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Ola Ray - Everyone remembers the famous Thriller music video starring a young, stunning Ola Ray as Michael Jackson's love interest. After the @balleralert released this side-by-side to participate in the #10yearchallenge, social media users were shocked to see the drastic changes that she has made to her skin. Comments ranged from sentiments such as, "That ain’t Rita Ora?" as well as, "this 10 year challenge is exposing how many skin bleachers there are. Is it even possible to get lighter without bleaching because they’re all saying they didn’t bleach??" balleralert/Instagram

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Grace 'Spice' Hamilton - "Nothing wrong with a fresh start." After taking a hiatus from social media to focus on her music, 'Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta' star and reggae artist, Spice, purged her Instagram of all its' photos and returned looking like a completely different person. In a video performing her newest single entitled 'Black Hypocrisy', she explained that she was was doing this to combat colorism within the black community. (Photo from left to right: Prince Williams/WireImage, Spice via Instagram)

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Tiffany Pollard - While she's admitted to enhancing her appearance in the past, she's not here for the bleaching rumors. "Before some of y'all get to asking me, 'If I'm 'BLEACHING' The answer is, 'No,'" she wrote. "#1 it's cold outside 2 I've been detoxing from meat and cigarettes," she wrote on Instagram.(Photo from left: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for VH1, Earl Gibson III/Getty Images)

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Mel B. - The former Spice Girl found herself in the hot seat after posting a super sexy photo featuring a drastically lighter complexion. Needless to say, her comments section was lit. Her response? "Yes and I do need a tan" which left everyone even more confused. (Photos From Left: Tara Ziemba/FilmMagic, Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)

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Remy Ma - When Remy posted a sexy photo on Instagram promoting her “Wake Me Up” video, a commenter implied she'd been bleaching, writing, “Look like you bleaching your #prettybrown skin.”Remy quickly clapped back, writing, “Are you dumb? It’s called lighting.” Bloop.(Photos From Left: Photo by Mindy Small/FilmMagic, Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)

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Lil' Kim - The '90s rapper was the epitome of Black beauty, but her skin tone has appeared so pale in recent years that it's hard to tell her apart from a white woman with blonde hair. Girl, what's going on?(Photo from left: KMazur/WireImage, Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic)

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Nene Leakes - The former Real Housewives of Atlanta star's new "look" on Instagram. Fans couldn’t help but comment on her much lighter complexion that seemed to almost match her long blonde locks. Whatever is going on here — she’s unrecognizable.He isn’t the only celeb who has been accused of lightening their skin over the years. Maybe it’s just filters or lighting? We investigate.  (Photos from Left: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images, Nene Leakes via Instagram) 

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Charlamagne Tha God - The Breakfast Club host attributes his drastic change in appearance to his dermatologist Dr. Natasha Sandy, who helped rid his face of severe dark spots and hyperpigmentation. Are you convinced the radio host's lighter tone is the result of clearer skin? (Photos from left: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images, Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Power 105.1)

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Azealia Banks - The feud-happy rapper has actually admitted to skin bleaching and even offers lightening tips on her social platforms. (Photos from left: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images for LOGO, Azealia Banks via Instagram)

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Tamar Braxton - Reality star and soul singer Tamar Braxton has been accused of skin lightening for years, which she has denied. Instead, she admitted to having vitiligo, the same melanin-depleting skin condition that model Winnie Harlow and Michael Jackson have. (Photos from Left: Jason Merritt/Getty Images For BET, Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Beyoncé - Looking at the Lemonade diva's album covers, there does appear to be some Photoshopping when it comes to skin tone. But up close, what do you think? Is she getting lighter or is it just in some people's heads?(Photos from Left: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)

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Sammy Sosa - The baseball icon definitely looks like a different person in these two pictures. When pressed about his lighter skin, he told the Associated Press in 2010 that he wasn't trying to "be white," but that his new look was due to a creme he used every night. Uh, OK...(Photos from Left: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images, Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Nicki Minaj - The "Feeling Myself" rapper embodies girl power and confidence, but some out there believe that she looks a few shades lighter now than she did when she first broke out onto the scene in 2010. (Photos from Left: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images, Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Blac Chyna - The exotic dancer and model, not to mention Rob Kardashian's fiancée, has also made folks wonder about if she has been dabbling in the light and bright creme. She denied the claims in a 2014 interview, chalking any lightness up to the flash on a photog's camera.(Photos from Left:  Denise Truscello/WireImage, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Rihanna - Our favorite bad gal has always been beautiful to us, but some folks swear up and down that Rihanna is lighter now than she was when she first got in the game. British singer Mica Paris memorably came for RiRi in an op-ed penned last year. Maybe it's the lack of Caribbean sun? (Photos from Left: Rob Verhorst/Redferns, Christopher Polk/Getty Images for WESTBURY ROAD ENTERTAINMENT LLC)

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 Dawn Richard - It's hard to deny that the former Dantity Kane singer's complexion can look a little paler depending on the light she's in. Maybe it's just really good contouring?(Photos from Left: Jamie McCarthy/WireImage, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Ciara - The "I Bet" singer was always the epitome of Brown Goddess, but some are speculating that she's lost the richness in recent years. Perhaps her blonde locks are giving that illusion? They're known for adding a face-brightening effect.(Photos from Left: Scott Gries/Getty Images, Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)