“Sudanese model ‘Nyakim’ has entered the Guinness book of records for having the darkest skin tone on Earth”
Social media posts
Claim dated 26 Jun 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The ‘Guinness World Record’ does not monitor records for ‘skin tone’. The news about Sudanese model Nyakim Gatwech entering the Guinness book of records is ‘fake’.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 June 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 June 2020. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttp://archive.ph/wSGws
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