In times like this, 27 year-old model, Nyakim Gatwech, who is also known as “Queen of the Dark” is breaking down the barriers of conventional beauty, what an encouragement for others. Now, she has a growing net worth of $4 million all for a dark skin!
With an amazing willpower and confidence, Gatwech’s beautiful flawless dark skin tone have earned her endorsements and brand ambassador deals with major companies like Fashion Nova. According to the South Sudanese model, people of African stock get stunned by her dark hue.
“I was fine with my self-esteem and I started being torn down by society, and I started looking at myself,” she told CBS News. “Do I blend in with what the society considered to be beautiful?”She even recalled times when photographers would try to boost her complexion and make it lighter, but she insisted that she wanted to stay true to her natural look.
At 14, the St. Cloud State University graduate, made entry to the U.S and was later dubbed ‘Queen of the Dark’, due to her deep melanin, but she wouldn’t be stopped.
The Fenty beauty model, recently shared on Instagram an experience she had with an Uber driver who advised her to bleach her skin. “I was [asked by] my Uber driver the other day, he said, ‘Don’t take this offensive but if you were given 10 thousand dollars would you bleach your skin for that amount?”.
“I couldn’t even respond I started laughing so hard. Then he said, ‘So that’s a no’ and I was like hell to the f*king yeah [that’s] no. Why on earth would I ever bleach this beautiful melanin God [blessed] me with,” she added.
Gatwetch now has a heavy following on social media with over 800,000 Instagram followers and attracts attention from cosmetic brands who engage her to promote their products.
Her hue, which was a source of worry, and bully is opening up doors for her now.
The model first had her appetite for fashion and modeling ignited while in the Kenyan camp. There, she perused fashion magazines and watched “America’s Next Top Model.”
Gatwech has chosen to be an inspiration to young girls all over the world, and is teaching us all that our weakest areas can be turned around for our greatest good. An advocate for diversity in the fashion industry, she proclaims that “Black is bold, black is beautiful, black is gold… Don’t let American standards damage your African soul.”
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