Duckie Thot is fed up with being compared to Kendall Jenner. The South Sudanese model tried to make the message clear on Tuesday when she responded to her Twitter followers who brought up the tired comparison.
"Y’all need to let this comparison go," Duckie said after one Twitter user described the model as "the black Kendall Jenner," in a tweet that has since been deleted.
lol y’all need to let this comparison go https://t.co/zzHm6NNzi3
— Duckie Thot (@duckiethot) June 8, 2021
As Blavity previously reported, Duckie and her sister, Nikki Perkins, were also compared to Kendall and Kylie Jenner in 2017.
"Why do these two look like the Black version of Kendall and Kylie," a social media user said at the time.
As was the case in 2017, Duckie's fans once again came to support the model after the latest backhanded compliment.
You are literally way more stunning and more interesting! I love how this is like people's only reference of 'a model' so they think it's the highest compliment
— ☾ ???????????????? ☆ (@LanaPeswani) June 9, 2021
Some took the opportunity to educate the masses about the dangers of Eurocentric perspectives.
bc comparing ourselves to yt folks reinforces eurocentric thinking
— BIG STENCH (@blkgrlmagicc) June 8, 2021
Most simply found it insulting to compare Duckie to anybody else.
It’s honestly so disrespectful ???????? I’d sue for defamation of character
— N. (@Capri888_) June 9, 2021
According to Duckie's admirers, Jenner is nowhere close to the 25-year-old model.
I don’t even see it. On top of that, you NATURALLY have these features ????
— ✨ Amber Hampton ???? (@AmberDeShawn) June 9, 2021
The comparison apparently disgusted the dozens of social media users who viewed the post.
The fact that Kendall Jenner had to get plastic surgery to have the looks Duckie naturally has(and still cant achieve Duckie's level of beauty and never will), and yet ppl have the nerve to refer to Duckie as "black kendall". gtfoh
— Go watch a Star War (@Forever_Dusk) June 9, 2021
According to Metro, Duckie was raised in Melbourne, Australia. But her family is originally from South Sudan. The 25-year-old starred in Australia's Next Top Model in 2013 and finished third. She then moved to the U.S. and landed her first international catwalk show for Kanye West's Yeezy brand.
Duckie continued to rise in the industry when she joined Rihanna's brand, Fenty Beauty.
The model encountered another degrading comment in April when someone described her as a "dark-skinned white girl," HelloBeautiful reported.
The global fashion star responded by telling the person to "f**k off."
