Janet Jackson has a new book called "True You," and as I'm getting ready to be a contestant in the 2011 Miss Indiana Scholarship Pageant, I've been giving a lot of thought to the true me.
Miss America Kirsten Haglund talked a lot about body image, and I remember seeing the encouraging things she wrote on her blog. She would talk about how women are so much more than the measure of their waist lines.
Janet Jackson was so honest on the Piers Morgan show. She said "There was a time when I was so down and felt so unattractive and it lasted for a very, very long time." During the interview she said how she actually used to bang her head against a wall during her lifelong body image struggles.
I'm really excited about the Miss Indiana Pageant. I'm also really excited about graduating from high school this year and starting college. I think all of us struggle with our image and one point or another. I know those judges scores are going to be so important come state week. But there is another score that is far more important, and that is the score we give ourselves, the belief we have in ourselves when we look in that mirror, and the beauty that other people can see in our hearts.
Someone once told me that I could measure the success of my year by counting the number of children I make smile. How many people will you make smile today?
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