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2010 SHARE IT Scholarship Winner, Christina Brown
On September 18, 2010, we launched the SHARE IT Scholarship contest on Facebook. These were the rules:
I hope you got some well needed rest after the amazing event. You did such an awesome job girl. You are off the chain! There is something my mother brought to my memory when I told her about me receiving free instruction...
As a young teenager I always wanted to model and look pretty. Even to this day I love watching Project Runway just for the fashion shows and America's Next Top Model. I loved the idea of walking in front of people with total confidence of knowing, "yeah, I look good and no you can't have any of this" plus I got to wear designer clothes. Also I love being in front of the camera and posing. When I was 15 years old, weighing 260 punds, I went to this free casting in Columbia, SC for plus size models. My mother and I prayed and she said, "Lord if this is of you and it is truly your desire for Christina to pursue modeling let her be selected to learn more." Well, I was selected but there was a fee that we were unable to pay and I believe it was around 500 dollars or more. So after that I never looked more into modeling because I thought it wasn't what I was suppose to do. Although it was my heart's desire, we didn't have the money so I believed it just wasn't for me. But God!
I did the SHARE IT contest, at first wanting to support you and get the word out to everyone I knew. But, I also wanted to win the contest and part of me said I wasn't going to win because I have NEVER won ANYTHING! Of course that didn't stop me from doing it though! So when you called my name (at the Open House) it did something to me that I cannot explain. For once I was actually a winner. I came out on top for the first time in my life all because I was diligent and did not give up on something I believed in. Then I win a t-shirt from 7 Figgaz Clothing Company and a custom made dress from UR Tight because I registered and my ticket number was called. I not only won one thing for the first time, I won 3 different things in one day!!
Our God is so faithful! Nine years later, he answered a prayer that was prayed by a young, broken-hearted, teenaged girl and her mother. I know my calling and I am operating in it. But Tiffany, modeling and just learning more about it from experts has been my heart's desire since I was 10 years old. And I didn't try to pursue it until I was 15 and God opened the door for me at the age of 24.
Lastly, I have been telling the Lord I want to go to school. I want to learn more about the things that I love! I was talking about one thing but he put me in another thing!! "He may not come when you want it but he will be there right on time. HE is definitely an on time God!" I am so excited that words can't explain what I am going through and I am still in shock of what happened at the Open House. Now I know why I went through so many obstacles and challenges before the event that tried to get me to give up, but I couldn't. I had come too far!
Many thanks to Christina for her participation in the SHARE IT Scholarship Contest. We look forward to hearing about your experience at the end of the semester.
- Go to www.plusacademycharlotte.com
- Choose any post and SHARE it. Do this once an hour for a chance to win!
- Tag Tiffany Jones in each of your posts (by placing "@" symbol with a space before her name).
- Attend the Open House.
How do you win?
It's simple. The individual who posts the most between 9/17 and 9/24 wins.
What do you win?
FREE registration for Fall 2010 ($525 value)
How many winners?
Only 1.
Ms. Christina Brown is the recipient of the 2010 SHARE IT Scholarship. This is the letter she wrote after attending the Open House.
I hope you got some well needed rest after the amazing event. You did such an awesome job girl. You are off the chain! There is something my mother brought to my memory when I told her about me receiving free instruction...
As a young teenager I always wanted to model and look pretty. Even to this day I love watching Project Runway just for the fashion shows and America's Next Top Model. I loved the idea of walking in front of people with total confidence of knowing, "yeah, I look good and no you can't have any of this" plus I got to wear designer clothes. Also I love being in front of the camera and posing. When I was 15 years old, weighing 260 punds, I went to this free casting in Columbia, SC for plus size models. My mother and I prayed and she said, "Lord if this is of you and it is truly your desire for Christina to pursue modeling let her be selected to learn more." Well, I was selected but there was a fee that we were unable to pay and I believe it was around 500 dollars or more. So after that I never looked more into modeling because I thought it wasn't what I was suppose to do. Although it was my heart's desire, we didn't have the money so I believed it just wasn't for me. But God!
I did the SHARE IT contest, at first wanting to support you and get the word out to everyone I knew. But, I also wanted to win the contest and part of me said I wasn't going to win because I have NEVER won ANYTHING! Of course that didn't stop me from doing it though! So when you called my name (at the Open House) it did something to me that I cannot explain. For once I was actually a winner. I came out on top for the first time in my life all because I was diligent and did not give up on something I believed in. Then I win a t-shirt from 7 Figgaz Clothing Company and a custom made dress from UR Tight because I registered and my ticket number was called. I not only won one thing for the first time, I won 3 different things in one day!!
Our God is so faithful! Nine years later, he answered a prayer that was prayed by a young, broken-hearted, teenaged girl and her mother. I know my calling and I am operating in it. But Tiffany, modeling and just learning more about it from experts has been my heart's desire since I was 10 years old. And I didn't try to pursue it until I was 15 and God opened the door for me at the age of 24.
Lastly, I have been telling the Lord I want to go to school. I want to learn more about the things that I love! I was talking about one thing but he put me in another thing!! "He may not come when you want it but he will be there right on time. HE is definitely an on time God!" I am so excited that words can't explain what I am going through and I am still in shock of what happened at the Open House. Now I know why I went through so many obstacles and challenges before the event that tried to get me to give up, but I couldn't. I had come too far!
Many thanks to Christina for her participation in the SHARE IT Scholarship Contest. We look forward to hearing about your experience at the end of the semester.
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