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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
If that's an actual quote, I might have misunderstood a lot of what she said. When a video of the speech becomes available, I'll definitely be reviewing it with a more careful ear. It seemed that she was speaking from a viewpoint that I couldn't quite identify, and I came away with the impression that she was trying to tell us that how one looks is an appropriate basis for self-esteem.
However, I haven't noticed that courage and confidence go along with compassion. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding that as well.
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I remember that quote as well, and it sounds accurate to me. The reasons she had for bringing those companies to Champs might have been very good, but it's also very easy to get the wrong read from it.
High School females have a lot of pressure to be wearing makeup and looking glamorous - they get it from Hollywood, from trying to appear like an adult, and from their peer group. Given that pressure, I can certainly understand (which is NOT the same thing as thinking it's appropriate) how they might lose confidence if they didn't have time to arrange their makeup or style their hair, which many of them don't at a competition like this. They put in incredible hours running around at the competition, only to get back to the hotel and crash, waking up just in time to come back and do it all over again. I could see how it could be nice for some of those students to get their hair and makeup done during some downtime at the competition, and how doing so might help them feel more confident while talking with their peer group in the pits.
And there are definitely some (I know a few of them from my team!) who see no real need or use for makeup, and are perfectly comfortable and confident without it.