Colourism is increasingly being called out in the entertainment industry, and elsewhere too, and the beauty of dark skin women is increasingly being recognized and championed by the global modeling and beauty industries.
1. Dora Owusu
With a smile that literally lights up a room and energy that makes you thankful that you’ve crossed paths, Dora Owusu is undoubtedly a force. In the age of social media where many “models” careers are regulated to the “Explore” page on Instagram, Dora’s stunning looks have helped her to become a full time, working model who occasionally has to ask her college professors if she can take a test early because she has to get to set.
2. West African dol
Entrepreneur, host, model and social media influencer who has accrued more than 500,000 followers to her Instagram account. She has worked as a fitness model and started a brand called Dolls Fitness.
3. Nyahyul_d
A dark skin model on Instagram with over 40,000 followers.
4. True Mahogany
True Mahogany (born July 25, 1989) is a model and Instagram star based in the United States. She is also social media star who usually posts modeling shots and travel pics to her “truemahogany” account. She has amassed over 509k followers on her Instagram account.
Ever since she started posting a variety of fashion, and outfit lifestyle-related content on her Instagram and Facebook account. There has been a lot of likes and praise from her fans. She has risen to prominence position on social media after posting photos, videos and sharing her lip sync with friends, and also did an Instagram video on her eponymous account. She also runs a Pinterest account where she posts her fashion tips which has attracted over 50,000 followers.
5. Adut Akech Bior
- Born: 25 December 1999
- Height: 1.78 m
- Nationality: South Sudanese
- Eye color: Brown
Adut Akech has the world on a string. Named model of the year by the British Fashion Council last December, the gap-toothed beauty quickly became a Fashion Week fixture after her debut at Saint Laurent in 2016, walking all the top shows and landing a flurry of plum campaigns for the likes of Givenchy, Fendi, and Valentino.
6. Hamamat
Hamamat is a Ghanaian village girl sharing her culture with the world. She has more than 800, 000 followers on Instagram.
7. Kiitan
Kiitan Akinniranye, known by her followers as Kiitan, is a Los Angeles-based travel and lifestyle blogger originally born in Nigeria and raised in Atlanta. Her career as an influencer began back in college when Kiitan launched a blog as a creative outlet to deal with stress while she studied for the MCAT. Through sharing her personal hair journey, opening up about her skin insecurities and expressing her fears about medical school, Kiitan soon realized her creative outlet had become a positive space for young women to connect, which gave her the courage to pursue blogging full-time.
Today, Kiitan is the founder of headwrap company Atarah Avenue, which sources fabrics from local communities in Nigeria, and has successfully partnered with high-profile brands like Olay, Tresemmé, Ralph Lauren, and Calvin Klein. Through sharing the many facets of her life from fashion, to beauty, to travel, Kiitan inspires global audiences to fearlessly pursue their dreams.
8. Jackie Aina
Jackie Aina is a Nigerian-American beauty YouTuber. She advocates for visibility of people of color in the cosmetic industry. She has partnered with Anastasia Beverly Hills, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Too Faced, Sephora and Sigma Beauty.
9. Patricia Bright
Beauty blogger/vlogger, makeup and style expert who posts her video content to the YouTube channel BritPopPrincess. She has earned more than 2.9 million subscribers to her channel.
Patricia Bright isn’t your typical YouTuber. Aside from sharing her opinions on all things fashion and beauty, the British starlet also gives fans insight into the realer side of her life, like in a video about major life lessons Bright wished she’d learned earlier. The YouTuber is also keen to explain how she manages her money, via her budgeting tips video, her video explaining how to build multiple income streams, and everything in between.
10. Mariama Diallo
Mariama Diallo is a senior reporter covering national and world affairs for Voice of America in multiple languages. She was recently the VOA acting bureau chief for the agency’s West Africa office.
Mariama co-hosts Straight Talk Africa, one of VOA’s flagship programs, host a daily news 60 seconds roundup VOA60 Africa and is also a regular, long-time contributor to many other programs.
Source: Maggrand.com
