Blonde-haired Hispanics and Latinas: have you ever seen or met any?

[Old Manus]

The preferred term is 'people of rouge hair'. Check your privilege.

[Psychotic]

I have people of rouge hair friends so I can't be gingerist.

[Ayen]

I could have walked past one on the street and never know. I don't keep a look out for such things.

[SuperMillionaire]

You know Latino/ Hispanic isn't a race right? All it means is that they have cultural roots that tie back to Spain and Portugal. I'm also surprised that you've never seen Shakira before, because that's a blonde Latina right there.

I'm pretty sure that she dyed her hair, because I've seen previous album covers that depicted her as a brunette.

[Shiny]

You know Latino/ Hispanic isn't a race right? All it means is that they have cultural roots that tie back to Spain and Portugal. I'm also surprised that you've never seen Shakira before, because that's a blonde Latina right there.

I'm pretty sure that she dyed her hair, because I've seen previous album covers that depicted her as a brunette.

Couldn't it be just as plausible to believe that she dyed her hair brown? Side note though, people's hair changes color naturally too in the sunlight. Sometimes people with lighter blond hair get more of a dirty blond during months with less sunlight. It happens to my hair too. I actually have blond parts in my hair during the summer and it's much lighter.

[krissy]

Ya sun change s my hair color to o
It's pretty cool
Going super saffian
Sayian

[Colonel Angus]

This thread is pointless w/o pics.

[Bolivar]

The image of a Latino which most people have in their heads is because its the poorer ones who emigrate to other countries and they're unfortunately usually darker. Next time you go past the Spanish Channel look around for a minute and you'll probably see a lot of white people.

Most of us have dark hair due to mixed heritage, not just from the conquest of the New World but also from when the Moore's occupied Spain. My sister-in-law's mother is dirty blonde but I guess that's close enough to brunette anyhow.

[SuperMillionaire]

You know Latino/ Hispanic isn't a race right? All it means is that they have cultural roots that tie back to Spain and Portugal. I'm also surprised that you've never seen Shakira before, because that's a blonde Latina right there.

I'm pretty sure that she dyed her hair, because I've seen previous album covers that depicted her as a brunette.

Couldn't it be just as plausible to believe that she dyed her hair brown? Side note though, people's hair changes color naturally too in the sunlight. Sometimes people with lighter blond hair get more of a dirty blond during months with less sunlight. It happens to my hair too. I actually have blond parts in my hair during the summer and it's much lighter.

How exactly does that process work?

[DMKA]

I have two Mexican cousins (as in, they were born, raised, and still live in Mexico) who are natural blondes, and they have a sister who's a redhead. They all have green eyes. Contrary to popular belief there's a pretty large number of fair skinned, blonde Mexicans. They just don't fit the common stereotypical image the average American has of Mexicans. You've probably seen a good share of them, you just had no idea they were of Mexican descent.

There's a pretty good number of latino celebrities who most people have no idea are latino because of this too. Cameron Diaz is Mexican, for example.

[Shlup]

I haven't really taken note of it. I do know a couple of Ginger Mexican guys though. They are so damn gorgeous it makes me melt a little.

[rubah]

How exactly does that process work?

You stay in the sun

Your hair is bleached by the sun.

From the late 1960s to the 1980s in particular, especially at the time of the hippy, the surfer style was characterized by thick, long, bleached, often curly blond hair, bleached intensively by the sun and the saltwater.[4] The hair of surfers is often damaged and bleached, brought about by frequent exposure to sunlight, humidity and salty water.[5] Blonder or red headed individuals tend to be more affected, given that their pheomelanin is more sensitive.[5]

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/fo...?topic=17341.0

Basically the solar radiation destroys the melanin-compounds in hair which are not replaced, unlike skin, which produces more melanin-containing skin cells constantly. Hair also produces more, but it grows much much more slowly than skin, and isn't sloughed off in copious amounts daily, so you see it stick around.

[Loony BoB]

Cameron Diaz is Mexican, for example.

American of Cuban/European descent. But yeah, Hispanic.

[Shorty]

Another example of a blonde-haired, blue-eyed hispanic person: Guillermo del Toro.



This dude looks white as trout but was born in Guadalajara.

[Colonel Angus]

I think his hair is more light brown than blond.