Last night this discussion came up with some friends of mine.
In the music industry, Both are the standard for black women beauty. From Beyonce's sexy fiery fierce feminine flare to Aaliyah's icy laid back smooth tomboy swagger.
She is/was pretty in a natural, basic, HBCU dorm-room type of way which is very non-threatening to basic bitches. It wasn't "fierce" or over-the-top, but I've never heard anybody say she wasn't pretty.
Why did Aaliyah always colored contact lenses? Tacky.
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The fact that Aaliyah was a black woman and could wear multiple eye colors only solidified her beauty. And how is it tacky? She only started wearing them for one era (her last album)