![]() I was afraid of doing something that pushed me out of the place I felt comfortable. The idea of studying outside of my country, when a flight home would be hard to come by, where internet was unreliable and calls home would be infrequent, where food would be different, even the language might be different, all of that scared me to no end. I was already far from my comfort zone of Brooklyn being in North Carolina, but everyone I respected and trusted kept telling me to take advantage of this unique opportunity. Take some risks! When I was in college, there was an opportunity to study in another country. If I had let rejection cripple me, I would not have been able to move forward on to something bigger and greater. I would not have been able to do the campaign if I was Miss NY and that campaign has been one of my greatest life experiences thus far. The last year I competed in Miss New York and did not win, was the same year I booked my national ad campaign. I was momentarily defeated but I had a strong foundation and that rejection wouldn’t cripple me. I felt like not only did I fail myself, but I failed my family. It was a public humiliation and I couldn’t understand why I had to go through it. ![]() They came to see me in the competition and I lost. ![]() I raised money from friends and family to compete. Twice I finished as a finalist, but never the winner. Sometimes when you are rejected, it is to make room for the bigger than you even expected. ![]() I saw a quote that said “you weren’t rejected, you were protected.” What may seem like a setback, may be your set up for success. ![]()
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