Hannah Barrett, the latest contestant to be voted off British X Factor, has said she was "disappointed" by the racist abuse she got while on the show.
"These people who were being racist towards me were black themselves, or were just a little bit lighter or mixed raced," she said.
"These people who were being racist towards me were black themselves, or were just a little bit lighter or mixed raced," she said.
She also said the problem was not limited to the audience of the show.
"In the charts now you have light-skinned people, light-skinned women, that everyone's attracted to."
She added: "There's hardly, really, a black woman everyone's attracted to as much."
Barrett said she felt it was important to address the issues of race and appearance in the music industry.
"You do see a lot of women who are black but just lighter. I think it was kind of hard for everyone to think she [Hannah] is fully black, she's proper dark."
Barrett said she felt it was important to address the issues of race and appearance in the music industry.
"You do see a lot of women who are black but just lighter. I think it was kind of hard for everyone to think she [Hannah] is fully black, she's proper dark."
She also said it was not only her who felt there was a lack of positive role models in the media.
"A lot of black girls feel the same. When you feel like that your self-esteem goes low and then you say, 'I want to be lighter'.
"A lot of black girls feel the same. When you feel like that your self-esteem goes low and then you say, 'I want to be lighter'.
"At the end of the day, black is beauty."
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