Dollface Betty ♥: A Star is Born

Marilyn Monroe thought it. Ginger Rogers did it. Audrey Hepburn succeeded it in. Billie Holiday sang it. Jean Harlow wanted it. Jayne Mansfield said it. Greta Garbo cried for it.

What do I and these women have in common?

One word: DREAMS.

We've all got dreams. Dreams of becoming the next Betty Grable - The Pin-Up Girl. Or even Kim Novak - Hollywood's Starlet. Maybe even Sarah Vaughan - The American Jazz Singer. Something all of these legends had in common was that not only did they dream, but they did. They took their dreams; their talents, disregarded what other people said or thought, and did what they wanted to do. I am a firm believer that we were all put on this earth with a purpose... with a talent for us to find and utilize and make known to the world. Whether it's an artist, a model, an actor, a singer or dancer, or even an acrobat. Whatever it is, it's worth something and it's beautiful.

Because I am an old soul (and definitely born in the wrong era, may I add) I look up to many of these women. I can only imagine how difficult it was to be a woman in the 20s-50s struggling to be an actress, singer, model [pin-up girl], etc. Between the fear and rejection that society constantly brought upon these women, I don't know which is worse. And yet they STILL managed to master the skill of becoming that starlet that graced the camera and the walls of many people, and even today, continue to do so. That is what you call a Dream.

As a woman in today's society, it is still a difficult task to become that someone. There is constant competition and rejection, but that is part of life. This may sound cliche, but if it were easy everyone would do it. This is what I think: Whatever your dream is, if you want it (and I mean, real bad) and you're willing to work hard for it - you CAN and WILL get it.

I've got lots of dreams too. I want to become a great, well known writer known for my novels, stories, poetry and inspirational words that have changed lives in the smallest way possible. I want to become a model, who graces billboards, magazines, television screens, and the walls of people who see me and think: She is indeed a hardworking, independent starlet of this era.I want to be the next Greta Gable - The Girl With The Million Dollar Legs. I want to be the next Marilyn Monroe - The Most Celebrated Of All.

I've been doing a lot of thinking. A lot of working. A lot of shooting. And the more I accomplish, the more I know I will get to that special place. All I know is this:

"There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest."

-Marilyn Monroe

And I won't EVER stop dreaming the hardest. I've got people in my life (you know who you are) who believe in me and constantly tell me how great I am and how I'm going to go places and become someone big. And in my heart, I know it will happen. It's been happening slowly. I just can't see it because I'm too busy working toward a bigger and better future aside from raising my talent privately.

My inspirations. My muses. My reason for succeeding.