Kenya has hosted the world’s first albino beauty pageant to help combat the persecution albinos face in many East African nations including Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi and Malawi. In certain African nations, albino people face persecution and even death from communities who fear them.

Diversity is trending. Within the fashion industry, participants constantly mirror each other, creating more sameness than uniqueness in an industry that calls itself creative. However, in more recent years, there’s been a positive societal shift in not only the presence, but also the celebration of idiosyncratic beauty. Today, CNN has a beautiful feature on Chantelle […]