Top 35 Khoudia Diop Quotes

I don’t know why. I’m fascinated with stars and space. I just love them.

I was teased a lot, growing up, because of my skin tone.

As I grew, I learned to love myself more every day and not pay attention to the negative people, which helped a lot.

I’ve learned to ignore the negative people and just be a living example of confidence and self-love.

Being teased and losing my self value eventually ended up inspiring me to be a better version of myself.

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.

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.

There are so many types of beauty that all deserve to be celebrated.

While in Paris, I got into modeling – photographers would literally stop me on the street.

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.

Diversity is what makes life interesting.

I feel beautiful when my makeup looks great.

I was bullied a lot, being a kid, so I feel like I’m standing out because I realize who I really am.

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.

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!’

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.

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.

I want to inspire young girls and let them know that we are all goddesses inside and out.

We need more women of colour in fashion, period.

Make Up For Ever has foundation options that work for me – and everyone.

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.

You are OK however you are, and you are very beautiful.

Personally, it was always very difficult to find complexion products that match my shade.

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.

The message I have for my sisters is that how you look doesn’t matter as long as you feel beautiful inside.

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.

I didn’t have to listen to nobody or look how anybody wanted me to look. I just wanted to be myself and look however I want.

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.

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.’

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.’

I wanted to show girls it’s not bad to be dark, that different is beautiful.

Negative energy is wasteful.

I let my life, and success, speak for itself.

I want to be an actress and learn astronomy!

For those who feel the need to be bullies, I ignore them.