When I first saw this picture from Tuesday, I was embarrassed at how pale my legs look compared to my olive-skinned, Italian-descended friend. However, thinking about it more, we're both gorgeous women, we just have different looks and body types and skin tones. It's time for an attitude change. Though not radiantly tan, I have great legs. My legs are long, lean, and muscular enough. My legs are beautiful, functional, strong, and sexy! And I'm also coming to appreciate the alabaster shade of my skin. I often observe pale beauties, such as this model from www.modcloth.com with envy that they can look so strikingly beautiful with their paleness.
I've decided to stop envying these models, and enjoy the fact that I can also look strikingly gorgeous as a pale-skinned, red-haired, blue-eyed, thin woman! A big reason why I can pull of the henna-dyed red hair is because of my fair complexion, so I'm thankful that I have a look that is so versatile. I think that redheads are absolutely gorgeous, anytime a redheaded man or woman walks by, I'm always checking them out. It's been exciting for me to embrace the look in the past several months. So, I decided this week to show off my great legs, with this dress from H&M -
Trying to show off my dress at the bar where I sang "Bohemian Rhapsody" at karaoke night with a few friends -
A pretty "leggy" shot from this angle -
Lovin' on my ivory legs -
So, I'm thankful for this exercise to love my body for all that it is. I hope that in the future that I will feel less shame about my fair skin when I'm surrounded by tan friends, but instead feel thankful and blessed that I have a such a unique, beautiful look. I hope that my friends reading this post can also be challenged to love the parts of themselves that they may not always see as beautiful.
3 comments:
Love it! I COMPLETELY understand the pale leg scenario :) And you're right- being fair-skinned is beautiful, and people should be more willing to embrace it!
And on a more random note, one time at ACU someone wrote on a sidewalk that "The aliens eat the tan ones first." So (apparently) that is another perk of being fair :)
you are sweet. :)
sooo you were featured on academichic today... I saw your photo and thought "wow, that looks like Kelly" and THEN I clicked a link and found you! how fun!
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