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MANILA - &quot;Pinoy Big Brother: Otso&quot; host Bianca Gonzalez took to social media to share her thoughts on being dark-skinned, debunking claims by whitening brands that they are pitiful.In a series of tweets, Gonzalez said while she has no problem with people who want lighter skin, she does have a problem with whitening brands making those with darker skin look pitiful.&quot;There is no problem AT ALL sa mga gustong magpaputi. The problem is when whitening brands make us look &quot;kaawa awa&quot; dahil lang maitim kami. Kasi, hindi po kami kawawa, maganda ang kulay namin,&quot; she tweeted.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">Just a note from a Filipina with brown skin since birth: There is no problem AT ALL sa mga gustong magpaputi. The problem is when whitening brands make us look &quot;kaawa awa&quot; dahil lang maitim kami. Kasi, hindi po kami kawawa, maganda ang kulay namin.— Bianca Gonzalez (@iamsuperbianca) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamsuperbianca/status/1117058185959886851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Gonzalez added she grew up loving her skin color because of people like Angel Aquino and Tweetie de Leon, who &quot;proudly flaunted their brown skin.&quot;&quot;I looked up to them. I did not need to compare myself to fair skinned girls. It need not be a &quot;battle&quot; of maitim versus maputi,&quot; she also <a href="https://twitter.com/iamsuperbianca/status/1117060138907492352">said</a>.She, likewise, added she will teach her daughters that there is nothing wrong with them being brown-skinned.&quot;When they grow up, choice nila kung magpapa-tan or magpapaputi sila. But what I will teach them is that being brown is not something &quot;shameful&quot;, and being brown is not something that makes them less beautiful than others.❤,&quot; Gonzales <a href="https://twitter.com/iamsuperbianca/status/1117063112106991616">said</a>.Gonzalez has two daughters with her husband, basketball player JC Intal.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/29/18/look-bianca-gonzalez-gives-birth-to-second-child">LOOK: Bianca Gonzalez gives birth to second child </a></li></ul>She has been vocal with her love for her natural skin color. Back in 2017, Gonzales expressed sadness at how some morena celebrities choose to endorse whitening products.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/07/31/17/bianca-saddened-by-morenas-who-endorse-whitening-products">Bianca saddened by morenas who endorse whitening products </a></li></ul>

MANILA - "Pinoy Big Brother: Otso" host Bianca Gonzalez took to social media to share her thoughts on being dark-skinned, debunking claims by whitening brands that they are pitiful.

MANILA - "Pinoy Big Brother: Otso" host Bianca Gonzalez took to social media to share her thoughts on being dark-skinned, debunking claims by whitening brands that they are pitiful.