Shannon Singh

Influence

She is cited as a positive example of minorities in the media and admits to having taken much verbal abuse from men in her ethnic community over her overt sexuality. During her modelling career, she describes that "my race was constantly questioned and undermined". Since overcoming these difficulties, she uses her social media channels to advocate for female empowerment. She admits to being selective about what offers she accepts as an influencer. She feels OnlyFans is a positive experience as creators own the content and have more control over who gets to see it. Some have accused her of "bringing disgrace to the brown community" before appearing on Love Island, but she has generally responded with positivity to the backlash. Singh has received many negative comments online, mostly from Asian men, "about "not looking Indian enough" and about how she "doesn't deserve" to have Singh in her name". Many were quick to point out that Singh's dismissal from the Island, one of the first four who were all women of colour, is symptomatic of the modern dating world "where white beauty standards are the default."