Nyakim Gatwech
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| image = Nyakim Gatwech on Brad Show Live, smiling.jpg
|caption = Gatwech in 2020
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|01|27}}
|birth_place = Gambela, Ethiopia
|height=6 ft 1 in
|website = {{URL|https://instagram.com/queennyakimofficial|Instagram}}
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Nyakim Gatwech (born January 27, 1993) is an Ethiopian-American model of South Sudanese descent. She has attracted attention for her dark skin color and has achieved significant popularity on Instagram.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/07/05/sudanese-model-nyakim-gatwech_a_23017892/|title=Sudanese Model Nyakim Gatwech|work=Huffington Post|date=July 5, 2017|accessdate=December 1, 2017}}
Biography
Nyakim Gatwech's parents lived in Maiwut, South Sudan, before they fled due to the Second Sudanese Civil War to Gambela, Ethiopia, where Gatwech was born. From there, they migrated to Kenya where they lived in refugee camps until they migrated to the US when Gatwech was 14 years old. Originally settling in Buffalo, New York, Gatwech later moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Although she has never been to South Sudan, Gatwech considers herself to be South Sudanese.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-46486033|title=Dis African model skin dey shake fashion world|date=2018-12-08|work=BBC News Pidgin|access-date=2020-04-28}} She considered a modeling career after taking part in a fashion show at St. Cloud State University.{{cite news|url=http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/11/14/instagram-model-nyakim-gatwech/|title=Instagram Star Blazes Her Own Trail In Modeling World|newspaper=CBS Minnesota|date=November 14, 2017|accessdate=December 1, 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/others/nyakim-gatwech-the-dark-exotic-beauty-queen/eventshow/61767779.cms|title=Nyakim Gatwech: The dark exotic beauty queen|newspaper=Times of India|date=November 23, 2017|accessdate=December 1, 2017}} She has appeared in promotional posters for the 2017 film Jigsaw.{{cite web|url=http://movieweb.com/jigsaw-movie-posters-nurses-saw-8-blood-drive/|title=New Saw 8 Posters Unleash Jigsaw's Blood-Starved Nurses|last=Gallagher|first=Brian|date=25 September 2017|website=MovieWeb|accessdate=25 September 2017}}
Social media
Gatwech is known for her naturally dark skin color and has been nicknamed the Queen of the Dark.{{cite web|url=http://scubby.com/meet-beautiful-sudanese-model-nicknamed-queen-dark/|title=Meet The Beautiful Sudanese Model Nicknamed The "Queen Of The Dark"|date=27 May 2017|publisher=scubby.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/model-nyakim-gatwech-challenges-beauty-standards-instagram|title=This Model Was Asked if She Would Bleach Her Skin for $10,000|last=Roberts|first=Mirabella|date=19 July 2017|work=Teen Vogue|access-date=2017-12-02|language=en}} Gatwech has faced self-esteem issues and comments from people who promote bleaching to lighten skin color.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/model-nyakim-gatwech-challenges-stereotypes-about-beauty-one-instagram-post-at-a-time/story-wo6VKO8l6BqlrqevAQDeuK.html|title=Queen of the Dark: This Sudanese model was told to bleach her skin by an Uber driver|work=Hindustan Times|date=July 13, 2017|accessdate=December 1, 2017}} She has over 985,000 followers on Instagram.{{cite web |title=queennyakimofficial |url=https://www.instagram.com/queennyakimofficial/ |website=Instagram |access-date=22 February 2022}}
See also
References
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Category:South Sudanese emigrants to the United States
Category:South Sudanese female models
Category:People from Gambela Region
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