Hello I’m Care! I’m an 18 year old model from Columbia, South Carolina. I started modeling almost a year ago as a way to build body confidence and fight against my struggle with an eating disorder. Modeling has been an amazing experience for me, I was always the outcast throughout my public schooling experience, the really quiet artsy kid that didnt really say much. I never really felt like i belonged anywhere until I found my passion for fashion and modeling. I was picked on for my weight and appearance, which led to a hatred for my body that eventually led to an eating disorder that took a major tole on my body and mental health. I want to be an example for young girls like me that you are beautiful as you are, and nothing anyone else says or does can make you less than perfect. You are perfectly, imperfectly you, and thats all that anyone can ever ask you to be.

I love art, painting, drawing, creating ceramic pieces, really working with any kind of artistic media is an escape for me. I want to go on to help people with my art, I want to work as a traveling model for a while spreading hope and body positivity, and then at some point I’d love to get my art therapy certification and be able to open my own art studio where’d work with kids and young adults to help them through trauma and mental illness with art. Mental health is something I’m incredibly passionate about, I grew up in a less than stable environment and it affected my mental state, I looked to suicide for the answer more often than I like to admit. I want to advocate for teens like me that grew up in environments that weren't ideal, and help them gain access to the healthcare they need to overcome their circumstances. I am also a sexual assault survivor, and I want to be a voice for other survivors all over the world, to help others hear their stories and actually listen. What happened to me broke me, it changed me, and for a long time I lost all hope that things would get better, but it did. I want to be able to give other survivors who feel lost the hope that was once given to me.

As the next Fashion Hero I want to be a role model for young people. To show kids that you can be whoever you want to be, and no one else’s opinion of you really matters. I will advocate for mental healthcare and Environmental awareness and use my platform to do good and attempt to bring about positive change.