Meet Khoudia Diop, the Instagram sensation who many called a slob and a daughter of the night before she turned her dark skin to her advantage and became a fashion model. A young Senegalese woman was often ridiculed in her youth because of her black skin color, which makes other black people look like white people. The name 'melanin queen' (melanin is a dark pigment that gives a person the color of their skin, hair and eyes) was also given to them with the aim of encouraging others to be confident about their color or skin tone.
19 years old Senegalese Khoudio Diop, who moved to France at the age of 15, and lives today in New York, was often teased in her youth because of her skin color. This one is much darker than we are used to. She was called a slob, which is a slur for black people, and even now that she's an online sensation and has been in the limelight for two years, she's still a frequent target of people online.
That's why she got her name Melanin Goddess, encouraging others to be confident about their skin and aiming to change beauty standards and bring more diversity to the catwalks.
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Growing up, when she had to Khoudia Diop devour many observations, she learned to love herself and ignore negative people. The message she has for others is that looks don't matter as long as we feel beautiful on the inside. "If you are lucky enough to be different, you never change!" says the 19-year-old who has on Instagram already through 235 thousand followers and according to her management team, The Colored Girl Inc, rose to fame on this social network in just two weeks. We couldn't agree more with her statement!
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