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April 5, 2015 / 12:51 PM

Kylie Jenner defends Instagram photo from critics who say she is wearing blackface

Kylie Jenner arrives for the 42nd annual American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles on Nov. 23, 2014. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Kylie Jenner arrives for the 42nd annual American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles on Nov. 23, 2014. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, April 5 (UPI) -- Model and reality TV personality Kylie Jenner is on the defensive after a photo she posted on Instagram sparked online cries of racial insensitivity.

"What I wish I looked like all the time," Jenner, 17, captioned Saturday's image.

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Us Weekly said she deleted the photo and message after some detractors likened the darker skin tone she featured in it to blackface.

"This is a black light and neon lights people lets all calm down," she said in a subsequent post, accompanying an image of her with a darker, bronzed skin tone, blue eyes and colorful streaks in her hair.

This is a black light and neon lights people lets all calm down @marcelocantuphoto @joycebonelli @chrisdylanhair @hubblestudio
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A photo posted by Kylizzle (@kyliejenner) on Apr 4, 2015 at 3:48pm PDT

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