http://www.asianpacificpost.com/port...e_skin.do.html

My wife used to use "skinwhite" cream when I met her.
I used to dislike seeing all the white-skinned models on the TV and posters in the Philippines, particularly because most of the ladies in the Philippines were and still are of Malayo-Polynesian descent.
Then she came to live in the UK where darker skin is seen as being more attractive.
The world-wide cosmetic industry laughs all the way to the bank