Shopt by Raf, Stahelin, elite ballerina Misty Copeland covers the Decemeber issue of SELF Magazine. In the accompanying interview, Copeland talks about her early beginnings, her life as a ballerina and how race and body image have affected her career.
“Being told to lose weight, and being African American, not having anyone else around who looked like me, caused me so much doubt,” Copeland said.
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“There rests the heart, and there the sweetest thought,
The thought of being hers is checked by nought…”