But I Just Loved Looking At The

I Was Able To Be Distant By Portraying Another Person, Another Character, If You Will, And I Found Myself Not Stuttering And Not Having Anxiety Attacks When I Was Portraying Another Soul, Another Being, And I Found Comfort In That. I Think Many Actors Do, Playing Someone Other Than Themselves.

I Never Went In Thinking, "you're An African-american Woman, So You're Never Going To Win." I Was Just In Career Doing Beauty Pageants For The Experience, And To Show My Brains And Talent And Help Break Stereotypes. It Wasn't Like, "oh, I'll Become A Star. I'm Beautiful." I Never Thought I Was Pretty. I Couldn't Even Put On Eyelashes Or Makeup. When You Come From An Environment That's Military, And They Don't Stress That Topic Of Aesthetics Or Beauty Pageants And Makeup, There Are A Lot Of Things You Just Don't Have That City Girls Have.

Let's Start Working Towards Wellness, A Healing In Our Community, A Healing In Relationships, So Male And Female Can Finally Sit Down And Understand That That Young Boy Or Young Girl Saw Behavior Exhibited By Their Parents That Was Negative And Abusive And They're Going To Pass It On.

Thats What I Crave That Diversity.

My Family Was Very, Very Receptive To All; All Races, Religions.