My role model is a man dressed as a woman
Many people have a role model or a person they look up to and admire. Most of the time its a parent, grandparent, or older sibling. And while I do love my parents, grandparents, and older brother I have one person that I look up to a lot. It is a 41 year old man named Micheal who dresses up in drag and then goes by the name Pandora Boxx. Growing up in theater I was exposed to a lot of the LGBT community without even realizing it, then when my brother came out when I was 18, I decided I wanted to become more involved with promoting the community and loving others (in general). I came across the show “Ru Pauls Drag Race” (A show about who will become the next drag superstar) on Netflix and was mesmerized as how the drag queens transformed from everyday men to beautiful women. I thought all the queens were great but I really felt like I connected with a blond haired, spunky, sassy, and hilarious queen named Pandora. I felt that she was the most down to earth of the drag queens. She wasn't there to be mean or knock anyone else down she was honestly there for the competition. As I watched more and more episodes I was almost ashamed of myself. I was bullied a lot in school (elementary, middle, high) and had/have awful self esteem. But I saw this man dress up in a beautiful dress with more confidence than I would ever have. Micheal had confidence and Pandora had confidence, so I figured why couldn't Sydney have at least a table spoon of confidence. I wrote her a letter telling her how much I admired her and how she was an inspiration for a tall, awkward, redhead. I waited a while and didn't receive anything back. I figured she was busy. One day my mom came into my room with a big envelope. She had a huge smile on her face and kept saying “Pandora Boxx sent this!” She woke me up from a nap so I was a little of guard but surly enough the envelope had my name and address on it. In the upper left hand corner the return address said “Pandora Boxx”. I opened it as carefully but quickly as I could. It said; “Sydney,you're fabulous. Thank you for the lovely letter! XOXO Pandora Boxx”. I looked at my mom and started to cry. Yeah, I was an 18 year old girl crying because a drag queen sent her an autograph but it wasn't like that. The fact that she took time out of her day to actually read my letter and respond to it meant more than anything to me. Its currently in a frame in my room and when I look at it I think about her confidence and her love for what she does and I try to carry that with me through the day.
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