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I’m extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don’t mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My mom paved a road that didn’t exist, as did Oprah.

Tracee Ellis Ross

The clothing, the makeup, the freedom of expression in [the models’] bodies. It was Linda and Christy and Naomi at the time. So I modeled before college.
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Clothing Expression Make Up Modeling Myself
I hope they look at me and think, ‘That lady looks like she accepts herself’.
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Acceptance Hope Myself Thinking
Differences in experience, points of view and opinions aren’t what pulls us apart. It’s what pulls us together.
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Difference Experience Ourselves Point Togetherness View
I’m trying to find my own version of what makes me feel beautiful.
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Beautiful Feeling Finding Trying Version
I’m extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don’t mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My mom paved a road that didn’t exist, as did Oprah.
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Blessing Empowerment Existence Mom Woman
It would drive the photographers crazy because I would giggle and tell jokes. I was gregarious, and looking back, I realize I had a captive audience.
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Audience Drive Myself Photography Realize
One of the things I’ve realized is how portable God is. No really, He’s everywhere!
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God Oneself Realize Thinking
In some of the darkest and hardest moments, there is always a part of me that is okay. And I can always access that part of me.
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Access Darkness Hard Time Myself
My generation is one of the first generations of “choiceful” women – women who have actually had the choice of how they architect their lives – and I don’t think shame should have any place in that. But as that generation, you get cuts and bruises.
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Bruise Generation Hurt Live Myself Place Shame Thinking Woman
Just embrace your hair! I really feel like I am not an advocate for people doing what I do. I’m an advocate for people discovering and finding what works for them.
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Embrace Finding Hairs People Work
My mom would leave her job, and there would be throngs of people screaming and banging on our car. I come from a very private family, but I was born into a public family.
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Born Family Leave Myself People Scream
Here is my wish and my desire and my pledge as well: that we remember our true nature and our womanhood. That we own and know that we are more than our bodies and yet our bodies are these sacred, beautiful, rhythmic houses for us.
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Beautiful Desire Home Ourselves Pledge Remember Sacred
I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.
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Day Inspirational Learning Myself Terrify
I buy what makes my heart sing. So, it’s not that I follow one specific track. It’s sort of what I like. I love colors. I love unique pieces. I love vintage clothing.
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Follow Heart Myself Pieces Sing Specific Track
I was shy, but it came out in a big personality. My turning point was when I let my hair go naturally and I got contact lenses. I am really blind, by the way. I have these big eyes that don’t work!
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Appearance Blind Eyes Myself Point Way Work
Someone asked me recently, “Do you get sick of people asking you about your hair?” And the reason I don’t is because I actually feel like you could chronicle my journey of self-acceptance through my journey with my hair. It’s a badge of something bigger.
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Acceptance Hairs Journey Myself People Reason Sick

I’m extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don’t mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My mom paved a road that didn’t exist, as did Oprah.

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I’m extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don’t mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My mom paved a road that didn’t exist, as did Oprah.

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