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1 year ago

two years ago today I finally got to learn what loving yourself felt like.•I’ve always been so proud of my scoliosis journey and I’ve never really talked about it on here surprisingly. In 2015 at the age of 10, I was diagnosed with scoliosis. My journey with scoliosis started in 2017 though. I was diagnosed with thoracic-lumbaric scoliosis at a 27° curve. I was then braced into a Boston brace. I had to wear it for 22-24 hours a day. I tried it out for about a month or so and decided it wasn’t for me. I also joined physical therapy to see if it could help me correct my back. I then stopped caring after a month and decided that I was just gonna leave it and do nothing about it. It ended up increasing to a 67° curve over time and my ribs twisted 25° to the left. My self-esteem dropped severely. Seeing everyone on social media and in the industry having a “perfect body” affected me because it made me believe I was less than others because of my deformity. So I did everything I could to hide the fact my body looked so different. I stopped wearing certain clothes, doing certain activities, and posing in certain ways, and even learned how to photoshop myself so it wasn’t visible. I couldn’t physically look at myself in a mirror for years. At the beginning of 2020 after meeting with multiple doctors I decided that I was going to get spinal fusion. So on November 9th, 2020 I had a 6-hour long procedure. I had my T10-L3 fused then had 11 screws and 2 rods added to keep it in place. I went from 67° to 13° and fully corrected rib rotation.•After my surgery, I decided that I wanted to be a role model for young girls who feel just like I did. I wanted to be the role model that I needed and know other girls do too. To teach them that beauty is not a rulebook and to not let their limitations stop them but to use it as fuel to chase after their own dreams.#scoliosis #explore #scoliosisawareness #fighter #scoliosiswarrior #scoliosiswarriors #scoliosisadvocate #Godisgood #scoliosisfighter #NAMnationals2022 #IJMinternationals2022#growingconfidence #crownofopportunities #thepowerhouse2022 #iamthepageantpowerhouse #tennessee

two years ago today I finally got to learn what loving yourself felt like. • I’ve always been so proud of my scoliosis journey and I’ve never really talked about it on here surprisingly. In 2015 at the age of 10, I was diagnosed with scoliosis. My journey with scoliosis started in 2017 though. I was diagnosed with thoracic-lumbaric scoliosis at a 27° curve. I was then braced into a Boston brace. I had to wear it for 22-24 hours a day. I tried it out for about a month or so and decided it wasn’t for me. I also joined physical therapy to see if it could help me correct my back. I then stopped caring after a month and decided that I was just gonna leave it and do nothing about it. It ended up increasing to a 67° curve over time and my ribs twisted 25° to the left. My self-esteem dropped severely. Seeing everyone on social media and in the industry having a “perfect body” affected me because it made me believe I was less than others because of my deformity. So I did everything I could to hide the fact my body looked so different. I stopped wearing certain clothes, doing certain activities, and posing in certain ways, and even learned how to photoshop myself so it wasn’t visible. I couldn’t physically look at myself in a mirror for years. At the beginning of 2020 after meeting with multiple doctors I decided that I was going to get spinal fusion. So on November 9th, 2020 I had a 6-hour long procedure. I had my T10-L3 fused then had 11 screws and 2 rods added to keep it in place. I went from 67° to 13° and fully corrected rib rotation. • After my surgery, I decided that I wanted to be a role model for young girls who feel just like I did. I wanted to be the role model that I needed and know other girls do too. To teach them that beauty is not a rulebook and to not let their limitations stop them but to use it as fuel to chase after their own dreams. #scoliosis #explore #scoliosisawareness #fighter #scoliosiswarrior #scoliosiswarriors #scoliosisadvocate #Godisgood #scoliosisfighter #NAMnationals2022 #IJMinternationals2022 #growingconfidence #crownofopportunities #thepowerhouse2022 #iamthepageantpowerhouse #tennessee