Live to beMORE

Has your beauty ever been defined by the way someone else perceived you?

Were you ever bullied or forced into feeling less about yourself?

Have you ever felt you weren’t good enough?

I know I have. See, long story short, I wasn’t the most confident kid. I struggled with my self-esteem, self-confidence and self-perception. What made me this way? Without diving too deep into my personal scars (we’ll save that for another day), I was bullied. I was bullied as a kid, got older then became the bully. I never felt like I had a voice or someone to talk too. Yes my mother was there, but it wasn’t easy talking to her. My mom is very supportive, don’t get me wrong, but it’s certain things that I felt she couldn’t understand or empathize with me on.

As a young teenager, I felt insecure about the way I looked. I was in my “ugly duckling” years – braces, glasses, acne. It didn’t help that until I was 16 years old, I was 4’11 and flat chested. Seeing my other friends with fully developed hips and boobs, it made me uncomfortable. All the boys liked them and called them pretty. Me, I was just there.

I wasn’t confident with myself internally and not receiving that validation within my peer group only made it worse. I struggled with understanding the true meaning of beauty. Until I became an adult, I realized that I’m not alone in this idea of suffering to be who the world wants me to be.

In a society where the concept of beauty is defined by “man” and characterized as looking a certain way, beMORE came about as I found myself drowned by the idea of “perfect beauty”. And let me clarify … when I say “man” I do not mean male, but the huMAN species. Allowing others to define what beauty means to you.

Have you ever felt the pressure of being perfect?

Do you feel the need to conform to the mans definition of beautiful?

Were you ever told you should think or look a certain way? Big butt? Small waist? Nice boobs? Long hair?

The anxiety this causes is unbearable right… like you’re being suffocated underwater.

The beauty of a woman is multi-faceted. Beauty comes in different shapes, sizes, colors and forms. Every woman is beautiful in a unique way. The purpose of beMORE is to provide women with the resources to “beMORE” of whoever it is they choose to be. It is my initiative challenging women to represent their authentic beauty.

Through my initiative, beMORE, I want to provide women with the tools to put beauty back in their own hands. beMORE is focused on building a community in which women are encouraged to self-generate their identities by focusing on true beauty, individuality and real feminine power.

I encourage all women to beMORE Real, beMORE Timeless, beMORE Beautiful and ultimately, beMORE You!