Mari Malek a Tower of Strength. Black Model with An Amazing Story From The Sudan to New Jersey
Mari Malek story started in the war torn regions of Sudan, where she experience civil war and was forced to live the life as a refugee in Egypt. She later ended up in New Jersey USA where her true mental transformation began. The racism experienced in Egypt and later in America for being black or dark skinned, was bitter to say the least.
She got an opportunity to become a fashion model in New York at the age of 16 but her problems didn’t stop there. Struggling to fit in, she thought about skin bleaching and materialistic things. Her employers even tried to compare her to Alek Wek who was successful Sundanese model. She over came fear to start own agency business and now gives us an insight into her mind and path to strength in her own dark skin.