Joan Smalls: “I would double up my socks so my calves looked bigger”

On other barriers she’d like to break: “I’d like to see more beauty campaigns for girls who are mixed Latina and black. And if I’m in them, that’s great, but overall there’s a scarcity there. Companies need to be more mindful of the world we live in and who their consumer is.” On wishing she were curvier while growing up in Puerto Rico: “Everyone does, especially when you’re younger and guys don’t like you because you’re flat-chested and have skinny legs. I would double up my socks so my calves looked bigger. But around junior high school, my attitude changed. I was like, It is what it is.” … says 28 year-old Joan. (…)Read the rest of Joan Smalls: “I would double up my socks so my calves looked bigger” (0 words) © Versus for Skinny VS Curvy, 2016. | Permalink | 4 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Joan Smalls, video

On other barriers she’d like to break:

“I’d like to see more beauty campaigns for girls who are mixed Latina and black. And if I’m in them, that’s great, but overall there’s a scarcity there. Companies need to be more mindful of the world we live in and who their consumer is.”

On wishing she were curvier while growing up in Puerto Rico:

“Everyone does, especially when you’re younger and guys don’t like you because you’re flat-chested and have skinny legs. I would double up my socks so my calves looked bigger. But around junior high school, my attitude changed. I was like, It is what it is.”

… says 28 year-old Joan.

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