Ashamed Quote by Khoudia Diop

“I was so ashamed of it that I would spend hours in the shower crying and trying to wash my skin off.”

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

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

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I wanted to bleach my skin so bad, but my sister always discouraged me. She'd say, 'This is a bad thing. Don't try it.'

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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.…

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My sister was the one person who told me not to change, that my skin was beautiful. She really helped me feel good about…

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I was in Italy on vacation, and I saw my reflection in a mirror. I saw how unique my skin was and why people…

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Kids used to tease me and call me 'fille des etoiles,' which translates to 'daughter of the stars.'

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To this day, the first thing that I do every morning is look in the mirror. I'll tell myself, 'Look at your skin. Look…

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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…

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There were times I wouldn't leave my room for weeks and sometimes missed school because I hated how people would look at me. But…

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Where I grew up, we had light-skinned models but not dark. Every time I would talk about being a model with my friends, they…

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I grew up in Senegal, where more than 50 percent of the women bleach their skin, and skin bleaching is a huge deal. I…

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