“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

We all know there isn’t a singular manner to define physical beauty but in a world that prizes whiteness and Eurocentric features it sometimes feel like there’s only one way to be beautiful.

5 year old Jare of Lagos, Nigeria is redefining beauty standards. Her rise to fame came after Nigerian photographer Mofe Bamuyiwa shared a photo of her on instagram.

 

Bamuyiwa wrote “oh yes she’s human! She’s also an angel!

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Bamuyiwa’s goal was to juxtapose adulthood and childhood with the photos featuring Jare posing in a mature manner.

Her beauty is almost doll like with her large brown eyes and delicate features.

Bamuyiwa’s post garnered over 45,000 likes.

She’s depicted in a manner that isn’t common in popular media. We frequently see black girls and black women depicted as overly sexualized, exoticized and sometimes rough stereotypes.

Jare joins the ranks of other well known child models like Kristina Pimenova .

Typically only young white girls have had the opportunity to be called the most beautiful girl in the world.

Jare is the youngest of a family of three girls known as the J3 sisters. Her sister Jomi is 7 and her sister Jobi is 10.