Khoudia Diop, a Senegalese model, is challenging Euro-centric beauty standards by simply being comfortable in her beautiful black skin. (Photo: Instagram/ @melaniin.goddess)
After all one must remember that beauty comes in all shades and colours.
Diop's success is a positive development as skin bleaching is a widespread issue in regions like Africa and Asia.
She hopes that her presence inspires young black girls everywhere to be proud of their skin colour.
She reveals that she was bullied when she was younger because of her skin tone but later decided to embrace her natural beauty and ignore the haters.
Diop was even called nicknames like “darky†and “daughter of the night†in the past.
Her strikingly dark complexion and features have won her many admirers all over the world.