Now 45 years old, top class model and media personality, Tyra Banks
has recreated the look from 22 years ago. In 1997, she covered
Sports Illustrated magazine,
wearing a red and pink polka dot bikini. She copies that same look 22
years after, and now, instead of following the ’10-year challenge’, she
breaks boundaries with her 22-year challenge.
Remember the 10 year challenge every one was doing on
social? The one where you posted a photo of yourself now next to a photo
of yourself 10 years ago?
Well, I guess this is my @si_swimsuit 22
year challenge. Scroll the pic to see. But to me, it’s not just about
what I’m looking like. It’s about what I’m FEELING like. Back then, I
knew I had a plan to do more than model. I knew I wanted to make a
difference. I knew I had a calling to do more than for just myself. I
just didn’t know HOW I was gonna do it.
Today, 22 years later, I rise out of bed everyday to show that yes, a
woman who was a model (and is now a model again!) can indeed be powerful
beyond pictures. Can indeed be a strong leader in changing the world’s
perceptions of narrowly defined beauty. Can indeed be an example for
others to follow so I can sit back one day when I’m old and gray to
enjoy the things that YOU are doing to push my mission further than I
ever dreamed possible.
Yeah, my 22 year challenge has a whole ‘nother meaning beyond what you just SEE.
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