What are your best qualities?
I think that I am a very caring person, sometimes to a fault. I tend to put people first, and I also tend to be very positive - it's very rare that you’ll see me in a bad mood. Also, I think that I enjoy life - sometimes it’s hard. There is always fun out there and it’s not that hard to find as long as you’re looking in the right places.
Do you have any undesirable qualities?
I think I am really hard on myself. I think, too, that because I am hard on myself, I can be hard on the people I really love. I sometimes don’t have extremely strong opinions because it’s hard for me to formulate one due to seeing both sides. But I do think that it is a really great quality of people to have a strong opinion because than you can really easily follow it and have this great passion. I can be very passive when you need to be more aggressive sometimes.
What do you love the most about your body?
I love my height. I grew to love it. I used to hate it, I used to be very upset about being so tall. But now I proudly say I am 6 foot - not 5’11 and a half.
What is one part of your body you're working on loving more?
I think specifically, my legs. They are so long that I always feel like they are a little big, but I know that is just how I feel. I would like to learn to love them more and see myself how other people may.
What was your response when you first noticed your body changing?
I would say a year and a half ago. I wanted to start putting special oil on my stretch marks - that lasted about three days because I didn’t care enough. It wasn’t even because of a tabloid but more because of the school I am at. There are so many really thin, beautiful women and my school is known for being really fit. And so, I’d see all these girls in perfect bikini bodies with no marks on them, but then I realized I didn’t care enough to be honest.
What are one of your qualities you wish shined brighter than your exterior appearance?
I think that I am extremely intelligent. And that doesn’t always come across. People always think I am some dumb blonde girl. I do really well in school and I think that I am able to know information on a lot of different subjects in a manner where I can speak about them. I have done quite a bit of traveling, and I am cultured enough to have those conversations, but people just expect me to not care about those subjects. It is frustrating. When I told someone that I wanted to be a teacher, they looked me up and down and said, “You’re way too tall and way too pretty to be a teacher.” Why do my looks define me over my ability?