Meet The “Queen Of The Dark” Who Was Told To Bleach Her Incredibly Dark Skin By Uber Driver
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Meet Nyakim Gatwech, the South Sudanese descent African American model who’s teaching people not to be afraid of the dark. With her deeply pigmented skin and fierce determination, the dark skin model is breaking down the barriers of conventional beauty and encouraging others to do the same.
The 24-year-old African model and fashion icon, who now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has no shame about her melanin, and she makes sure the world is aware. “My chocolate is elegant. So is what I represent… A nation of warriors,” she captioned one of her many Instagram photos, which routinely exceed 10 thousand likes each. In another, she details an experience in which an Uber driver suggested she try ‘bleaching’ her skin – and her only response was laughter. “You won’t believe the kind of questions I get and the kind of looks I get for having this skin.”
Gatwech is not only an advocate for diversity in the fashion industry but also a voice for Black rights around the world. She’s even been dubbed “Queen of Darkness,” a title she happily accepts. “Black is bold, black is beautiful, black is gold… Don’t let American standards damage your African soul.” Love the skin you live in, no matter what color or shade it may be!
Scroll down to see the sultry Queen of Dark fashion photos below.
24-year-old Nyakim Gatwech is making waves in the fashion industry with her sumptuously dark skin
Before the South Sudanese model found success, though, her unique beauty wasn’t celebrated by all
In 2016, an Uber driver suggested she bleach her skin, implying that her deep complexion was nothing to love
She simply responded with laughter, and has fully embraced her striking appearance ever since
“My chocolate is elegant. So is what I represent… A nation of warriors,” she captioned an Instagram photo
Now living in Minneapolis, Nyakim is a voice of encouragement for the Black community
“You are beyond beautiful and the love I have for you is unconditional because you are me,” she wrote
“Let’s show the world how beautiful and intelligent we are apart from just being dark skinned”
The burgeoning fashion icon has now gone viral, with over 100 thousand followers on Instagram
Though she still receives discouraging messages now and then, she refuses to give up her radiant self-love
She has even been dubbed the “Queen of the Dark,” a title she happily accepts
“My skin absorbs the suns rays and my hair defies gravity. Now you can’t tell me I’m not magical!”
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ItĀ“s incredible how dark her skin is. ItĀ“s like sheĀ“s been dipped in velvety charcoal dust. Ahhhhh its so beautiful!!
Skin color is what makes the world amazing. It shows how different we all really are and how we are exactly the same.
Except for bone structure
If I had a million tongues I say Nubian chocolate queen
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Exactly the same? Not a big fan of biology, are you?
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Yarp! And the way the light reflects off of her skin - mesmerising beauty.
cool, i wonder if this is due to Melanism, the opposite of albinism. Ive seen pictures of other living organisms with this trait, super rare and friken badass Melanistic...f93028.jpg
her skin color is beautiful, but for god's sake, stop saying we are "exactly the same", because we are absolutely not. Differences are beautiful, her skin is beautiful.
We all mixes and remixes of the same human beings. How are we different?
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edited pics she is not this dark. a picture of her and a parent is online in the sun. she is not this dark. no one is this dark
'If you've never seen a black swan, does that mean black swans do not exist?' Nice little philosophical question for ya there
You obviously don't have any african friends.
Because there's no way the picture in the Sun could be edited.
It's far more likely her professional shots are edited than a casual snap of her and her mum. Even in some of the photos here she's different shades. And she does refer to herself as chocolate. Chocolate is usually more brown than black. Whatever colour she is, she looks stunning.
She looks like a godess!!
I agree.. I am Hindu and since I have seen her I have been obsessed with seeing her portray our Goddess Maha Kali Devi in a movie or photoshoot.
She could totally be Kali! I was thinking this lady looks like a creature from another world, a superhero, a mystical creature.
Kali is a Goddess I've always liked!
She isn't allowed to...that would be cultural appropriation.
I was thinking super heroine, but goddess will do. :-)
Definitely. Wow.
How anyone can say anything negative about her, I just do not know. She is stunning and her skin is flawless.
How can anyone use his/her breath to be mean to people to begin with, just like that, for no reason? I don't know... even if i was talking to Quasimodo himself what would be the point in hurting his feelings if he did nothing to hurt mine? Plus, you're right, she is trully beautiful.
The internet is 1000 times worse. My kid made a post about something and thankfully there was a moderator because they are ruthless.
I know how they can, the same way these idiots have brought back this team light skin verses dark skin BS & hearing these young rappers have the audacity to say they dont date dark women or (ie darkbutts) interesting enough women that resemble the woman they come from. She is indeed B-E-A-U-T-I-ful, I am going to pass this on and wish her and women like her much success.
You are beautiful, Zenozenobee.
Exactly, she is sultry, really gorgeous. And even if suggesting bleaching her skin was not something incredibly racist and unacceptable, it would be very stupid, especially for someone who works in an industry like fashion, where every trait that makes your beauty extraordinary and unique is really precious. It is not only her skin color that makes her beautiful of course - I mean, look at that hot body and perfect face - but it is what makes her truly stand out among other beautiful models and I do not know how that would be undesirable.
She is a beautiful woman but her skin is not flawless. Still doesn't take away from her beauty.
who tf cares what an Uber driver says, so why does that even come up as an issue? There are idiots everywhere, making fun of everyone and everything. Everyone has had things said to them at some point. Hasn't someone said something bad about you? Yeah, it's not race, it's idiots. And they're everywhere. Gotta take this stuff with a grain of salt.
Jealously and inferiority complex! It's a sickness that's spreading! Especially with trump in office and even the police are not hiding their fear that blacks may be better and smarter or equal to them!
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The supposed comment is clickbait. Research the veracity. I recommend an increased level of skepticism when consuming media these days, especially when it comes to the favorite pastime of stoking animosity between ethnicities and genders.
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The article would not have received half as many views without the obligatory man shaming. It's what gets half the viewers here.
What are you even taking about?
I'm shocked she didn't take the Uber drivers advice. I frequently seek out life changing advice from cab drivers.
Lol :)
LoL, You too? Me to and several have even prescribed my medication. It is like taking advice from someone who just got fired from their job, what can they advise you to do, but hump or have a backup plan, immediately! rotfl
hahaha ^^ well sometimes cab drivers have good advices too but not this one clearly ^^ after her skin is so rare and amazing that naturally people will react, same for albinos or anyone with a specific body. Mine is so boringly normal ToT
Uber drivers ARE NOT cab driver. Cab companies have higher standards than Uber and cabbies can lose their license for discriminatory remarks.
Ha!
sarcasm at its finest
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What? You would change the couleur of your skin if a cab driver told you to do so? If he told you to jump off a bridge would you? Or are you just joking?
Clearly sarcasm is NOT your second language...
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Nice sarcasm sir, but no Uber driver said so. She is just an attentions whore and find the perfect publicity stunt.
Just like your mother....
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If it actually happened...
Just recently we had here the albino beauty-pearly white angels. I would LOVE to see the black and white together
OO like 2 people who look alike, on mirrored sides of a picture....
Hey Nubian chocolate queen stay beautiful and sexy and strong always
My thoughts
Her skin is so beautiful! It's so perfect.... I love it!!!!!!!
She is STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear god how arrogant can you get, asking someone to bleach their skin? What if I told you to go dye your skin black?
Go get tanned!!! Oh wait...
Sheralyn, I am of African, Native American, and Irish blood. My tan is natural, and I love it! I have been asked many times if I am Black, and when I take off my sunglasses and they see my blue eyes, they look incredibly shocked.
He was very rude ,why would anyone need to bleach or ten their skin(and damage it by process),what ever skin color we are born with,it is beautiful,every single color.The world be very boring if everyone looked the same. My point of view is that every skin color and shade are perfect ,you are born with it love it \m/^_^\m/
Some time back, a friend made this comment: Take people of 4 different race in a morgue. Take the skin off, and then try to tell what race they were. Point is, we are ALL the same underneath. We ALL bleed red, and we ALL have a heart.
please.....there are idiots everywhere. Some woman told me to change my Chinese daughter's name because it was too hard to pronounce. Who cares? shouldn't change the way you live your life. Everybody's got their two cents they want to put in, thinking that their opinion is the best. Seems like it's a thing today. My opinion is the only opinion that counts.
If you watch her interview with harry connick jr., he asks her about the uber driver situation and the driver NEVER told her to color her skin. He said, "can I ask you a personal question? Have you ever thought about bleaching your skin?" Watch the interview. He driver was intrigued with her. It was a harmless conversation
With the victim card being so valuable nowadays I would not be surprised if that had never happened.
No reason not to believe it. She doesn't recount it as a victim or act like one. I wonder if it was another immigrant that said it. It would be a subject acceptable between blacks. If it was a white person it might have been mentioned.
It would be nice if it didn't happen. Given human prejudice I'm inclined to believe it actually happened. You can choose not to believe it if you don't want to.
Well it'd help for job and school applications.
Hello John Smith. I've seen your comments before. Keep building your rep for being a troll, you're doing great.
Do you believe everything you read on the internet then get angry about it? :)
Not angry about everything... Only angry about things that make me angry. *inserts fake smiley here to make myself seem less confrontational than I actually am*
Beautiful and unique, simple as that. I do understand that people might act a little surprised with the darkness of the color, but it's no reason to suggest stuff she should do to "make her skin lighter", since it will take away the beauty that has been made in a natural way.
Well i've had an aunt tell me with the best of intentions to use chemicals to try and lighten my freckles so... Sigh.
Even with the best intentions, your aunt was completely wrong, Sheralyn. Freckles are harmless and also a unique and beautiful feature for those who are born with them.
Thank you Michel. I appreciate hearing that. :)
No problem Sheralyn, stay awesome!
I LOVE freckles!!
"Surprised" perhaps because of the massive under representation of black people in the media/films, let alone those with very dark skin. :(
Though I can understand what you mean Claire, it was not really my aim. When someone is very- to almost completely white, people will also acknowledge that, similar to this color where it's very- to almost completely black. Which is fine, but will catch people off guard.
She is Queen of the Dark, and queen of being intelligent, beautiful, merciful and resilient. Go her.
She is so amazingly beautiful! It's such a pitty that out there are a lot of people who hate others uniqueness and think that they have the right to make comments to them about their appearance! It's outrageous! Good for her that she didn't change anything about her appearance and defends her beautifulness. I wish every woman would do the same and dismiss insecurity..!
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Right. That is what the authors want you to comment. I'm really hard pressed to believe that actually happened.
I have Irish heritage so I'm very pale skinned, I'm proud of my heritage, you should be proud of yours to. Your absolutely beautiful, never try to change who you are for anyone!
God didn't just put a rainbow in the skies. There is beauty is every skin tone. She is an amazing example of this.
Absolutely stunning, she is truly beautiful
She's gorgeous!! <3
She's absolutely gorgeous! A true work of art!
She's so beautiful
God, she's so beautiful!
Oh my God, you are gorgeous! Such a beautiful woman, I can't imagine how can anyone say about her that she's not. Honestly, I am looking beyond skin color and I'm seeing a beautiful face, with amazing features and a great body. I assume she is a strong woman, who doesn't care about what people say and spreads the love.
Why look beyond skin color? This skin color is beautiful too.
These headlines are hilarious. As if the "Uber driver" has any influence on her life. It may as well say "Total dick gives unsolicited advice."
"sheās breaking down the barriers of conventional beauty" Oh no, please, Bored Panda. As if there had been no black super models/super stars. She IS beautiful, but even in a very conventional sense. And all this blah just because some random stupid Uber driver said something stupid once? Meh. Let's just describe this post as "Gorgeous Sudanese model with incredibly dark skin and perfect figure".
The point I believe is making people aware of how cruel one can be in saying such thoughtless things. Though I understand what you are saying to focus on the positive, I feel it's a journalist's job to make a difference in this world.
She is still breaking down barriers. As long as people think that it's okay to tell someone particularly dark that they should bleach their skin, there are still barriers that need to be broken down. It's obvious that this hasn't happened to her once, it's just the incident that made the title for whatever reason. Sensationalism. Whatever. But there are barriers and your point about their being black super models and stars (before and after her) are valid. These people will break down barriers too. Because they are still up.
She had also talked about being bullied at school for her skin colour
These articles would simply not be complete with the necessary victimhood added on top.
Here's what I don't get. How can someone take a username from Terry Pratchett 's works and come off as a freaking bigot? Somewhere in the Multiverse, Sir Pterry is aching to say "You know nothing of my work!"
Maybe you should go back to Stormfront
I think she is beautiful!
wow, I think she is beautiful!
She is beautiful and not just on the outside.
Envyyyyyyy!!!! What a amazing, beautiful woman! I'd love to look like her!
SHE TOOK MY BREATH AWAY! What beautiful skin. Like a living doll! Her teeth are AMAZING. Every part of her is perfect. Beautiful Godde
She looks magnificent and she clearly has the strength and brains to go with it.
She is lovely. I have met two or three other people in my life with skin that dark, and it's striking precisely because it's different. Different is good! Variety is the spice of life. Seriously, can you even imagine how boring the world would be if we all lookd the same? And the scary part? Some people actually want the world to be cookie-cutter, vanilla, and beige. That's really, really sad.
She's stunning!
"My chocolate is elegant" LOOOOVED that quote. I admit I may be shocked if I'd ever met her on the street, but damn she rocks those swimsuits.
She's perfect! Stunningly beautiful. Every person who tells her otherwise my go some place the sun doesn't shine and stay there
She is stunning AND looks like a super hero!
must be hard to drive an uber when ur obviously blind
Wow what an absolutely beautiful woman! I literally can't seem to tear my eyes away from her! I've never seen someone soo strikingly gorgeous! The guy who sed she should bleach her skin is a complete and utter idiot! She's stunning
she is gorgeous! and her fashion sense is amazing she takes what some view as a "bad thing" (i don't see it that way at all mind you) and makes herself into a work of art! this is just the kind of role model people need and her message is fantastic! She reminds me of some old depictions of the Mother Goddess in some of these pictures!
Observation/question. In the one picture, when she's smiling widely, her gums are black. Like, literally black. I thought that everyone, regardless of skin color, had pink gums. I could be wrong. I don't go around looking in everyone's mouths. Any insight on this?
I admire your honesty, but your ignorance is stunning.
Not all gums are pink. In people of color you will often see their gums may have total or partial brown pigment.
She is stunning! She sets off brightly colored clothes like fireworks.
Love her looks but there is something weird about the way the article is written, "has no shame about her melanin" is a bit off, like shame is an option, and who cares what a random uber driver said...
She is stunning! Looks so magnificent and powerful.
She's glorious!
She is BEAUTIFUL
Nyakim is beautiful in every sense of the word. Keep up the faith.
Wow, she is very beautiful! She has a very unique beauty!
So incredible to me anyone would find this anything other than beautiful !! Such skin color is something to be proud of for sure, and I cannot understand people who cannot get past what color someone is born with. She is beautiful inside and out!!
She looks regal! Mesmarizing beauty!
Wow! Truly sublime.
Whoever told her to bleach her skin is insane. The fashion industry adores models with unique beauty!
oO gorgeous :) Simply gorgeous. To bad I am already married ^^ who am I kidding, not like I would have a chance ^^
Omg... i am really ammazed to see her beauty, its out of this world. Fell in love with her attitude n style.
Being strikingly beautiful certainly doesn't hurt her new career either. ;)
She is so beautiful. Many women are pressured to bleach their skin--and it causes excema, blemishes and damage--there are even products for bleaching "intimate" areas. I'm so glad she laughed off those comments--hopefully her modelling will encourage women to reject bleaching
Absolutely stunning š
Wow. She's mesmerising. Dark skin is so flawless, so luminous. There's so many boring, dumb people in the world who miss out on some wonderful personalities all cause they're not the right colour. I pity racists.
She is stunning!! The comments of a few ignorant people make me sad but the joy I get from seeing such beauty far outweighs that sadness.
Who is their right mind would tell someone to who has such gorgeous dark skin like that to ever lighten it?!?!?!?!?!?
LEPROSY-The origin of "white skin." As the disease progresses, pain turns to numbness, and the skin loses its original color and becomes thick, glossy and scaly. Sores and ulcers develop, especially around the eyes and ears, and the skin begins to bunch up with deep furrows between the swelling so that the face of the afflicted individual looks similar to that of a lion. Since the disease attacks the larynx also, the voice becomes hoarse and acquires a grating quality. The original skin color is BLACK JUST LIKE THIS GODDESS! The Uber driver is blind by the conditioning of people who originated from LEPERS!
nubian goddess!..absolutely beautiful!!
She is so beautiful Amazing beauty a very unique one :)
Woah. Obsidian goddess!
She's BEAUTIFUL and sooooo INTRIGUING, she reminds me of a more beautiful version of that x-men Chamillion chick. I never seen this color before and it's just so new and artistic. Because she's defying our social restriction, and current race war based on the "darker" shades of human beings, she is a very loud statement of our time and I hope she goes very far!
She is beautiful and an excellent model. Americans who are brown have been taught from the cradle to define ourselves by the shade of chocolate we may be. We sometimes have issues that we have the ability to produce babies with so many shades of brown. We need to include just appreciating inner and outer beauty.
The most Beautiful model I have ever seen.
Just another fine example of how pathetic our race is, this woman is absolutely stunning!!!
You down right gorgeous!
Wow, she is so exotically and classically beautiful. Perfect bone structure and her skin is both unique and gorgeous. I'm so glad she is showing people should have pride in who they are and they way they were born. And the attitude of positivism is just inspiring.
She is incredibly gorgeous. Her skin is stunning. People can be so stupid.
Stunningly beautiful. I feel like one could get lost in the depth of her skin and her eyes are just gorgeous. People who don't see beauty are reflecting their own ugly.
Nyakim is so utterly beautiful! She is classic beauty at its highest expression. A true godess.
I have never ever seen such beauty...she was simly incredible her colour her toned body every thing was just perfect..
Wow!! She is magical! Her skin is so smooth and rich and he face is sweet her fierce.
I think she is beautiful. Our difference are what make this a beautiful world.
She is STUNNING...
Astonishingly beautiful . . . how anyone could not see that is beyond comprehension.
She is absolutely gorgeous & stunningā¤ļø Please continue to ignore the ignorant haters!! I believe that all our differences make each of us unique & beautiful & it makes life far more interesting than if we all looked the same!!
I am so tolerant and expressive oo she is beautiful. Poor victim of harassment, it makes my social justice tits explode with anger. OOOOOOOOH the humanity !!!!!
that's why you don't listen to Uber drivers pshshsh her skin is beautiful, perfect, and one of the gorgeous things about her.
Pretty look good
Exquisite!
I just wish I had that body...
I think she's Beautiful and I'm tired of hearing about the Europeans Standard of Beauty. I Love her Confidence, her Self-Love which many people of Color don't have.
She is beautiful... Her skin is amazing! Shame on anyone who thinks she should change just to make them feel better!
Also, it's about time that society stops sending the message that, white=good and black=evil... It's simply not truth
She is lovely. What is wrong with people? if I were a head of a modeling agency, I would sign her up in a heartbeat.
Bleach? i want to be that dark.
if they can not see the beauty in her, they can not see beauty
She is BEAUTIFUL!
LOVELY!!!! , just lovely. Keep it going sweetie
She looks like an indigo blue MOONBEAM! Gorgeous!
She is a Goddess!! She looks as if God took the most beautiful piece of obsidian and carved her perfect image from that. I can't believe someone would tell her to bleach that beautiful skin!! She is damn near perfect!!! Whatever flaws she MIGHT have, can't be seen. And her skin is also flawless. Some people (like that idiot Uber driver) wouldn't know beauty and perfection if it slapped him full force in the face. I love that you used the term 'indigo blue moonbeam'. I couldn't come up with a better description. Not to mention, you are beautiful as well!! So many beautiful people in this world. But you should know, you are one of those beautiful people as well. <3
she surely is beautiful.
Is that her skin color? She's a goddess. It's beautiful. And she's beautiful. Stunning.
That was the same thing I thought when I saw her. Definitely Goddess material. Like God took the most beautiful obsidian and carved it by hand to create this woman. She looks flawless!! The color of her skin is so amazing. I literally cannot believe someone tried to tell this gorgeous lady to bleach her skin. What?! Hell no! She is perfection the way she is, period!!
You are beautiful
beautiful
Wow she is stunning.
Not chocolate - truly ebony - and beautiful! I could imagine between her gorgeous skin color and natural beauty she gets stared at a lot. I'm pretty sure it would stop me in my tracks!
I know exactly what you mean! If I saw her on the street, I would probably stare, just because I would be so mesmerized with her beauty (and I would apologize profusely,but would make sure she knew that I was looking because she is a living Goddess). He skin, hair, coloring... it's all perfection. I cannot believe ANYONE would have the audacity to suggest she bleach her skin. I would love to see her IRL. I bet these pictures don't do her justice!
Not chocolate - truly ebony - and beautiful!
She looks like a Goddess carved from a single piece of obsidian. Absolutely flawless and beautiful. :)
She is breathtaking! Amazing she has such confidence too. May she only be supported for the powerful role of acceptance and love that she embodies and so eloquently expresses :)
What comes to mind is that start to a beautiful poem..." She walks in beauty like the night...". That's her beauty, dark as or darker than the night. The night should be envious of her deep, dark, amazing coloring!
That was beautifully said about a beautiful person! She literally looks like a Goddess. Beautiful, flawless. I am just absolutely shocked an Uber driver told her she should bleach her skin! Seriously?? Never! her skin color is perfect as is. That Uber driver can shove it! (P.S. You should be a poet. What you wrote was beautiful!)
she is so so so beautif
beautiful
I have never seen anything so beautiful, God is the almighty creator I'm am totally mesmerized with her beauty, it is such a shame that society, Americans think You have to be light skin or white to be beautiful well, that is completely wrong this is beauty beyond words, every time I see something like this I always thank God for all unique beauty he has given us. I Love You Lord!!!
Your imagination sky-deity had nothing to do with skin color. And America isn't the only country with a bias towards lighter skin colors. It's a problem nearly everywhere in the world.
She is perfect just the way she is!!
urhruhruhruhruhruhrurhurhru here i am being mad coz some kid called me a night ranger bc of my skin and there SHE is glowing in her dark beauty and blocking out all the haters. YOU GO GURRRLLLLL ššš„š„šš
WTF?
Seeing as she's a beautiful, successful model... I don't really think this article needs to exist. Haters gonna hate, but I think enough people give love for her that she shouldn't be focusing on a comment like that. People say rude things to me about my appearance, intelligence and more, but am I going to get an article? No.. because it's so unnecessary. Can we start focusing on the positives so that the world wont seem like an atrocious place to everyone? Do we want our children to grow up to be afraid to go outside? There is always more love than hate, because people are inherently GOOD.
Turning a blind eye to injustice is not the answer. Ask any German citizen at the end of WW2. Millions of Jews were murdered while others pretended nothing bad was happening.
Absurdly beautiful skin tone and woman!
Wow she's so beautiful!
She is one of the most striking people I have ever seen!! In a good way!!
SO beautiful!!!
That is possibly the most beautiful human being I have Ć©ver seen.
Absolutely stunning
Absolutely stunning lady. So beautiful, so unique. What a completion! I bet she'll be gorgeous her entire life too!
Her skin is beautiful, it looks like black satin.
genetic or mother nature are so surprising !!!!!! what a beautiful woman !!!!!!!! why, we : white or black people or asian, etc, do we have such difference of skin color ???? what an amazing mystery !!!!!!
I think she's beautiful. What amazing skin colour, and it shines like fine dark chocolate. How anyone can tell her to change her gorgeous self is beyond me.
Her skin has a richness to it. It's not just dark, it has depth. I love it!! She has been blessed with gorgeous skin. It looks healthy, too.
Its all just surface... pale as snow or dark as coal... i dont give a shit as long you have a heart of gold. Beauty or beast, what counts is that you make this world a better place.
Wow, you're such a humanitarian! Don't hurt yourself patting yourself on the back. Meanwhile, in the real world, people are cruel and judge others harshly based on nothing more than the color of their skin.
Extremely beautiful woman. Up till now, the "Queen of the Night" was Grace Jones, for more than just one reason. Now she has a Warrior heir to the title. Nothing but pure beauty here.
She is magnificent- as is her skin and more importantly sense of self!
She is one of the most beautiful people I have ever seen! Her skin is PERFECT. She should be everywhere. Love her x
She is incredibly beautiful! Absolutely AMAZING!
You dont need me to tell you because you are obviously a strong woman, but you are beautiful!!! Stay you!
Wow !!!! Just Wow !!! She is as dark as a piece of ebony wood. Stunning !
That Uber driver is a complete moron! She is absolutely beautiful and is probably even more beautiful on the inside which makes her outer beauty shine even more.
I hope to live to see the day when skin color no longer matters.. she is so beautiful :)
Skin color doesn't matter... If only assholes would get the memo.
that's some stunning beauty! I'm glad that she doesn't get discouraged by negative comments, cause her beauty is definitely something to adore.
absolutely stunning, her skin is soooo dark it's unreal. so very beautiful. it's hard to look away =)
she looks like she is made of 100% chocolate :-)
This woman is a GODDESS. Her skin is absolutely flawless!!! So glad she didn't listen to that idiot Uber driver. She is perfection in the flesh!!! I have seen so much of her work, and it's all impeccable! I can't wait to see what the future holds for her. I think God personally chiseled her image. Keep being amazing. And be proud! So beautiful!
Wow, racust much? Ugly inside and out.
There's a saying out there: "Give advise when asked for it or when it is a matter of life and death!"
She is most elegant and beautiful. Can not understand how someone could be so cruel and mean to someone so statuesque. Beauty comes in so many wonderful shapes and flavors. As the saying goes the darker the berry the sweeter the juice. She proves this with her friendly, resilient approach to life.
Sheās like living obsidian
First of all, the uber driver did not tell her to bleach her skin. He ASKED her if she'd ever thought about it which she had replied that at one time she did think about it. Watch her interview with harry connick jr..... they discuss it. Just goes to show you how the media twists things. And nya is a beauty. I'm glad she embraced her color. A good lesson for all young women today who are so determined to change everything about themselves
THE DARKER THE BERRY, THE SWEETER THE JUICE!
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Yuck nigger go lighter uuugh
Obsidian Queen... GORGEOUS!!! :-O
She's simply beautiful.
So beautiful, incredible skin. Stunning woman.
Yes, she's beautiful. I just don't think there was ever an Uber driver offer. Just a PR reason to write an article.
Since when it was good idea to listen to uber drivers?
She should her skin is way too dark. I'm not being racist. Just imagine the bullying she went through as a child. I'm trying to help her not be mean. Jk she is beautiful! š©šæ
she is what god made her he makes everyone n everything beautiful
I would pay money to see her cosplay a Drow from D&D. She is so absolutely stunning and the race in D&D is known for their beauty. drow-5d9f7...ecccb3.jpg
I like the stark contrast between the dark of the skin and its shiny reflections. Really surreal and mesmerizing.
Who cares what some ignorant Uber driver thinks of her?
she is beautiful
I dated a girl in the Philipines just before flying home to white new england--been looking for another for 50 years. She was so shiny black and moved like a black panther- so elegant. I breathed her looks-can you tell she affected me. I think that is where my love of armpits came from.- She had very short hair kinky hair on her head and that was it- all skin-and pink bits. PERFECTION.
She is so beautiful. Certainly the Queen of Dark.
I don't understand people. Nyakim is remarkably beautiful. The fashion photos of her in the article above are stand-out. If you were flipping through a fashion magazine, a photo of her is where you would stop and think "Wow!"
I think she's pretty, and interesting at the same time. What I don't believe is that we need to hear the opinions of every Uber driver.
I don't find dark skin attractive. But it certainly has its biological advantages for climates near the equator where tribes don't cover themselves up from the intense sun.
She is gorgeous. I wish I had her coloring, I'm jealous to be such a blah african american.
So beautiful <3
Beyond beautiful <3
Ooooh how the hjman mj d can forget. During the brutal enslavement of my ancestors friend that was the shade of black of most of them. My grand mother was so Black and beautiful until her skin would shine.
wow, she's so beautiful!
I am classified as white, but I can say this in all honesty...she is BEAUTIFUL!
She is beautiful!
She is stunning!!!!!!!!!!!
Many years ago at a swap meet, there was a woman selling African clothes, masks and statues. She was the darkest person I had ever seen. Her skin glowed and appeared perfect in every way. I didn't want to stare, but I was captivated. She was beyond beautiful and so is Nyakim.
She is beautiful. I new a young woman from Nigeria that was that dark. In person it is even more striking.
beautiful
Gorgeous! Don't change a thing, it's to be celebrated, as she is doing!
A beautiful lady. Don't change a thing, it's to be celebrated, as she is doing!
This is a singularly beautiful young lady. Power on, dear. You are *definitely* someone worth keeping an eye on for future impact in our world!!
Magical!
She is absolutely beautiful and I'm so happy that she loves herself she has nothing to be ashamed of
I love her flawless and blemish free complexion. I am proud of my tone as an african american, but i wish I had skin as smooth as hers.
I've never seen anyone with skin that dark, even as an african american myself. she is truly unique. I appreciate my skin tone but i wish mine was as flawless and blemish free like hers.
My comment/ opinions come from my core. Iām deeply deeply ashamed but I know that I am entitled to my opinions. I believe that black people, especially women are the true human beings of this earth. White people come from off planet. White peoples are 100% Alien. Only black people are really human.
Absolutely Stunning and Gorgeous
i hope she told that driver to go do one, she looks great as she is, there is nothing wrong with the skin color a person is born with, were all humans, its about time everyone treats each other with respect
She is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen.
I would make her my queen!
Beautiful!
She is absolutely gorgeous!!! Sister should not change a thing. She is living art...kissed by the Lord!
An Uber Driver???????!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, it sounds like the end of the world!... whatever... now let's sip out lattes and congratulate ourselves on how enlightened and bask in cheap self righteousness as to how accepting we are of diversity... Really?
An Uber Driver?????!!!!!!!!!! Wow, it sounds like the end of the world! ... whatever...
All our ancesters had dark skin. It's still a matter of debate why some of us evolved ligher skin. Imagine another reality where everyone was black.
This woman is incredibly beautiful! I have never seen her skin-tone (hue); it is so perfect!!
I love her she's fucking amazing šš
BEAUTIFUL! Deliciously chocolatey.
Very unique, elegant, pretty n out of this world All I can say is girl U are indeed beautiful š
Look at art and archeology books and you'll see her for the Goddess she is. This is the color of Kali, the color of every Black Madonna you find in Europe. She is right, she is magical. <3
Speechless, this is out of this world kind of beauty.
Beautiful! But so hard to photograph. If a thing doesn't either emit light or reflect it, it's hard to capture with a camera. A black colleague of mine said that if someone invented a camera that would allow good pictures of very dark-skinned people, they'd make a zillion dollars.
Totally stunning
She is So BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL!!! Her skin color is truly ELEGANT and MAGICAL. Looking at her is like looking at a Nubian goddess come to life . I would cast her as the Real Storm Aurora in X-Men. I could picture her tall dark and beautiful with flying white here controlling the weather with her Delicious Velvety Fudge Complexion. Sheās not just the āQueen Of Darknessā SHEāS AN ANGEL OF COLORā!!!
Her skin is so rich.
She's stunning!
1. She is gorgeous and is strikingly beautiful even without the skin, but that enhances her beauty even more. 2. The fashions are awful. (I'm a geeky tshirt and jeans girl. :) )
...but, the Uber driver did not ask her to bleach her skin. He asked if she would bleach her skin for $10,000. Totally different from asking someone to bleach their skin.
We love it! She is beautiful and killing it!
She is not the queen of the dark. She's simply the QUEEN! NO OTHER BEAUTY CAN BEGIN TO COMPARE!
What a GODDESS! The Uber driver came about as a result of leprosy-the origin of white skin. Blond hair is the result of mutation. The term dumb blonde really means the result of a mutant; therefore such a person is truly a "freak."
A GODDESS DECIDED TO MATERIALIZE! AM BLINDED BY THE BEAUTY. WHAT A DAUGHTER OF THE SUN GOD!
Very very beautiful. Inside and out! I donāt see anything wrong with her. Her dark skin is mesmerizing and I canāt look passed how strongly she holds herself. Absolutely stunning.
GORGEOUS,,, Velvety chocolate skin,, Beautiful lady..
She's gorgeous , wow
She is strikingly beautiful.
Why ruin something so flawless, naturally beautiful and exquisite. I love the fact she embraced it too, instead of a long winded sob story. You are a Warrior, wrapped in the skin of an Angel.
She would be a beautiful woman, whatever her skin color. I celebrate with her - her blackness.