(UNCUT) I Want to Show Girls It’s Not Bad to Be Dark - Different Is Beautiful

Meet the model whose skin tone made her a social media sensation.

Only around a quarter of the women that strut the catwalks of the fashion industry's largest events -- including New York Fashion Week -- are models of color, according to a diversity report by The Fashion Spot.

Here, Senegalese model Khoudia Diop reveals how she grew up being pressured to lighten her skin - and how women would BURN their own flesh off with homemade bleaching products.

Diop also speaks about body shaming and the racism she experienced as a child in Senegal, and discusses how these issues have helped shaped her as a role model.

Khoudia Diop wants young girls and women in general to know that you are stunning the way you are! Beauty is not what's outside, it's who you are. What's inside is your true essence, and beauty comes from within. It's pure energy, she said. If you agree, like, comment and share this important movie.

(UNCUT) I Want to Show Girls It’s Not Bad to Be Dark - Different Is Beautiful (YouTube)