Charlize Theron is an inspiring role model because she overcame struggles in her early life, has worked hard to achieve success, and is a supporter of many charities. She was born in Benoni, South Africa on August 7, 1975. Her father, Charles, is French and her mother, Gerda, is German.
She overcame struggles in her early life. Her father was an abusive alcoholic; He drank often, spent less time with the family, and threatened the family when he was drunk. He attacked her mother, and her mother killed him in self-defense. She had a knee injury that ended her dancing career. At twelve, she attended the National School of the Arts in Johannesburg. At eighteen, she enrolled at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York. After eight months, she injured
Katherine Dunham, born on June 22, 1909 was an African American dancer. Her mother Fanny June Dunham died when she became sick and her father Albert Dunham Sr., left to work as a salesman. Dunham and her older brother Albert Jr., were raised by their loving aunt Lulu on the ghetto side of Chicago. At four years old, Dunham would go to the salon, her aunt’s workplace, and would always remember how much her mother loved music. It was not long before that when Katherine noticed how people would look at her aunt because of the color of her skin. It was why Lulu lost her job and had to move in with other relatives as her aunt could not afford their little apartment anymore. They moved several times with Dunham family members, where Katherine discovered
In this vignette, the client and social worker begin a new session at the point where the last left off. Kirsten, a college student, has come to this private practice setting to discuss her experiences, fears, and difficulties with coming out, particularly after her previous coming out experiences. In the previous sessions, the worker and Kirsten have explored many themes revolving around coming out, her experience coming out to her neighbor, and Kirsten’s anxieties about talking with her sister. The role of the social worker in this vignette is to discuss possible options with Kirsten as she moves toward talking with her sister, engaging in role play Kirsten has requested, and exploring Kirsten’s feelings about the upcoming meeting with her
Do you know the person who played as Ellie in Ice Age? It's a person who inspires many. Queen Latifah is a hero because she shows women that they can do anything if they put their mind into it, by the roles she plays and her talk show.
Her parents who at that time could not understand the choices she made are very happy for their daughter and what she has accomplish. When she left her home at the middle of a fight and never went back. She said,” I had to make my own way” and then lived in a Manhattan dance studio where she was training. Then she got an apartment with some friends in Manhattan Hell’s Kitchen. Since the time she move out of her home she started her showbiz career as a dancer in stage musicals and most notably in her tour to Golden musicals of Broadway and in a Japanese tour. Then she audition to be a fly girl in Fox’s hit comedy “In living Colors,” she beat out 2,000 other contenders in a nation wide competition. Then she cracked into Hollywood and she wanted to make a transition to acting, but she followed Color producer Keenan Ivory Wayans advice to stay with the show for a while before making any attempt to move on.
Dr. Sally Ride is an icon that many women have looked up to, especially female astronauts. Sally Ride was the first American woman to take flight in a spacecraft, be a part of the NASA space program, advocate for women in the field of science and wrote her own books. So with these wonderful accomplishments, what led Sally Ride to become an influential role model? Well, Ride was born on May 26th, 1951 in Los Angeles, California. Her parents are Dale Burdell Ride, a political science professor, and Carol Joyce Ride, a psychology counselor. From a very young age, Ride had shown great skill and talent in both tennis and her academics. With her parents’ encouragement, she worked hard and earned a tennis scholarship to Westlake High School for Girls.
She has gained the trust of their parents by knowingly doing what is right for their children, while also instilling knowledge and life lessons as she watches over them with love. Another example would be her passion for dance. She has been dancing since she was three years old, and grew up dancing for a local dance company. Staying committed to the company, she never left, but stayed through her entire dance career. Ms. Baker competed in many competitions and won trophies for herself and also her dance company. She knew that if she performed at her best it would represent not only herself, but her family and who taught her. It attracted many young children who wished to dance when they saw that she performed in a graceful manner and was extremely poised. After reaching the age in which she was too old to compete, she returned to the dance facility as an instructor and teaching assistant. She could not break the bond in which she had built with the association. While doing many extracurricular activities, Ms. Baker attend Rockingham Early College High School where she has maintained excellent grades to represent herself not only well rounded, but academically. The rigor of the college level courses did not stop her from pursuing
Maya Angelou grew up and was born in the state of Louis, Missouri. She was a Daughter of two hard-working parents, named Bailey Johnson who was the main provider and worked as a doorkeeper and Vivian Johnson who was a nurse. Eventually, her parents were divorced just when she turned three years old. At a young age, her brother Bailey that was eight years and herself and their grandmother were living in a very small town called Stamps in Arkansas where she absorbed much religious faith and would have to wear old-fashioned courtesy due to the old traditional African American lifestyle. In her early childhood years, Maya Angelou was raised with her brother Bailey during in the racially segregated South by her paternal grandmother. She earned a scholarship to a drama school.
She got really homesick and missed her mother and her sister. Going to many schools made her
My role model is Shailene Woodley. She is my role model because she is talented, beautiful, and a leader.
Frida Kahlo was born on July 6,1907 in Coyocoán, Mexico. Frida and her 6 siblings grew up in the house she was born in, which later became known as Casa Azul.(“Frida Kahlo Biograhy.com”,2017) Her father, Wilhelm, was a German Photographer who came to Mexico where he met and married Frida’s mother, Matilde. Around the age of 6 she contracted polio, which caused her to be bedridden for nine months. When she did recover from the illness she walked with a limp because the illness had damaged her right leg and foot. Her father encouraged her to go swimming, to play soccer, and to wrestle to help with her recovery. In 1922,with hopes of becoming a doctor, Kahlo enrolled at the National Preparatory School; she was one of the 35
Gabrielle Chanel is born on August 19, 1883, in a hospice in Saumur, France run by nuns called the Sisters of Providence. Her mother Eugence Jeanne Devolles was only 20 years old at that time and already had another daughter, Julia, born only less than a year before. Her father, Albert Chanel was 28 and was a merchant who was always away on travel. Both her mother and father had been consistently on the move never putting roots down for the children.
Audrey Hepburn is one of the most iconic actresses ever to cross the screen. Well known for her acting career, Audrey’s life was lived for the good of others. There are many events in her life that made her to be so devout in her charity work. Audrey’s several hit movies and awards make her a great role model to aspiring actors, but her difficult experiences with World War II and her charity work make her an inspiration to all.
Her first school to attend was a preparatory school called Riddlesworth Hall of Diss, Norfolk. In 1974 she went to West Health, near Seven oaks, Kent as a boarder. While she was attending there she showed a talent for music (she was a pianist.) In 1977 she left West Health and moved on to finishing school at the Institute of Alpin Videmanette in Switzerland. A year later she moved to a flat in Coleherne Court, London. She got a job as a Kindergarten teacher at ...
Nina Sayers is known as a timid, fragile childlike Caucasian female in her mid-twenties, currently working as a ballerina for the ambiguous New York Ballet Company. Most of her daily activity consist of improving her abilities as a ballerina. If she is not at the academy practicing she is at home practicing or doing anything to make her reach perfection. She is a talented ballerina with great potential, who strives for perfection in every aspect of her life. Her greatest desire is to become a prima ballerina. Nina currently lives with her mother, Erica Sayers. Her mother is controlling. She controls every part of Nina’s life, from undressing her to cutting her nails. She tries to keep her from the outside world, and when it comes to a father, he is not existent. In regards to her mother, it is understood that Nina has no close friends or social support in her daily life and even at the ballet company. Nina’s physical appearance is also very worrisome. She is visibly underweight and has apparent scratches, bruises and cuts on her body. She also has gruesome wounds on her feet, which probably occur from her rigorous time sent dancing, and the amount of stress and pressure
Ever since I was in eighth grade, I have been obsessed with Taylor Swift. She has been my role model since I was thirteen. When you look at most singers today, they have to be singing about drugs or alcohol, using vulgar language, or performing half-dressed. You never see Taylor Swift doing anything that she would be ashamed of later in life. On the other hand, she has had many relationships that have lasted short time periods. At least, she is not getting married for 72 days or even 24 hours such Kim Kardashian or Britney Spears. This is why I chose to write a research paper on her.