Monique

I was watchin this show on TVOne earlier today while tryin be beat this cold that I'm getting, and it was an interview with Kathy Hughes and Monique. At first I wasn't going to watch it, but I could not change the channel! Monique has always struck me as a very strong individual that is super confident about her abilities. The interview was inspirational because she talked about the challenges that she faces in the industry because she does not and will not sacrifice her beliefs about herself or others. What I really loved is that she adressed the issue of being fat in a very real way. She mentioned that society treats people who are overweight like they have commited a crime, and like they should be able to do something about their weight. While she stated that she does not condone being unhealthy or obese, she does think that is neccessary for people to accept themselves for who they are and what they look like. After all if you can't accept yourself being fat, you will not be able to accept yourself skinny. I think that this can be said for all other aspects of self. Women in general have so many hangups when it comes to our outer appearance, and we always seem to want what we don't have. When we finally get to a place where we can accept ourselves for who we are, fat, skinny, light, brown, chocolate, short hair, long hair, no hair, short, tall, full lips, small lips, big teeth, crooked teeth, poor, rich, suburban, urban, educated, noneducated, ...etc we will be able to take over the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol