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" My skin is dark and glows. It almost seems blue, and it's supersoft. "

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" I was born in Senegal in 1996. My mom moved to New York when I was two years old, so I was raised by my aunt back home. "

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" I want to inspire young girls and let them know that we are all goddesses inside and out. "

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" My mom was the only one who didn't bleach her skin. She was the one who kept her natural complexion. So yes, I consider her a role model. All of her other family members would say to us, 'Oh, your mom is so beautiful. She's lucky she kept her skin.' Those comments stayed with me. "

" As I grew, I learned to love myself more every day and not pay attention to the negative people, which helped a lot. "

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" You are OK however you are, and you are very beautiful. "

" In my family, only my brother has a similar skin color. But in Senegal, the color is common. "

" I want to inspire other young women of color and empower them. I want them to know that they can do and be anything they dream of. "

" The message I have for my sisters is that how you look doesn't matter as long as you feel beautiful inside. "

" Personally, it was always very difficult to find complexion products that match my shade. "

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" In my country - even though we have a lot of dark-skinned people - people think the lighter you are, the better you are. They think beauty has to do with being light-skinned. I think that's really wrong. "

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" While in Paris, I got into modeling - photographers would literally stop me on the street. "