Rowland: 'I Wished I Was White'

Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland dreamed of being white as a child - because she thought it would give her a better chance of success.

The 26-year-old still feels black performers have an unfair disadvantage in the entertainment industry, but has learned to appreciate her own beauty with the help of former bandmate Beyonce Knowles' mum.

Rowland says, "It's said that brown-skinned girls don't sell magazines, that's sad. I wished I was fair-skinned, but Tina Knowles, Beyonce's mom, said, 'Don't you know how beautiful you are?'"

"She made me come into my brown beauty. I didn't get it, now I do."

"I am chocolate and beautiful and loving it."