Monday on The World, we heard how women in Egypt are staging a comeback for natural curly hair after years of being pressured to straighten it. Well, here’s another story — this one comes from Colombia. Mábel Lara is a top TV news anchor there. And she recently stunned viewers when she appeared onscreen with a new look she was wearing her hair — natural — which, in her case, means curly.
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