It’s not dark skin. She paints herself orange with thick makeup and adds beauty marks that were seen as ugly
Yes she’s making her skin darker, yes the author is conveying the message “darker skin = ugly and fairer skin is an upgrade” , if your telling yourself it’s “orange” to make yourself feel better by all means, but please lmao no one here was born yesterday, paints her skin orange? When she’s clearly 2-3 shades darker in the mirror even if it’s “orange” lolll
Crazy thing is shes not even dark shes barely even tan
IKR
"hmm how do i make a character ugly OH I KNOW! lets make her dark to reinforce an ancient beauty standard in the big 24-25"