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It’s been a month since I had what feels like one of many returns to self. But everything that unfolded on September 17th had been brewing for well over a year.

I went to Paris at the beginning of last year to pursue modeling, and every opportunity I had fell through, one by one. I realize now that I attached so much of my work to positive and favorable outcomes. There is a particular weight that comes with rejection, especially when it challenges what you believe about yourself. Somewhere along the way, I began making myself smaller to accommodate the disappointment. I decided there was no way I could be exactly who I believed I was and still carry the weight of all that rejection.

For about six or seven months, you couldn’t even pay me to think about modeling.

At the end of the third quarter last year, I decided to try again. I traveled back to my favorite city in hopes of doing things on my terms. I met up with the talented @35mmgold , and we had a couple of shoots. I had little expectation of anything other than serving notice to every doubt I’d begun to make a home out of that it was no longer welcome. I was doing a new thing.

I shared with one of my dearest friends that I wanted my voice to be something that was heard and felt. I wanted my words to linger.

Fast forward to August of this year, when I spoke on a panel about rare skin types, curated by my dear friend @skinrare.mag . There, I met the founder of @secondshiftshow , who shared how much she loved my words and invited me to participate in her show. I won’t lie and say I wasn’t worried. I worried about being enough. But something changed when she asked me to accompany my moment on the runway with heartfelt words about self acceptance and individuality.
On my 28th birthday, I walked in a show celebrating artists and creatives beyond their day to day grind. Merely a year later, I was standing knee deep in the very thing I had hoped to share. My truth, my passion, all by way of my words.

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Needed its own reel fr 🤧

Top: @push___push
Skort: @aritzia
Shoes: @loefflerrandall

#ootd #nyc

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Breakin out the fall fashion

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Two months of backpacking Europe!!

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product of grace

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“blackberry”
w. @jeyzakaelani

shot & edited by lance ranair

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the muse.
w. @jeyzakaelani

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👁️: how our NYFW Linkup at @damballa.nyc looked 😏

shoutout to everyone who came down, was so good seeing you all in person and connecting.

one of the coolest things about running this platform is seeing people you’ve featured or spoken to for a while in person.

we even had @teddyopong do a live painting during the event, what a goat 😤

📸: @lanceranair

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Rudiments x undiscovered behind the scenes

shot by @lanceranair

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“vgtbls” a bts montage
with @undiscovered.ig & @rudimnts

shot & edited by lance ranair

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