Personally, I love the look of alabaster skin on stage - I think it's stunning. Myself, I have Mediterranean skin that will never be milky white - when I don't tan, I can sometimes have a pinkish-yellow cast under concert stage lights. So I do get a spray tan for big shows that are taped, so that I won't go pink-yellow. But I never tan with the sun or tanning beds.
I did get a lot of sun as a teenager because I lived near the beach, : ( but I stopped it almost completely once I was in college (too busy studying!) Just lately I have had several women comment that of course they were "much older" than I was, only to find out that they were actually younger than me. I attribute it to the lack of sun damage I have incurred - so as far as I'm concerned, pale is cool!
