Me, Sexy? I'm Just Plain Ol' Beans

I Never Went In Thinking, "you're An African-american Woman, So You're Never Going To Win." I Was Just In Career Doing Beauty Pageants For The Experience, And To Show My Brains And Talent And Help Break Stereotypes. It Wasn't Like, "oh, I'll Become A Star. I'm Beautiful." I Never Thought I Was Pretty. I Couldn't Even Put On Eyelashes Or Makeup. When You Come From An Environment That's Military, And They Don't Stress That Topic Of Aesthetics Or Beauty Pageants And Makeup, There Are A Lot Of Things You Just Don't Have That City Girls Have.

There Are Just Certain Realities About Our World And I Just Happen To Be Creative Within It.

I Never Thought I Was Pretty. I Couldn't Even Put On Eyelashes Or Makeup.

I'm An Air Force Brat And I've Lived All Over The World And This Country And There Were People In My Community Who Were Gay - Nurses, Hairdressers, Designers - People Who Just Had A Different Way About Themselves.

I'm A Big Child At Heart. I Think It's Important To Stay That Way And Not Lose The Wonder Of Life.