CHRISTINA MILIAN - CHRISTINA MILIAN CREDITS JANET JACKSON FOR NEW LOOK

CHRISTINA MILIAN credits JANET JACKSON for her decision to lighten her hair colour.

The sexy Latina unveiled her dyed tresses last year (04) as she raced up the charts with her hit single DIP IT LOW. And she admits she was drawn to the new look after observing NASTY singer Jackson, who is one of her idols.

She says, "The best part of being a girl is dress-up. You can change your look and look different whenever you want.

"People that I admired growing up were Janet Jackson and MADONNA. They were constantly changing their image. So I (thought), 'When did I like Janet Jackson the most?' It was when she lightened her hair."