Her beauty isn’t only skin-deep.
A Miss Universe contestant has been praised for flaunting her skin condition ahead of the international beauty pageant, which is about to happen Saturday night.
Logina Salah, a 34-year-old model representing Egypt, has vitiligo, an autoimmune disorder that leads to a lack of pigment to areas of the skin.
She also suffers from lupus, one other autoimmune disorder that causes the body to mistakenly attack healthy tissues or organs.
In keeping with Jam Press, her conditions haven’t deterred her from participating within the Miss Universe competition, where she hopes to make history should she take home the crown.
The Alexandria, Egypt, native, who can be a mother to a 10-year-old daughter, has develop into a skin positivity advocate online, where she boasts 1.8 million Instagram followers and one other 1.2 million on TikTok.
Salah, per Jam Press, was knowledgeable makeup artist because of this of her skin condition, which she felt like she needed to cover. But, after being uninterested in living a “double life,” she stopped covering up her complexion and has since develop into a proponent of the skin positivity movement.
When announced because the Miss Egypt delegate for the Miss Universe competition — a contest that has faced scandal and controversy — fans fawned over her beauty and confidence within the Instagram comments.
“Stunning!” wrote one person. “The primary ever delegate to win with a rare skin condition! A real epitome of INCLUSIVITY!”
“Probably the most beautiful and real inclusion,” another person said.
“Tremendous courage and resilience,” one other chimed in. “What an excellent example and lesson she is leaving humanity and that makes it beautiful. Go Egypt.”
“Now that’s a Miss Universe queen,” one user agreed.
