Love is stronger than both fear and hope - if you can love the natural beauty around you, the amazing gifts and skills we have, the fact that you are alive to experience life, each moment that you have, and love yourself and those around you just as they are, then there is no need to be owned by fear, or even hope, you just live the best you can, being the truth of that love that you are being, representing the stream of consciousness experiencing itself, always knowing that you will someday return to it again, and flow as part of it infinitely on.
That__ one of the harsh realities I learned early on about the modeling industry: ultimately, your body doesn__ really belong to you. It belongs to the client. Since they__e paying, they figure they can do pretty much whatever they want to you. They can curl your hair, straighten it, dye it, cut it __ven shave it. I__e seen hair extensions being pulled out by the roots and smoke billowing out of flat irons while the hair inside gets singed and fried. I__e watched models squeeze their feet into shoes so small their feet literally bled, and I__e seen false eyelashes torn off so quickly that the natural lashes came off with them. Modeling may look glamorous on the outside, but believe me, beauty can be an ugly business.
I'm No Angel: From Victoria's Secret Model to Role Model
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That__ one of the harsh realities I learned early on about the modeling industry: ultimately, your body doesn__ really belong to you. It belongs to the client. Since they__e paying, they figure they can do pretty much whatever they want to you. They can curl your hair, straighten it, dye it, cut it __ven shave it. I__e seen hair extensions being pulled out by the roots and smoke billowing out of flat irons while the hair inside gets singed and fried. I__e watched models squeeze their feet into shoes so small their feet literally bled, and I__e seen false eyelashes torn off so quickly that the natural lashes came off with them. Modeling may look glamorous on the outside, but believe me, beauty can be an ugly business.
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