Embrace your natural being: Thando

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Bulawayo model Thando Dube has urged other models and fellow females to embrace their natural look and not resort to skin-lightening, commonly known as bleaching.
Thando Dube

By Sindiso Dube in Bulawayo

Bulawayo model Thando Dube has urged other models and fellow females to embrace their natural look and not resort to skin-lightening, commonly known as bleaching.

Talking to Standard Style on the sidelines of a photoshoot, the model who was sporting her natural hair, said she loves expressing her natural being.

“I am young and confident in my natural being. I believe being natural gives women a cutting edge on looks and I am comfortable with my skin, on which I don’t apply lightening creams to be a ‘yellow bone”, Dube said.

“I have been sporting this short and natural hairstyle for some time and I have been feeling good about it and it feels free and refreshing over the artificial braids and wigs. I urge females to take pride in their natural beauty, God made us the way we are for a reason.”

The model said she enjoys conversations with the camera lenses.

“I like taking pictures, I never go a day without documenting my day, outfit or my daily errands with pictures. I like doing photoshoots and have deep conversations with the camera lenses every time I do shoots,” she said.

Dube, who turns 23 this year, is a Journalism and Media Studies student at the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo and is looking forward to joining the broadcast industry in radio or television.