Google “Donatella Versace” and just a few links below some downer business news about her floundering Italian fashion line, you see something so startling that it causes your lunch to lurch around a bit in your stomach — a woman so completely tanned by the sun (tanned, like actual leather) it takes your breath away. Food analogies seem to spring to mine. Cured meats. Beef jerky. Pepperoni. Many gossip websites have descended upon the gasp-worthy photos and attributed the eye-rape to Donatella.
But apparently it’s not Donatella Versace, as the merry snarksters at Gawker have discovered, but rather some Donatella doppelganger who lives in St. Barts — where apparently all she does is fall asleep under the blinding sun. Mystery solved.
But still, please remember, too much exposure to the sun leads to uneven skin pigmentation, liver spots, melanomas, and other exciting permanent skin damage. And most importantly, UVB rays cause dangerous sunburns and increase the risk of skin cancer
So ew. Remember the beef jerky lady and get yourself a sunhat this year. A big one! And here’s a good link from the Skin Cancer Foundation about choosing a good sunscreen.
