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Mariama Diallo, who used to model for big brands like Nike and Calvin Klein, claims she was left unable, with her agent telling her to clear up her skin before applying for new contracts. Only she has been struggling to do that for three years now, and she still has a long way to go. Now the model and her lawyer are asking Makari De Suisse to pay damages for shortening her lucrative modelling career and causing serious financial losses. “Somebody at the top of her game could make millions of dollars. She should have been able to make a lot of money these past several years,” the 25-year-old’s lawyer, Yoram Nachimovsky, told The Post.
“Diallo has lost business as a result of the injuries caused to her by the defendant’s products and as well as potential profit; and her career as a top model has been shortened and she has been unable to apply for jobs as a result of the damages to her face,” Nachimovsky argued in the court papers. Mariama is now working with a dermatologist to correct the damage to her complexion, but medication has only partially helped. She now plans to try chemical peel, to speed up the process, but that can get very expensive. She now wants Makari De Suisse to pay for the trouble thy have caused her, but also to raise awareness to their products, so others don’t go through the same ordeal she has.
“I want to bring awareness to their products, if they can do this to other people, they may need to revise their products,” she said.