Through the many challenging things going on in my world, I could have easily given up on this competition entirely. With school (for the last challenge was going through a week of midterms and going to bed in the wee hours of the morning, but I did not let that distract my for the competition), work and life in general. I had to learn to organize my life and allow it not to show in my pictures. Although I did falter in the second challenge I used the advice many of the behind the scenes magic workers, a.k.a. the judges, gave me (lol). I enjoyed the different tasks and products we got to use for the challenges. I hope this competition continues and produces great natural models.
I cannot thank you all enough for bringing life, time, money in to this competition and giving black hair the respect it deserves.
was the most difficult part of your transition?
those pretty little black girls on a box of perm and was in awe. Neither a stubborn strand nor a split end ever popped off the heads of those pretty smiling faces. So at a young age-around 9 or 10- witnessing this I wanted to have straight long hair like those of the little girls and have a smile just as bright as theirs. I was tired of the thick hair I had that never stayed down and took hours to braid. With eagerness and excitement I (not my mom or anyone else) took my allowance money and bought a box of kiddie perm and had my cousin perm my hair.
