Beyoncé-inspired #BrownSkinGirlChallenge melted the internet (photos)

By Terry Shropshire
Jul 22, 2019
9:38 am

The song “Brown Skin Girl” by Beyoncé just came off the assembly line, but it is already considered by urbanites as the breakout song from Queen Bey’s highly anticipated The Lion King: The Gift.

“Brown Skin Girl” has people in their feelings not just because the adorable daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, 7, sang the lyrics in the beginning and at the end of the song:

“Brown skin girl/ your skin just like pearls/ the best thing in the world / I’d never trade you for anybody else,” Blue Ivy sings.

More than that, “Brown Skin Girl” has already become a movement, inspiring the ubiquitous #BrownSkinGirlChallenge that stormed to the top of trending topics on Twitter on Sunday afternoon, July 21, 2019.

Bronze beauties like actresses Gabrielle Union and Holly Robinson Peete as well as superstar director Ava DuVernay couldn’t resist chiming in and contributing. The #BrownSkinChallenge was seen as a celebration of mahogany-hued stunners who are too often denigrated and maligned by mainstream Americans — heck, even by their own people sometimes.

#BrownSkinGirlChallenge 💃🏿👼🏾 pic.twitter.com/krmyJ8HGSb

— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) July 21, 2019

https://twitter.com/ava/status/1153097886445387777

https://twitter.com/rielesvalentine/status/1153029674790006785

https://twitter.com/hashtag/BrownSkinGirlChallenge?src=tren&data_id=tweet%3A1153097886445387777

as soon as i saw the trend i just had to hop in too and join my beautiful brownies 😭💓#BrownSkinGirlChallenge pic.twitter.com/traq1cgqRm

— cinnamon slim 🤎 (@theaphroditez) July 21, 2019

Ok. Don’t give me an excuse to post photos with @KELLYROWLAND 👧🏽👧🏽 💖💖 #BrownSkinGirlChallenge pic.twitter.com/MiMnbfgV04

— Holly Robinson Peete 💃🏾♍️ (@hollyrpeete) July 21, 2019

#BrownSkinGirlChallenge
Kinky hair, juicy lips, brown skin, we’re all beautiful pic.twitter.com/s0dvLuHx6g

— Sonia Grace (@soniagracemusic) July 21, 2019