Ghana bars foreigners from local gold market© Getty Images/BBC 'They have perfect dark skin': The African nation home to fashion's favourite models ...

The Senegalese model shot to social media fame for embracing her unusually dark skin — and inspiring women to do the same.

The 24-year-old model who lives in Minneapolis, US, uses her posts to tell her 180,000-plus followers that she takes pride in her “chocolate black” skin and her African heritage.

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She has a skin color that you don't often see in films, fashion or magazines. Khoudia Diop, a 19-year-old student and model from Senegal, has a hard time coming up with words to describe it. It's so ...

The Senegalese model shot to social media fame for embracing her unusually dark skin — and inspiring women to do the same.