An Australian television presenter has apologised after for a comment she made while introducing a pair of British twin sisters on her show who have different skin colours, in which she appeared to congratulate one of them for her fair skin.
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Lucy and Maria Aylmer display a rare genetic anomaly; Maria was born with the brown skin of her half Jamaican mother and Lucy was born with the fair skin of her father, though they are non-identical twin sisters.
But when introducing the twins on the Australian show, presenter Samantha Armytage described the appearance of each 18-year-olds and added a "Good on her!" comment about Lucy's fair skin.
The interview aired over a month ago, but a petition on Change.org has been gathering pace since the segment appeared on TV, calling for Armytage to apologise for her remark, which had been branded "racist" and "offensive".