..of beauty (and how i don't fit the mix)..

"Beautiful women are skinny..."
"Ethnic women have a different kind of struggle when it comes to accepting their beauty..."
"..it is difficult for many women of color to find themselves beautiful because of the faces that stare from television sets and magazine covers.."
"..Society puts in our minds that blonde hair and blue eyes is the only way to be beautiful.."

One thing you should know about me is the fact that i was never insecure about the way i looked. im a proud morena who stands at 5feet and and inch (thank God for the extra boost in height) and my hair's frizzier than the frizziest lion mane that's ever existed. I wear the dorkiest glasses ever invented but hey!! i don't seem to care one bit..

people tell me to "rebond my hair" or "to get contacts".. oftentimes, i ponder upon these suggestions but end up not following them. Why? because these things will just practically destroy who I AM.. why do i have to follow what PEOPLE WANT ME TO BE when i could live my life THE WAY I WANT TO and LOOK THE WAY I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DESTINED TO LOOK?

i don't have to follow a template in order to live my life and be who i am. if people classify me as " ugly" just because i don't possess the qualities "beautiful women" possess, it's not my problem.. it's theirs.

i don't need plastic surgery or hair rebonding to make me look beautiful. and thank God i have a boyfriend who sees that. i luv yah hunny!! :-D