“Photo of Nyakim Getwech whom the Guinness Book of Records had acknowledged as the ‘Queen of Darkness’”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 Nov 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The photo shared in the post shows Florence Baitio, an aspiring model from Australia, not the South-Sudan model Nyakim Getwech. The ‘Guinness World Record’ does not monitor records for ‘skin tone’. The ‘Guinness World Record’ had also issued a clarification that they do not monitor records for skin tone
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 November 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 30 November 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.