How @NymaTang helped change the beauty industry | #YouTubeBlack presents Flowers

Nyma Tang gets the flowers she deserves, here and now, for her series The Darkest Shade, which sparked a conversation on YouTube around the need for inclusion in the beauty industry.

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[achanwol]

Nyma changed everything for us S. Sudanese girls. forever grateful for you sharing your story and your courage, so glad shes getting her flowers ♥

[kimberlymelvin]

Nyma! So proud to say I am an original subscriber, way back in 2016. My daughter was being bullied at school for her dark skin. I saw her beauty and smooth black skin and needed her to see other girls like her. We watched Nyma together, got helpful hints and great product recommendations. I am so glad that Fenty, Mac and True Match went outside the box and included us. I can’t wait for Nyma to launch her beauty collection!

[Ohemaa]

Representation Matters and this is what we love to see🎉🎉🎉 congratulations Nyma!!

[benahinkur]

South Sudanese women are some of the strongest women on Earth. Enduring adversity is how South Sudanese live life and I am proud to call myself a South Sudanese.

[mariaturner]

Nyma Thank you for never giving up! You are deeply beautiful inside and out! You are an inspiration!

[cerysnewbs]

Nyma is an insanely huge inspiration for so so many creators and viewers. I remember discovering her a few years ago and I am so forever glad that she is where she is now. She deserves so much.

[LetLoLive]

I cannot believe your skin color was considered foreign, like that just straight up blew my mind. Not only is your skin tone stunning, but omg you have some gorgeous skin!
I'm on the complete other end of the spectrum skin tone! I am legit ALWAYS the LiGHTEST Foundation shade.. Except for in Fenty - because that shade was made specifically for people with albinism.. That's the first foundation I've ever had be to light!

Love all you stand for 😍

[evielikethepokemon]

I wouldn’t be the makeup junkie I am now if I hadn’t stumbled on Nyma. Thank you for helping me learn to love my dark skin 🤍

[iamspeaking]

She speaks and we can’t stop looking because of her melanin beauty. It has taken far too long and we are still not yet there as the industry continues to struggle to give us a little while continuing to insure more is still for them and not us.😒

[queenmdaqueen]

Hats off to this woman for changing the world, inspires others. She followed her dreams. She even became a mother to her sisters!!! I am subbing her

[Myselfandme]

Aww this was beautiful. Whoever made this short documentary did an IMMACULATE job 👏🏾 And Nyma is so deserving 💗

[TheMysticAgent]

Nyma, this piece is deeply profound that you see yourself so well at such a young age. And, at 58 as a redhead freckle faced woman and Playboy x-model I so relate to you when I was 20. They always wanted to cover my freckles, and Playboy declined me as a Centerfold because I was too exotic. LOL ~ That is what they said, I still have the letter from them! And, I bleeched my skin in an attempt to rid my face of freckles. Thank you for screaming into the void. We hear you and I am grateful.

[accordingtojaz]

Love this, love Nyman tang. Definitely a trailblazer

[Victorious.A]

From one dark skin queen to another dark skin Q U E E N.

Thank you Nyma.💐

#FlowersforNyma

[nca]

I love the statistic at the end, although if you lived it you don't need confirmation, that she was speaking facts about her involvement, not just puffing herself up. I'm glad she can say she loves herself, and I hope you're truly proud of yourself Nyma. So many of us are. Thank you!💐🥳❤️

[babyree]

She’s right. It’s wasn’t just a complaint. It was activism. She helped to spark the change in the beauty industry. Good for her ❤❤❤

[AyshaHarun]

Can’t think of anyone more deserving than this!! Love you Nyma ❤❤

[Geoffrey-wx]

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.

[beingbrittanyy]

Thank you Nyma for the inspiration and your contribution to making dark skinned women included in the beauty space ❤

[eleasebarrow]

I missed the birth of Nyma's channel, but I felt it's impact. Thank you for standing up for girls with darker skin tones. It feels good to be thought of by industries that think of everyone else, and even better to know that my sisters don't have to face a beauty industry that looks them up and down and looks away or says, "I have nothing for you." As a big sister, it was amazing to have my little sisters put me on when I'd given up on the beauty industry that so fascinated me as a child.