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
What is a Role Model? A role model is someone that inspires you and someone that you are interested in learning more about. According to Studymode.com, Ray Lewis was born May 15, 1975 and is a linebacker who has played for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL since 1996. Lewis has been selected to eleven Pro Bowls and been named an Associated Press All-Pro nine times. He won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2000 and 2003; he was the sixth player to win the award multiple times. He was also the second linebacker to win the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award and the first linebacker to win the award on the winning Super Bowl team. Ray Lewis is a great NFL defensive man and has broken records throughout the history of NFL. Not once did he not give up or not try hard enough. He always tried and played at his best. Being the man that he is, he may have inspired men and young boys around the country to push themselves through each and every practice despite the pain they may have experienced the next day just to continue in the sport that they know and love.
Her lasting career was not given to her easily, therefore, creating an inspiring story full of hardships and success. Ever since she was a little girl, her dream was to become a successful and famous dancer. In New York City, when she was trying to fulfill her dream, she was unable to find a job in the theatre department. Instead of being discouraged, she decided to make something good come from it. She choreographed her own routines, created her own costumes, and organized solo recitals for audiences to enjoy. This event led her to the biggest adventure in her life that would later impact the world. She was invited to return back to London to pursue her education in the performing arts, so that she could further improve her talents that would make up her entire career.
At eleven years old, she was discovered by Gus Edwards and performed in a dinner show called the Vaudeville Kiddie Revue. In her teenage years she could often be found dancing in clubs. Then, she started auditioning for Broadway shows. The reason she started tap dancing was because the fact that every audition she went to, she was asked to tap dance. So, she enrolled in the Jack Donahue School in New York. After her first class, she didn’t want to come back because she felt so behind. Jack called her and told her to come back, so she did. By her seventh lesson, she was finally getting good.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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 ...