I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE ONE DIABETES WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS OLD. AT FIRST I WAS ASHAMED, I FELT LIKE A BURDAN AND HIGH SCHOOL WAS REALLY TOUGH. I FINALLY DECIDED THAT I WANTED TO BE A VOICE AND A HELPING HAND TO THE CHILDREN STRUGGLING LIKE I WAS, LIKE I AM. I WANT TO SHOW THEM THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING AND BE ANYONE THEY WANT. WHO AM I? IM A VOICE FOR THOSE LIVING WITH TYPE ONE DIABETES!

I THINK THIS TV SERIES SHINES LIGHT ONTO THE FACT THAT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN A WORLD FULL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY DIFFERENT, SO THE BEAUTY INSTRUDY NOT EMBRACING THAT AND SETTING UNREALISTIC BEAUTY STANDARDS SO WERE ALL THE SAME NEEDS TO COME TO AN END. THIS SHOW HAS GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO ITS CONTESTANTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND WE NEED TO APPRECIATE THAT THIER ENCOURAGING CHANGE.

IVE GROWN SO MUCH FROM THAT GIRL WHO WAS HIDING WHO SHE WAS TO BEING PROUD OF WHO I AM. I CAN TREACH THIS GENERATION TO TO EMBRACE WHO THEY ARE. I BELIEVE EVERYONE IS UNQUE AMD THAT OUR DIFFERENCES MAKE THE PLACES WE LIVE IN BEAUTIFUL.