Quotes by Khoudia Diop - Page 1

Negative energy is wasteful.
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Energy
Negative
Negative Energy
Wasteful
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Learn yourself and love yourself.
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Love Yourself
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Celebrate yourself... and stay positive!
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Positive
Celebrate
Stay
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Diversity is what makes life interesting.
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Diversity
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I want to be an actress and learn astronomy!
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Astronomy
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We need more women of colour in fashion, period.
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Colour
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I've always had trouble finding makeup in darker shades.
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Darker
Shades
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I was teased a lot, growing up, because of my skin tone.
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Tone
Skin
Teased
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For those who feel the need to be bullies, I ignore them.
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Bullies
Ignore
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My skin is dark and glows. It almost seems blue, and it's supersoft.
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Blue
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There are so many types of beauty that all deserve to be celebrated.
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Deserve
Celebrated
Types
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I learned to find things to love about myself and to celebrate them.
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Celebrate
Love Myself Find
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Make Up For Ever has foundation options that work for me - and everyone.
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Make Up
Options
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I don't know why. I'm fascinated with stars and space. I just love them.
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Space
Fascinated
Stars
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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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Inspire
Goddesses
Young Girls
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Personally, it was always very difficult to find complexion products that match my shade.
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Complexion
Products
Shade
Match
Personally
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While in Paris, I got into modeling - photographers would literally stop me on the street.
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Modeling
Photographers
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In my family, only my brother has a similar skin color. But in Senegal, the color is common.
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Family
Brother
Color
Common
Skin Color
Skin
Similar
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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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Tease
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I've learned to ignore the negative people and just be a living example of confidence and self-love.
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Confidence
Example
Negative
People
Self Love
Just
Living
Ignore
Just Be
Learned
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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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Ashamed
Crying
Shower
Wash
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Being teased and losing my self value eventually ended up inspiring me to be a better version of myself.
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Inspiring
Version
Myself Value Me
My Self
Teased
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The message I have for my sisters is that how you look doesn't matter as long as you feel beautiful inside.
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Sisters
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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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Pay Attention
Love Myself Day
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Self-love is not something that you get in one day or two days. It's an ongoing process, and I go through it every day.
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Ongoing
Self Love
Day Process Every Day
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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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Aunt
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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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Discouraged
Bad Thing
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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 myself.
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Sister
Feel Good
Change Good Myself
Skin
Helped
She
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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.
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Inspire
Empower
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I would get so angry whenever I'd notice people looking at me weirdly. They'd even stop me on the street and ask questions about my skin color.
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Angry
Color
Skin Color
Angry Me People
Me People Skin
Skin
Notice
Weirdly
Whenever
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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 would start laughing out loud.
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Loud
Models
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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 grew up seeing my cousins and my aunts using it.
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Aunts
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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 at your teeth and your smile. You are beautiful.'
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Smile
You Are Beautiful
Teeth
Morning Myself Mirror
Skin
First
First Thing
Look
Mirror
The First Thing
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I use Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion for my body and Aveeno Clear Complexion Daily Moisturizer for my face. I love how it smooths my skin and keeps it soft and shiny all day.
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Body
Clear
Complexion
Lotion
All Day
Face
Skin
Daily
Shiny
Soft
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Having support from family, friends - and now fans - definitely helps to affirm that I am worthy, loved, and beautiful. I hope everyone can see that in themselves and feel this way.
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Worthy
Affirm
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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 stop me on the street to ask about it. I started falling in love with it.
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Vacation
Falling In Love
Reflection
Unique
Skin
Falling
Street
Italy
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People have made comments, calling me names like 'midnight' or 'mother of stars.' At first I confronted the bullies, but eventually I learned to tune out the negativity and just love myself more.
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Midnight
Negativity
Bullies
Comments
Confronted
Tune
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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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Lighter
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I wanted to express myself using visuals and also celebrate the beauty of black women, travel, and have amazing opportunities. I also wanted to be a living example of inspiration for other women and girls.
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Celebrate
Visuals
Women And Girls
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A tip that I got from my mom that really helps keep my skin fresh is to wash my face with ice water in the morning. I love it. Just splash with water - cold water. That's the first thing I do every morning.
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Ice
First Thing
Splash
The First Thing
Tip
Wash
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I hear a lot from women in Africa. And not just from dark-skinned women but from all women struggling because of insecurity. They thank me and tell me that I inspire them. And that makes me feel really, really proud.
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Inspire
Women Me Feel
All Women
Struggling
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When I was in high school in Paris, some photographers wanted my photos and asked if I was interested in modeling. I wasn't interested because I wanted to get my education first. I was scared because I didn't know what I was getting into.
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Modeling
Photographers
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My very first account was @BlackBarbie, which is what my friends called me growing up. Then I thought, 'You can either call yourself that, or you can find something that will matter to dark-skinned girls.' So I came up with @melaniin.goddess.
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Account
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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 my older sister helped me find the positive: She used to show me pictures of Alek Wek to say, 'See! You can be a model if you want!'
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Older Sister
Positive Look Me
Missed
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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.
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Complexion
Family Members
Comments
Role Model
Stayed
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I was mostly bullied by my classmates. People would come up to me and say, 'You're so dark.' I'd always fight back by calling out one of their insecurities, like, 'Well, you have a big nose.' Today, I'd tell them that I really love them. I'd thank them because they made me realize how unique I am.
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Calling
Classmates
Love Today Always
Insecurities
Nose
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Even though I was very young, it was traumatizing seeing someone try weird things on their skin all for the sake of being lighter. It's as common as relaxing your hair or maybe even brushing your teeth. I had friends not wanting to do it, but their moms gave them creams to help lighten their skin. That's how accessible it is.
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Brushing
Common
Sake
Seeing
Teeth
Weird Things
Weird
Accessible
Skin
Lighten
Moms
Relaxing
Wanting
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