Texas district alters homecoming queen's hair color in photo
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A Houston-area school district has apologized for altering a high school homecoming queen's purple hair in a photo.
Ebony Smith was crowned North Shore Senior High School's homecoming queen last month.
Galena Park Independent School District shared a photo of Smith online last week in which her hair had been altered to appear brown.
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Smith says the image was poorly edited and embarrassing.
The school district has apologized for posting the altered photo and has since replaced it with a black-and-white version of the picture.
The district's student handbook says bright hair colors are unacceptable in the classroom, but Smith planned to dye her hair brown after homecoming.
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Smith's mother, Tameasha Watkins, says the situation is upsetting because the district changed her daughter's appearance.