The Real Story Behind That Viral Today Show Natural-Hair Segment [The Cut]
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From The Cut.com
On Wednesday morning, model Malyia McNaughton met with Deepica Mutyala to prepare for their Today show segment that was airing that day. Mutyala, who rose to YouTube celebrity last year when she nominated red lipstick as the perfect dark circle cover-up, was the beauty expert on hand for the day and she wanted to highlight summer hairstyles that could be mastered in 60 seconds. In the segment that aired later on, Mutyala gathered McNaughton's hair in a side ponytail, finger-combed her bangs, and then triumphantly walked to the next model on set....[READ MORE]