A high school senior named Kyemah McEntyre is breaking the internet with her prom dress. Kyemah designed and handmade the dress inspired by African textiles. Photos of her dress on Instagram have been liked and shared thousands of times.
So why is everyone so excited about this prom dress?
Kyemah's design completely redefines the European standards of beauty we've come to accept as the norm, and even the American expectations of what a prom dress might look like.
Beauty comes in all shapes, sizes and cultures. Recently, women have been reclaiming their own unique beauty like plus-sized model Tess Holliday, who didn't let her "unconventional" body type stop her from getting a modeling contract.
Kyemah is so young and yet she is already taking back what so many have tried to take away from her.
"I'm Kyemah McEntyre, I am 18 years old and I am undoubtedly of African Descent. As an artist I have a completely different point of view compared to most individuals," she wrote on Instagram.
Kyemah attends the Cicely Tyson School of Performing Arts, in East Orange, NJ. Clearly she has got a bright future as a fashion designer.
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Meet Kyemah McEntyre and her handmade prom dress that is breaking the internet.
Kyemah designed the African heritage inspired dress herself.
"This is for always being labeled as, 'ugly' or 'angry.' Thank God, stereotypes are just opinions."
"When European Ideals and standards of beauty mean absolutely nothing," she said.
"I believe that in order for society to gain a wider horizon, we have to be willing to acknowledge other people from differences, beliefs, morals, and values. I would like to take this moment to say that you have to understand who you are because if you leave that space open, you leave your identity in the hands of society. Don't let anyone define you. Beautiful things happen when you take pride in yourself."
Kyemah proved her former bullies wrong not just when her beauty went viral but when she was crowned prom queen that very night.
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