A year later, she gave her first motivational speech when the assistant principal at her Austin, Texas, high school asked her to tell her story to ninth-grade students. At first, Velasquez worried no one would be able to relate to her, but it quickly became clear to her onstage that her story resonated with the other teens. Velasquez went on to deliver a TED talk , where nearly 11 million viewers tuned in to hear her story.
There's been no looking back for this anti-bullying warrior. She hopes that through her efforts, girls everywhere will not feel so alone, which is why she's teamed up with Secret this October in honor of National Bully Prevention Month.
All month long, the deodorant brand has been inviting women and girls to share an anti-bullying pledge on social media using the hashtag StandUpWithSecret. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Before I went up they warned me if they get loud or rowdy there's people here that'll quiet them down. Halfway through, when I realized I should look up, everyone was looking at me and they were so quiet.
I could see tears in people's eyes. There was a moment, there was a connection. I felt like that whole I'm different shield was just gone. And we were just one group of people. We're not victims in any sense unless we allow ourselves to be. I don't have vision in both eyes but I have vision in one eye. I might wear kids shoes but at least I don't have to pay full price for adult shoes. There's always the bright side.
You can put makeup on and you can do your hair and you can do all of these things but when you go to bed at night and you put your head on that pillow and you take the makeup off and you're stripped down to just you, what do you have? You have what's on your inside. You have your personality. You have your values. You have the things that mean the most to you. You have your dreams. Those things are what make you beautiful. That's what the standard of beauty, to me, is.
The person that you are, not the person that you look like. Hide Up Next. Tall, Beautiful, and Proud of It. Dispelling Beauty Myths: Body Hair.
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