How comes the appearance of Somali women is so radically different compared to the past?

[Prince of Lasanod]

 

[GodKnowsBest]

That's only 4 women. I have a habbaryar that looks sorta like the first one. Somali people are diverse.

 

[EternalLightX]

Wow we look African :O Diana abuse would be my answer as well as moving to a colder climate, which changes ones colour from dark to caramel. However these women are raw , no make up just smooth skin.

 

[EternalLightX]

Somalia is very diverse in features you get one end of the spectrum to other, we don't all look the same it's simply facinating.

 

[GodKnowsBest]

Wow we look African :O Diana abuse would be my answer as well as moving to a colder climate, which changes ones colour from dark to caramel. However these women are raw , no make up just smooth skin.

I was born light skin. I can show you baby photos. I think it has more to do with sun exposure. I'm pale in the winter but turn carmel during the summer.

 

[Prince of Lasanod]

That's only 4 women. I have a habbaryar that looks sorta like the first one. Somali people are diverse.

 

[EternalLightX]

I was born light skin. I can show you baby photos. I think it has more to do with sun exposure. I'm pale in the winter but turn carmel during the summer.

Most diasporans are light in skin colour compared to those in Somalia, the sun is less in a colder continent than that of the equator where Somalia is closer to. Makes sense why we look so different. I am also caramel when buying foundation, however yellowish hue when winter arrives.

 

[GodKnowsBest]

The last picture is what the traditional Somali women looks like today. Shorter, lighter skin, more curved nose. Idk what happened to our gene pool but we no longer have slender tall darker skinned Somali women. This is why Iman is a big hit and newer Somali models aren't making it big.

 

[Jeesto]

Are we just gonna ignore their somali names and the traditional clothes they've on?

 

[EternalLightX]

An outside person would thing they originate from west Africa, beautiful clothing though, and Jewellery. Shame this type of dress is dying out due to religious extremism. Our Sufi worship was better as our culture was still intact, no woman would dare walk the streets wearing a guuntino with her arms exposed, rape would be the worse that could happen to her. The jiilbaab is our new national symbol.

 

[SecretAgent]

They look african bantu now Somalis look white and Arabs.

 

[EternalLightX]

They look african bantu now Somalis look white and Arabs.

No When I traveled to Somalia people still had the twany and chocolate complexion, I could instantly tell who came from the west and who is an original inhabitant.

 

[Prince of Lasanod]

Those women in the OP look very old, like in their 40s, but they are only 20 something years old. Their body and their faces are very masculine. It's like the entire Somali physique of the past is unrecognizable now. I didn't know that diet and exercise can change someones appearance that much.

 

[EternalLightX]

What on earth happened with our features if our ancestors looked like this ? Is it the climate ?

 

[EternalLightX]

Those women in the OP look very old, like in their 40s, but they are only 20 something years old.

Yeah bring a picture of a younger girl ? Then we can see the stark difference in modern Somalis compared to those who lived 100 years ago.

 

[black]

Wow we look African :O Diana abuse would be my answer as well as moving to a colder climate, which changes ones colour from dark to caramel. However these women are raw , no make up just smooth skin.

It's not diana. People keep saying diana, but I have yet to hear of a woman under 30 using diana. Unless I'm being naive

In the west I mean

 

[GodKnowsBest]

Are we just gonna ignore their somali names and the traditional clothes they've on?

You're right their names are beautiful. Pre- Arab washing of the Somali culture. Arab names are disgusting and masculine.

 

[Human]

The last Somali female looks quite similar to my hooyo's cousin.

This is very weird

 

[GodKnowsBest]

It's not diana. People keep saying diana, but I have yet to hear of a woman under 30 using diana. Unless I'm being naive

In the west I mean

You're right it isn't Diana. I used to go to dugsi when I was younger and about there 10% of the girls were really pale, 80% were Carmel, and 10% were this chocolate color. I think it's the sun.

 

[EternalLightX]

You're right it isn't Diana. I used to go to dugsi when I was younger and about there 10% of the girls were really pale, 80% were Carmel, and 10% were this chocolate color. I think it's the sun.

It's deffo the sun the less you exposure the less likely one gets darker than brown, however the sun which casts its presence in somalia is a wrathful kind. So much so it is such a pain to go outside sometimes. I bought a UV umbrella next time I go and a large hat. The sun is tretourous, I even invested on some fine silk gloves, I hate it, coming from a colder climate where the sun only goes above 24 degrees. I could not get the hang of this heat. Where you feel like you've been washed by your own sweat just by standing for 10 minutes in the heat.