{"id":1790427,"date":"2026-02-24T17:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1790427"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:58:00","slug":"nicki-minaj-and-the-ugly-politics-of-republican-make-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1790427","title":{"rendered":"Nicki Minaj and the ugly politics of Republican make-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1024\/0-0-1024-682\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438519.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/beauty\/article\/69725\/1\/nicki-minaj-get-maga-inspired-makeover-republican-politics-ugly\" data-article-id=\"69725\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.5\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)\" class=\"img\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1024\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438519.jpg\" width=\"1024\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Win <span class=\"nowrap\">McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-24T17:58:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"24 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"24\">24,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - beauty\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\">Beauty<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\">Beauty<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>Nicki Minaj and the ugly politics of <span class=\"nowrap\">Republican make-up<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>The former queen of rap has recently come out as a Trump supporter, and the internet now believes she looks like one. But does she? Or are we once again equating beauty <span class=\"nowrap\">and morality?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-24T17:58:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"24 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"24\">24,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-24T17:58:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"24 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"24\">24,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/HalimaJibril\">Halima Jibril<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/nicki-minaj\"><span>Nicki Minaj<\/span><\/a><span> is a Republican. We know this not because the former queen of rap is on a right-wing press tour doing interviews with Erica Kirk, the CEO of Turning Point USA and Katie Miller or because she spoke at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/donald-trump\"><span>Donald Trump<\/span><\/a><span>\u2019s \u201cTrump Account Summit\u201d in Washington DC, and declared herself to be \u201cthe president\u2019s number one fan\u201d. No, we know that Minaj is a Republican because she looks like one now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Over the weekend, the 43-year-old shared pictures of herself on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NICKIMINAJ\/status\/2024527063492022477\/photo\/4\"><span>X<\/span><\/a><span>, captioned \u201cBarbie, \ud83d\udcf8: Ken\u201d, Ken being her sex offender husband Kenneth Petty. In the picture, Minaj wears a basic white shirt, a chunky brown-and-black belt, and black pants. Her hair is straight with almost blonde highlights, and her make-up is matte. She has harsh, block brows and orangey foundation, which many of her critics have described as \u201cpoorly blended\u201d. Many are shocked by her supposed transformation, with one <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/leekstarr_\/status\/2024545990527660068?s=20\"><span>X<\/span><\/a><span> user commenting on her picture: \u201cI\u2019m not even joking, this is literally Republican make-up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content has-tweet\" data-embed-type=\"media-twitter\" data-script-depends=\"twitter-widgets\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i\u2019m not even joking this literally republican makeup <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/llYz9iMkdI\">pic.twitter.com\/llYz9iMkdI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; leekz \u2670 is ready for act iii (@leekstarr_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leekstarr_\/status\/2024545990527660068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Republican make-up, as many, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/66216\/1\/suzanne-lambert-busted-republican-make-up-comedian-regina-george-liberal\">comedian Suzanne Lambert,<\/a> have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itssuzannelambert\/video\/7437946554461195566?referer_url=wwd.com%2Fpop-culture%2Fculture-news%2Frepublican-makeup-trend-1236950787%2F&amp;refer=embed&amp;embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404358%2C121497414%2C122122240%2C121351166%2C121811500%2C121960941%2C122122244%2C122122243%2C122122242%2C121487028%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121885509%3Bnull%3Bembed_pause_share&amp;referer_video_id=7437946554461195566\"><span>spoofed on TikTok<\/span><\/a><span>, is considered matte and flat, as Hannah Malach writes for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/pop-culture\/culture-news\/republican-makeup-trend-1236950787\/\"><em><span>WWD<\/span><\/em><\/a><span>. It is believed to involve no skin care preparation, and includes \u201cstreaky foundation that is too warm for one\u2019s skin tone, as well as garish eye shadow, caked-on powder, clumpy mascara and heavy, imprecise eyeliner. Sharp, defined brows should look overdrawn, as if applied in the dark.\u201d It is a look that a number of the women in the Trump administration are supposedly sporting, including Homeland Security Kristi Noem and the President\u2019s spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt (see her much maligned <em>Vanity Fair<\/em> shoot).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To put it simply, Republican make-up is considered ugly. While there is something to be said about the <\/span><em><span>homogeneity<\/span><\/em><span> of the \u201cRepublican look\u201d, as podcaster and internet personality <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mattxiv\/status\/2025313132919357702?s=20\"><span>Matt Bernstein<\/span><\/a><span> notes about Minaj in a post on X: \u201cThere is no room for creativity or self-expression within a fascist movement. Here\u2019s your beige jacket and flat hair and boring make-up.\u201d We need to be careful that we aren\u2019t falling into the trap of equating beauty and morality when we learn that someone we once admired, or never admired, is acting poorly. This idea that Republicans would \u201clook better\u201d if they were \u201cgood\u201d is the logic we are taught about good and bad as children. Aren\u2019t we beyond that now?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content has-tweet\" data-embed-type=\"media-twitter\" data-script-depends=\"twitter-widgets\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the immediate, complete decuntification is such a tell. there is no room for creativity or self expression within a fascist movement. here\u2019s your beige jacket and flat hair and boring makeup. enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J2nYR2IGfE\">https:\/\/t.co\/J2nYR2IGfE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; matt (@mattxiv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattxiv\/status\/2025313132919357702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>The same accusations of \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PERC4BETHRRY\/status\/1995946928279093367?s=20\"><span>looking like a Republican<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d have been levelled at actress Sydney Sweeney, especially after her American Eagle advertisement, her comments about art not being political to her and the fact she is quite literally registered <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/aug\/03\/sydney-sweeney-jeans-ad-republican-voter-registration\"><span>as a Republican<\/span><\/a><span> in her home state of Florida. Through her problematic behaviour and comments, she is now a person who, like Minaj, has become \u2018ugly\u2019 to the public. Still, as beauty critic <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jessicadefino.substack.com\/\"><span>Jessica DeFino<\/span><\/a><span> told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/62129\/1\/does-having-bad-morals-really-make-you-ugly-dune-beauty-timothee-chalamet\"><span>Dazed<\/span><\/a><span> in 2024, it\u2019s easier to criticise someone\u2019s physical appearance once they\u2019ve done something bad because: \u201cIt\u2019s an easy framework. It takes a very complex situation and whittles it down to the superficial. Wouldn\u2019t it be so easy if ugly people were bad and pretty people were good and we knew the right person to agree with and the right way to be in the world?\u201d Understandably, people become unattractive to us when they do bad things \u2013 but we must remember what beauty is built on when we are suggesting that it is an indication of goodness: racism, fatphobia, classism, ageism, colourism and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When I sometimes find myself seduced by this way of thinking and talking, I remind myself that this is exactly how Trump talks. When asked about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/66609\/1\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-candidate-2025-interview-policies-tiktok-palestine\"><span>Zohran Mamdani<\/span><\/a><span> during the New York mayoral race in 2025, he remarked, \u201cI think I\u2019m much better looking than Zohran Mamdani\u201d. 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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/nicki-minaj\"><span>Nicki Minaj<\/span><\/a><span> is a Republican. We know this not because the former queen of rap is on a right-wing press tour doing interviews with Erica Kirk, the CEO of Turning Point USA and Katie Miller or because she spoke at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/donald-trump\"><span>Donald Trump<\/span><\/a><span>\u2019s \u201cTrump Account Summit\u201d in Washington DC, and declared herself to be \u201cthe president\u2019s number one fan\u201d. No, we know that Minaj is a Republican because she looks like one now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Over the weekend, the 43-year-old shared pictures of herself on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NICKIMINAJ\/status\/2024527063492022477\/photo\/4\"><span>X<\/span><\/a><span>, captioned \u201cBarbie, \ud83d\udcf8: Ken\u201d, Ken being her sex offender husband Kenneth Petty. In the picture, Minaj wears a basic white shirt, a chunky brown-and-black belt, and black pants. Her hair is straight with almost blonde highlights, and her make-up is matte. She has harsh, block brows and orangey foundation, which many of her critics have described as \u201cpoorly blended\u201d. Many are shocked by her supposed transformation, with one <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/leekstarr_\/status\/2024545990527660068?s=20\"><span>X<\/span><\/a><span> user commenting on her picture: \u201cI\u2019m not even joking, this is literally Republican make-up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content has-tweet\" data-embed-type=\"media-twitter\" data-script-depends=\"twitter-widgets\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i\u2019m not even joking this literally republican makeup <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/llYz9iMkdI\">pic.twitter.com\/llYz9iMkdI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; leekz \u2670 is ready for act iii (@leekstarr_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leekstarr_\/status\/2024545990527660068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Republican make-up, as many, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/66216\/1\/suzanne-lambert-busted-republican-make-up-comedian-regina-george-liberal\">comedian Suzanne Lambert,<\/a> have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itssuzannelambert\/video\/7437946554461195566?referer_url=wwd.com%2Fpop-culture%2Fculture-news%2Frepublican-makeup-trend-1236950787%2F&amp;refer=embed&amp;embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404358%2C121497414%2C122122240%2C121351166%2C121811500%2C121960941%2C122122244%2C122122243%2C122122242%2C121487028%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121885509%3Bnull%3Bembed_pause_share&amp;referer_video_id=7437946554461195566\"><span>spoofed on TikTok<\/span><\/a><span>, is considered matte and flat, as Hannah Malach writes for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/pop-culture\/culture-news\/republican-makeup-trend-1236950787\/\"><em><span>WWD<\/span><\/em><\/a><span>. It is believed to involve no skin care preparation, and includes \u201cstreaky foundation that is too warm for one\u2019s skin tone, as well as garish eye shadow, caked-on powder, clumpy mascara and heavy, imprecise eyeliner. Sharp, defined brows should look overdrawn, as if applied in the dark.\u201d It is a look that a number of the women in the Trump administration are supposedly sporting, including Homeland Security Kristi Noem and the President\u2019s spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt (see her much maligned <em>Vanity Fair<\/em> shoot).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To put it simply, Republican make-up is considered ugly. While there is something to be said about the <\/span><em><span>homogeneity<\/span><\/em><span> of the \u201cRepublican look\u201d, as podcaster and internet personality <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mattxiv\/status\/2025313132919357702?s=20\"><span>Matt Bernstein<\/span><\/a><span> notes about Minaj in a post on X: \u201cThere is no room for creativity or self-expression within a fascist movement. Here\u2019s your beige jacket and flat hair and boring make-up.\u201d We need to be careful that we aren\u2019t falling into the trap of equating beauty and morality when we learn that someone we once admired, or never admired, is acting poorly. This idea that Republicans would \u201clook better\u201d if they were \u201cgood\u201d is the logic we are taught about good and bad as children. Aren\u2019t we beyond that now?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content has-tweet\" data-embed-type=\"media-twitter\" data-script-depends=\"twitter-widgets\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the immediate, complete decuntification is such a tell. there is no room for creativity or self expression within a fascist movement. here\u2019s your beige jacket and flat hair and boring makeup. enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J2nYR2IGfE\">https:\/\/t.co\/J2nYR2IGfE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; matt (@mattxiv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattxiv\/status\/2025313132919357702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>The same accusations of \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PERC4BETHRRY\/status\/1995946928279093367?s=20\"><span>looking like a Republican<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d have been levelled at actress Sydney Sweeney, especially after her American Eagle advertisement, her comments about art not being political to her and the fact she is quite literally registered <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/aug\/03\/sydney-sweeney-jeans-ad-republican-voter-registration\"><span>as a Republican<\/span><\/a><span> in her home state of Florida. Through her problematic behaviour and comments, she is now a person who, like Minaj, has become \u2018ugly\u2019 to the public. Still, as beauty critic <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jessicadefino.substack.com\/\"><span>Jessica DeFino<\/span><\/a><span> told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/62129\/1\/does-having-bad-morals-really-make-you-ugly-dune-beauty-timothee-chalamet\"><span>Dazed<\/span><\/a><span> in 2024, it\u2019s easier to criticise someone\u2019s physical appearance once they\u2019ve done something bad because: \u201cIt\u2019s an easy framework. It takes a very complex situation and whittles it down to the superficial. Wouldn\u2019t it be so easy if ugly people were bad and pretty people were good and we knew the right person to agree with and the right way to be in the world?\u201d Understandably, people become unattractive to us when they do bad things \u2013 but we must remember what beauty is built on when we are suggesting that it is an indication of goodness: racism, fatphobia, classism, ageism, colourism and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When I sometimes find myself seduced by this way of thinking and talking, I remind myself that this is exactly how Trump talks. When asked about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/66609\/1\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-candidate-2025-interview-policies-tiktok-palestine\"><span>Zohran Mamdani<\/span><\/a><span> during the New York mayoral race in 2025, he remarked, \u201cI think I\u2019m much better looking than Zohran Mamdani\u201d. He also called <\/span><em><span>New York Times<\/span><\/em><span> reporter Katie Rogers \u201cugly\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/nov\/26\/trump-insults-new-york-times-reporter-katie-rogers\"><span>last November<\/span><\/a><span> after she wrote a piece saying that there were signs that he is ageing in office. It is such a lame and boring way to speak about others, and it never gets to the heart of the issue, especially when their behaviour and rhetoric are causing harm to people. We should make a greater effort to speak directly about their actions, rather than their looks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/69725\/1\/nicki-minaj-get-maga-inspired-makeover-republican-politics-ugly&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1024\/0-0-1024-682\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438519.jpg&#8221;] Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images) February\u00a0 24,\u00a0 2026 Beauty \/ Opinion Beauty \/ Opinion Nicki Minaj and the ugly politics of Republican make-up The former queen of rap has recently come out as a Trump supporter, and the internet now believes she looks like one. But does she? 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