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NEW YORK, May 14 /PRNewswire/ — - PREMIERING MONDAY 26 MAY AT 8:30 P.M. AND 9:00 P.M. ON SKY 209 Visit any newsagent and you’ll see that almost exclusively there arescores of blonde and brunette, white women gracing the covers of Britain’sbiggest magazines. Whether its fashion, beauty or lifestyle titles; Britishmagazines rarely feature women of color in their pages, which is a telltalesymptom of much larger disease plaguing England’s multi-cultural society. Inthe first ever news special for its audiences in the United Kingdom, BETreveals that people of colour in the U.K. are experiencing a “BeautyBlackout.” (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070716/BETNETWORKSLOGO ) Premiering Monday, 26 May at 8:30 p.m., BET News correspondent SharonCarpenter speaks with stars like Jamelia, Alesha Dixon, Nicola Hughes (RockRivals, Porgy and Bess) , as well as industry opinion-formers like Britain’sNext Top Model judge Gerry Deveaux and other insiders; for a look at thecolour-challenged fashion and glamour modeling industry from allperspectives. The special also delves into the disturbing ways in whichEngland’s beauty ideal affects average women and young girls in theireveryday lives. Carole White, co-founder of Premier Model Management admits, “We’ll havea load of castings where they’ll say — ‘no black girls’.” Through thistimely and comprehensive news show, BET brings to the forefront theseimportant issues facing the British Black community regarding standards ofbeauty, the impact it has on women of colour, and the troubling reasons why”mainstream” British society has never considered black women beautiful. - later on BET Sky 209- To conclude this huge night, at 9:00 p.m., we bring you the UK premiereof “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is” BET’s #1 original series of all time. Seasonone of this six-part reality series documents the life of R&B songstressKeyshia Cole just before she breaks big. For several months, Keyshia grantedBET special access into her private life as she traveled the country,revealing personal details of her un-charmed past and the promising futureahead of her. “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is” gives one-of-a-kind insight intothe world of one of music’s most captivating and complex rising stars. For up-to-the-minute and archival press information including releasesand photographs, visit BET’s press-only Web site at http://www.bet.com/pr. About BET Networks BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is thenation’s leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and publicaffairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primaryBET channel reaches more than 87 million households according to NielsenMedia Research, and can be seen in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. BET isthe dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of businessextensions: BET.com, a leading internet destination for Black entertainment,music, culture, and news; BET Digital Networks — BET J, BET Gospel and BETHip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BETEvent Productions, a full-scale event management and production company; BETHome Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the homeenvironment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, which providesringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BETInternational, an extension of BET network programming for globaldistribution. Web site: http://www.bet.comBET International

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