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“I was [asked by] my Uber driver the other day, he said, ‘Don’t take this offensive but if you were given ten thousand dollars would you bleach your skin for that amount? You won’t believe the kind of questions I get and the kind of looks I get for having this skin.”

South Sudanese fashion model, Nyakim Gatwech, known as the “Queen of Dark.”

“As soon as I sat down, the gentleman on my left began loudly huffing, sighing, and readjusting himself in his seat. I see him furiously texting and then purposefully turning the phone away from me. So, naturally, next time he texts, I take a look. The texts were about me and I’m almost positive he took photos of me. Not only were they texts about me, but they were really mean and ugly, with even the recipient named ‘Linda’ chiming back with shaming retorts. “Hopefully she didn’t have any Mexican food,” the recipient on the other end of the text messages wrote.

“I think she ate a Mexican,” the man wrote back.”

Model and positive body influencer, Natalie Hage, commenting on how a fellow airline passenger tried to body-shame her.

“I get really negative comments all the time, but the comments that really bother me are the ones that question my character. I try so hard to stay a positive role model. It's sad to say, but you get used to it after a while, and I have a very thick skin, so I can take it. I'm having fun; I'm being myself; I'm doing what I love. That's all that matters."

CoverGirl’s first male spokesmodel, James Charles, commenting on the Internet trolls who make negative comments about males and wearing make-up.