The one thing I have learned from pageants (as well as being a teenager) is to never let anyone change the way I look at myself. I am confident and know that I don't need to starve myself in order to be a certain weight. I'm NOT AT ALL saying that pageants force this on girls, but some women think this is the only way to keep a "healthy" image. Someone said something to me today that made me think about this. Sure, eating a cupcake (for example) might not be the best way to prep for Miss North Carolina...but I'm in college and I'm not surrounded by carrots and celery sticks all the time! I'm going to eat junk food sometimes, but luckily I know the secret to a good body...working out! :)
I'm grateful that my mom taught me that being beautiful means being beautiful on the inside and feeling comfortable in the way God made me.
"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden...In the same way your light must shine before men so that they may see goodness in your acts and give praise to your heavenly father."
Matthew 5:14-16
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