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Dominique Hines

GBBO’s Nadiya Hussain was ‘too scared’ to tell make-up artists to not lighten her skin

Nadiya Hussain said she didn’t wan to ‘rock the boat’ at the time but would not let it happen now

(Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Rex)

Nadiya Hussain has revealed that make-up artists purposely lightened her skin for photoshoots.

The 37-year-old, who won 2015’s The Great British Bake Off, said she was too scared to speak up as she feared “rocking the boat" in the aftermath of the show.

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