained.

'She (North) is someone to be accountable for and responsible for.'

It had been widely reported that Stronger star had struggled with the loss of his mother Donda when she died of complications from cosmetic surgery in 2007.

Kanye West reveals Kim Kardashian and his baby North 'saved him'



And Kanye revealed to Kris the depths of despair he went through, telling her that he 'felt like he had nothing to live for'.

But he said his saving grace came in the form of Kris's daughter Kim and the couple's new baby girl.

The media shy 36-year-old explained that before Kim came along he was constantly 'putting his life at risk' .




She's made me a better person: Kanye told Kris that her daughter had made him a calmer person and taught him how to communicate better with others








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Cameroonian lady arrested in Calabar for buying a 3-day-old baby for N1.2m

Child trafficking and abuse issues are becoming an everyday thing in Nigeria and something has to be done really fast to protect our children. Children are being bought and sold, abused, married off,etc. Just a couple of days ago i blogged about 25 children who were rescued from a suspected trafficker. Here is another one from Vanguard...

A 42-year-old Cameroonian lady who gave her name as Evelyn Atemkeng was, Wednesday, arrested in Calabar with a three-day-old baby she allegedly bought for N1.2 million.

Mrs Atemkeng accompanied by her 70-year-old mother, Anastasia Fambong, was said to have bought the baby boy from a matron of a clinic in Delta State into whose account she paid the N1.2 million.

Commander of the Cross River State Immigration Command, Mr Samuel Ichoi, who ordered the arrest of the woman told Vanguard in his office that his men accosted the lady while boarding a ship to Cameroon and after interrogation, she confessed that she bought the baby.


Mrs Evelyn Atemkeng, the suspect and the baby.

He said: “The lady came from Cameron on Friday without any sign of pregnancy but this morning (Wednesday) she was found to be carrying a baby and when my men examined her there were no signs that she just gave birth, so she and the baby were apprehended.”

According to Igoche, the lady also claimed that in May last year, she was given some herbs at Okigwe where she “miraculously gave birth to a baby girl who is now in Cameroon.”

However, the lady who said she is a teacher in the North-West region of Cameron told Vanguard that she gave birth to the baby and that N1.2 million she paid into the account of the matron was for delivery and herbs she gave to her to aid delivery.

She said: “She (matron) said my breast would start producing milk in three weeks but for now the baby is taking baby food.”

According to her, she does not have anybody in Cameroon to take care of her, that was why she came to Nigeria to deliver before returning to her country.

“I am married and my husband is in Cameroon but there is nobody to take care of me in Cameroon, that was why I came to Nigeria to deliver,” she said.

The Anti Human Trafficking Officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service at the Calabar Port, Mrs Agbor Ojong Ogar, said she took time to examine the woman and she does not have any sign that she just gave birth.

She said: “The woman passed here on Friday, she left on Saturday and returned to Calabar on Tuesday and was heading back to Cameron with a baby and when we examined her she does not have any sign of having given birth recently.”

Mutilated body of a toddler found in Ibadan

According to Punch, the body of a two-year-old girl was found on Tuesday at the Olodo area of Ibadan with some parts of her body missing.

It was learnt that residents of the area found the decomposing body about midday with no clue to her identity or how she got to the scene. The residents reportedly alerted the police immediately.

The baby’s left leg had been cut off from the knee, while some of the toes on the right leg were missing.

The body was also said to have been found without one of her hands, while a large chunk of flesh from her lap area, was also cut off.

Residents said that they were not ruling out ritual motive for the act. They also described the development as strange, saying they had enjoyed a peaceful and a crime-free environment before now.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Command, Olabisi Ilobanafor, told PUNCH Metro that the body had been evacuated, adding that investigation was ongoing to arrest perpetrators of the “dastardly” act.

She said, “We were alerted by the residents of the area on the finding of a toddler’s body and we responded immediately. We have yet to get to the root of the incident or know the identity of the corpse or how it got to that place.

“That is why we are calling on anyone with any information relating to the mutilation and dumping of the girl’s corpse to come forward. We promise to protect the identity of the informant. The local government authority in the area was alerted by the police and the body was promptly removed from the scene.”

Ilobanafor also said reports of missing persons were on the increase, adding that while some of the missing persons had been found, others were still being investigated.

“We have cases of missing persons but we have yet to find any link to the recent discovery as no one has come out to claim knowing the toddler,” she said.

Serena Williams shows off her athletic figure in clinging black leather dress

Wednesday night, Serena Williams slipped into a sultry leather dress to attend the Late Show With David Letterman.

Proving her talent for tennis isn't her only enviable quality, all eyes were on the the 31-year-old sports star as she displayed her firm, athletic physique as she left the Ed Sullivan Theatre in a sleeveless, figure-hugging frock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PHOTOS: Nollywood Actress, Ngozi Nwosu's 50th Birthday Party

The Best of Nollywood(BON) celebrated Ngozi Nwosu's 50th birthday, for her on August 21th at the Eagles Park in Ikeja. The nollywood actress, who actually turned 50 on the 1st of August was really looking well and healthy after battling kidney and heart problems which left her hospitalized for a long while.

                                                       

25 Children Rescued From Suspected Trafficker

Officials of the Lagos State Government have rescued 25 children from a suspected child trafficker at Egbeda area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria.




•Mrs. Nwachukwu

The suspect, Mrs Rosemary Nwachukwu, has been arrested and detained at the Alausa Police Station, while the children are currently under the custody of the Lagos State Government.

Nwachukwu is said to operate an illegal orphanage by the name Saint Stephen Charity Foundation, a home for orphans and less privileged located at 30/32 Abiodun Adebanbo Street, Egbeda.

Officials of the Office of Youth and Social Department led by the Director, Child Development, Mrs Alaba Fadairo and officers from the Office of Public Defender, OPD, backed by policemen stormed the illegal orphanage home and rescued the children.

The age of the children range between three months and 12 years. They comprise three infants aged 3-6 months and 22 other children.

According to the Director, OPD, Mrs Omotola Rotimi, it was discovered upon investigation that Nwachukwu trafficked 27 children who were kept in a room.

Raimi said the woman allegedly used the children to raise money and defraud innocent members of the public who needed to adopt children, adding that 25 children were rescued while the whereabouts of the remaining two were unknown.

According to Fadairo, the Director, Child Development, the illegal business was being conducted in a room in the residential building, saying that upon investigation, it was discovered Nwachkwu had been engaging in various anti-child development activities, such as illegal adoption, trafficking and others which she said, were carried out with selfish reasons.

“Investigation also shows that there are no records on each of the children and no evidence of how the children got to her home and no form of police or security report,” she explained.




•The 25 children rescued from the suspected human trafficker



Fadairo warned members of the public to be vigilant and report such cases of child trafficking to the media or the government for necessary action.

She stated people and organizations that operated unapproved or illegal orphanages would be arrested and prosecuted for human trafficking.

The suspect, Nwachukwu said she had been running the illegal orphanage home for the past 18 years and that it was purely on charity basis, denying that she trafficked in children.

Residents in the area said they never knew such orphanage home existed, while the police are still investigating the issue.

The OPD has vowed to charge the alleged culprit to court after investigation had been concluded as the Deputy Governor of Lagos, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire is very much interested in the case.



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The town that never woke up: Inside the devastated Damascus suburb Ain Tarma where 1,300 innocent Syrians were gassed in their beds

• Disturbing photos show the aftermath of the deadly chemical weapons unleashed on a suburb
• Bodies of men, women and children are piled high in makeshift morgues as those who escaped fight for their lives
• Activists claim that government forces were firing rockets at neighbourhoods on eastern outskirts of Damascus  
• Devastating attack that killed hundreds prompts protests and vigils from around the world
• President Bashar Assad's government denies using rockets to release fatal fumes over suburb
• U.S., Britain and France demand a U.N. team should be allowed to inspect chemical attack site
• U.N. team already in Syria to investigate previous attacks but need government permission to examine new site
• U.N. Security Council have not demanded new investigation into site but said 'clarity' into attack was needed
• Diplomats claim U.N.'s statement about attack was watered down to accommodate Russia and China's objections
• Death toll rising, opposition activists claim as '6,000 people suffer breathing problems after attacks'

These are the disturbing images of the Damascus suburb that has been left a ghost town after 1,300 of its residents were gassed as they slept in their beds yesterday.

A street that was hit by a gas attack in the Damascus suburbs of Ain Tarma is completely deserted after yesterday's attack

A dead dog is seen at a site near to where the chemical weapons were unleashed on civilians as they slept in their beds

Men wearing masks walk through the empty streets of Ain Tarma. Syria's opposition accused government forces of gassing hundreds of people on Wednesday

Syrian activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces of launching a nerve gas attack in one of the worst reported use of poison gas in the two-year-old civil war

Children, affected by what activists say was a gas attack, breathe through oxygen masks in the Damascus suburb of Saqba. Rockets released deadly fumes over rebel-held Damascus suburbs

A man, affected by what activists say is nerve gas, is treated in the Damascus suburbs of Jesreen

These horrendous pictures were provided by citizen journalists in Syria, and shows children being treated in makeshift hospitals

A town that was attacked while it slept: A young survivor of the alleged gas attack weeps as he takes shelter inside a mosque

This picture shows the dead bodies of three Syrian children after the alleged poison gas attack - what rebels claim is the doing of President Assad's government

The harrowing images of hundreds of dead children and adults, victims of what rebels claim was a poison gas attack by Assad's government, will test the diplomatic patience of the West to the limit

Makeshift morgue: The activists said hundreds of people, including women and children, were killed in a nerve gas attack

An undignified end: This image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube allegedly shows Syrians covering a mass grave containing bodies of victims of the attack. The atrocity seems all too familiar to the children and young men standing around the grave site

Grim toll: The fighting in Syria's bloody two-year civil war has killed an estimated 100,000 people so far

Syrian women hold candles and placards during a vigil against the chemical weapons attack on Damascus, in front the United Nations headquarters in Beirut

Lebanese and Syrian women peacefully protest against the chemical weapons in Beirut, Lebanon. The toxic gas attack that is thought to have killed more than 1,300 people

 

 

 

 

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Mysterious Monsterlike Creature Washes Ashore In Spain

 

Maria Sanchez / EFE / Spanish Civil Protection via EPA

A series of pictures provided by Spanish Civil Protection on Aug. 16 shows the creature found by residents in the Spanish coastal village of Villaricos. The carcass, measuring four to five meters in length, was smelly and in an advanced state of decomposition.

What could it be? Remains of some kind of a shrk? Oarfish? Sea Monster? Loch Ness? Hmmm!
According to experts, it sure looks like the remains of a giant oarfish or thresher shark.

This is the latest in a string of "sea serpent" stories which has sparked an online buzz in the past few days, thanks to the gnarly-looking pictures that surfaced in the Spanish press last week.

"It's hard to tell," David Shiffman, a University of Miami shark researcher who blogs about marine biology on Southern Fried Science, told NBC News in a Twitter exchange, "but the official guess that it could be a thresher shark seems plausible."

Robert Mugabe has been sworn in for a seventh term as Zimbabwe's Leader

Robert Mugabe has been sworn in for a seventh term in office as Zimbabwe's leader.

The BBC's Nomsa Maseko says the crowd at the ceremony "is erupting".



This will be President Mugabe's sixth term as Zimbabwe president and seventh term as leader as he was first elected as prime minister in 1980.


Thursday has been declared a public holiday to allow supporters of the 89-year-old to attend the inauguration.

The ceremony had been delayed by a court petition filed by his main rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, over allegations of widespread electoral fraud.


But the Constitutional Court dismissed the case, declaring Mr Mugabe's re-election "free, fair and credible".

Mr Mugabe won with 61% of the presidential vote against 34% for Mr Tsvangirai on 31 July.

The inauguration organisers have booked several international performing artists - from the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and Jamaica.

However, the MDC and its leader, outgoing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, will not be attending, bitter about what they say was a "stolen, and rigged election".



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Nollywood Actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo Appointed Chairman, National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism Studies

 

Kanayo O. Kanayo

Amid calls for reduction of cost of governance, President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointments of the chairmen and members of the governing boards of 42 federal government agencies and parastatals.

The appointments were announced yesterday in a statement signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim.

“The dates for the formal inauguration of the governing boards will be announced in due course by the supervising authorities and ministers,” he said.

Nollywood actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo was appointed chairman of The National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism Studies.
Congrats to another Nollywood in Government!

Actress Ngozi Ezeonu responds to critics "I am not ill, I feel great....it's my choice to lose some weight"

When Nollywood actress, Ngozi Ezeonu’s recent pictures hit the internet, people started criticizing her new slimmer physique and there were insinuations about her being ill and not looking nice.
The actress has debunked such claims  in a recent interview with blogger, SDK. She’s insisted that she is very fine and healthy.

"I am not sick I have been battling with my weight for ten years and i have finally achieved what i want. I am not sick, it is my choice to loose some weight and i pulled it off. I feel good. Loosing weight takes a lot of discipline" she disclosed.

Read the interview conversation below:

How did you pull it off?
"I cut off eating a lot of things,i was addicted to coca cola,juice and  i cut off all that,i also stopped eating banana altogether,it took a lot of discipline.i stopped eating too much carbohydrates and i eat more of proteins and a lot of veggies…a lot"

So you are not ill?
"i wonder why they will think i am ill when my skin is glowing and when i feel good..when people are used to see you looking fat and they see all the fat gone,their eyes plays tricks on them"

Whats the secret of your glowing skin’
 "i didn’t do anything,i don’t even do facials,i don’t even have a cleanser.i just drink lots of water and dont forget i am light skinned".