Black is beautiful

While it’s still more common to see light-skinned black entertainers top the charts and bag the leading lady roles, things are changing slowly but surely. Colourism is increasingly being called out in the entertainment industry, and elsewhere too, and the beauty of dark-skinned women is increasingly being recognized and championed by the global modelling and beauty industries. There are so many African beauty queens with dark skin but most South Sudan women are the darkest in Africa because…

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Because like Beverly Bond said, we don't need anyone's permission to affirm ourselves.

There are thousands of beautiful models on Instagram, but Shudu Gram is one of the kind. Cameron-James Wilson is a 28-year-old self-taught British photographer who is the man behind the stunning dark-skinned model. He created Shudu after teaching himself 3D, using online resources and YouTube videos.

"Marilyn Monroe she's quite nice, but why all the pretty icons always all white?" -Jay-Z

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