When I Grow Up I Want To Look Like… Misty Copeland

Wouldn't you?

Bodywise anyway! On my road to trying to lose weight I’ve been looking up several activities that will shape my body. I want to lose weight, but I don’t want to lose the curvy girl in me so I’ve been looking up different things to take up. One of them I was considering was ballet, because although it may screw up your feet it does WONDERS for your body. Shapewise, Flexibility, Agility, all that… I practiced (not seriously) when I was younger, and figured maybe I’d start up again.

But I digress, when googling I came across this striking image and googled the dancer because I know I’d heard the name before: Misty Copeland. (Still unsure of where I’d heard her name, I think I saw it on another blog). Turns out Miss Misty is a celebrated dancer in the Ballet Arena. So celebrated that when she was younger a custody battle actually ensued between her mother and instructors/managers. Misty is currently a soloist for the American Ballet Theatre, and the first African-American female to do so.  She has accomplished this fete as well as many others throughout her career.  For more about Misty see  below, but here are a few photos of the ballerina below.

Misty Copeland’s American Ballet Theatre Profile