If you have lived in Asia, you have probably encounter comments that target your body size instead of who you are, and more than once! The first "greeting" from people around us are usually comments about our appearance even they mean no harm. It goes like this, "Hey you have lost weight, prettier now!" "Hey your butt looks bigger than last time I saw you! Watch your diet!"
We as individuals, are not usually being praised for our personalities or the knowledge and contribution one holds, but reduced to how many pounds we weight or how pretty we are. I believe women are more than that, that we do not necessarily have to survive using our beauty as what the society deem to believe in nowadays.
We as individuals, are not usually being praised for our personalities or the knowledge and contribution one holds, but reduced to how many pounds we weight or how pretty we are. I believe women are more than that, that we do not necessarily have to survive using our beauty as what the society deem to believe in nowadays.
In general, most people understand that Asian culture is
very different than the west when it comes to "beauty standard", it is
even more conservative comparing to the west. Even in the eyes of the westerns, their perception of "oriental beauty" seems to be reference like Susie wong, or Lucy Liu or whoever they know that is asian, and they are slender dark hair females. But If you have been to Asia you will know that Asians also come in all shapes and sizes too!
In this Curvasians series, I will interview some of the women I have come across as the "Outstanding outcasts" in our society, to showcase samples of who we REALLY are,
surpassing the surface of beauty. Afterall, a beautiful mind is what
lasts. We will go beyong what's on the outside, to learn about how some of us see the world, how they have become who they are in their journey.
This is the first curvasian interview I have conducted a while back! We have Danyl from the Philippines. I have met Danyl through Instagram since I have join a few years ago. She has been a force on ig and a fellow aspiring fashion girl that I associate with. We have had similar expereince living in Asia as a non size 2 and that we have both fought our own battle with body images, we have strived and survived, below we will get to know her more
What is your name and where are you from?
What size of clothes do you wear?
My
size is either Large or Extra Large its depend how they made it. For example, from Forever 21 my size will be a Large and in HM is Extra Large :)
Who is your favorite designer for clothing and your favorite style?
My
Favorite Designer is Rachel Zoe because she's very Classy and Fab...
She had a trademark/ signature, That is the reason why I admire her as I have
learned a lot from her... each of US has our own trademark/signature style.
My favorite style is Monochrome - black and white. Most of my
clothes are color black or white I don't know why?(Bertha : It is because that's your favorite style ;))
But one thing that I
know is that our style is based on our PERSONALITY.
If one likes girly looks, one will like mostly colorful items, as opposed to someone who likes Black and White. So i guess my Personality reflect what my
STYLE Is :))
What is your life like living in your
country as a curvy Asian girl (*as oppose to most of the other Asians
who are naturally lean)?
You know, I was skinny before, but my confident has increased whilst
I gain weight.
I'd realize I need to LOVE myself, of course I have felt depressed before when i gain weight :)) but because of the all CURVY WOMAN in
the WHOLE WIDE WORLD and it is really AMAZING!!! and INSPIRING!!! Like YOU!! You
Inspired me too!! (Bertha: Thank you :)) Thats why im so thankful to the Honormycurves Movement. Because of her I have GAINED my CONFIDENT.
And i know Not only me she has CHANGED
but many other Ladies and FILIPINA too.
Of
couse yes!!! Very Remarkable haha :)) and I have had so much to learn when it comes to styling my clothes. Before, I would envy so much whenever I see other sexy ladies
wearing sexy clothes! And I would think I CANT! But I
LEARNED that i can wear those sexy outfit in other way ^_^
What do I love about myself? I think! I LOVE being FAT so much haha!! I dont mean being Fat that
I always eat but to know how to take care of my health while being curvy ^_^
Have you learned anything positive or remarkable from the above experience? What do you love about yourself?
I think PERSONALITY is the most important, not the way you carry you clothes, not the way you flaunt your body, or how nice your skin is, but your PERSONALITY :)
Why? Because if you do not love YOURSELF first and what God has given to you,
you cant be BEAUTIFUL. If you don't love yourself, no matter how you try to push it only on the appearance, your "TRUE FORM"
will not appear until you take your FIRST STEP is to LOVE YOURSELF.
If you were to join a non-profit organisation to help our society, what would it be?
It would be the Dentous Et Cus Volunteer (Dental Mission).
Ive been a volunteer there for 5 years.
We have HELPED a lot of people around the Philippines and we gave them a beautiful Smile.
We
provide free Cleaning, free Tooth extraction for those who cannot
afford the Dental Treatment. We also educated the children on how to
take care of their teeth in order to prevent the carious lesion and to
have a great smile in the Future :)
What / Who is your inspiration? What do you love doing that promote positivity and happiness?
Actually,
its all started on Instagram as I was inspired by people's #OOTD! Haha :))
When I am on Instagram, I try to influence all Filipina to also try to gain their Confidence ^_^
My heart melts when I am being compliment, I am told that I'm beautiful,
sexy, and those words really melt my heart. So thats why I
continued to inspired people and of course because of them and YOU! I
never GIVE UP ^_^
Any tips for the young women nowadays, our next generation?
I would like to give my tips to ALL the Women in the Whole Wide World!
1.Don't
be afraid of being who you are. You might be compared by others but if you
showed what or how you OVERCOME your FEAR and just be yourself, you will definitely be
an INSPIRATION to all Women.
2: Don't be shy. Be Proud what God has given to you :) Because God never provide to us ungraceful gifts.
3. Be Positive and stay focus on YOURSELF.
4: Do what You LOVE because LIFE is too short to waste your time doing anything NONSENSE. :)
(Danyl helped us translated the article into Tagalog as this is her first langugage and it would also be really great to share this with her people from the Philippines in the original context.)
Q: Ano Pangalan mo at saan ka galing
A: Ang pangalan ko ay Danyl Lynn Dee at galing ako sa Pilipinas
Q: Anung sukat ang mga sinusuot mo?
A:
Ang aking sukat ay alin man sa dalawa pwedeng Malaki or mas malaking
Sukat depende sa pagkakayari nito tulad ng Forever 21 ang sukat ko doon
ay Malaki (large) pero sa H&M ay Mas malaki (extra Large) :)
Q: Sino ang paborito mong Disenyo para sa Damit? Ano ang paborito mong Istilo?
A:
Aking paborito kong Disenyo ay si Rachel Zoe dahil napaka Classy at Fab
nya. Ayun din ang rasyon bakit ko sya gustong gusto, ang dame ko
natutunan sakanya na bawat TAO ay may sariling TATAK
Paborito
kong istilo ay Monochrome - Itim and Puti. Karamihan sa mga damet ko ay
itim at puti, di ko alam bakit (Bertha : Dahil ito ang iyong paboritong
istilo ;))
Pero isa
lang alam ko na bawat istilo naten ay binabase sa ating personalidad.
Kung ang mga kikay na babae kadalasan ang hilig nila ay makukulay at sa
kabaliktaran nito sa mga mahilig sa itim at puti. Kaya't ang aking
Personalidad ay naipapahiwatig kung anu ang Istilo ko :)
Q: Ano klaseng pamumuhay sa iyong bansa bilang Kurbang Asiana (bilang karamihan sa babae sa normal na buhay)
A: Karamihan
sa mga babae Filipinang Kurba ay SIMPLE lang tamang ayos, kadalasan
maluluwag na damet na tinatago mga TABA, kasi nahihiya dahil malaman
kame,,Alamo mo ba ako nagsimula ako sa payat pero mas tumaas un
"Confident" ko nang TUMABA na ako, natuklasan ko mahalin ang sarili ko,
at syempre nadepress den ako noong una dahil tumaba ako pero dahil sa
tulong ng marami Kurbabg babae sa buong MUNDO parang nakakaWOW 
Kahanga hanga sila, tulad mo, Hinahangaan kita as in,,,(Bertha: Salamat
Sayo :)) kaya laking pasasalamat ko din talaga sa honormycurves
movement dahil sakanya tumaas un Confident ko at alam ko hinde lang ako
napabago pati na den ang sa lahat ng babae at mga FILIPINA din :)
Q: May natutunan ka ba na kahit anung positibo o pambihira mula sa mga naranasan mo?Ano mga bagay na minahal mo sa sarili mo?
A:
Ay OO naman! Pambihira tlga :) at ang dame ko talaga natutunan tulad na
lang sa pag isstilo ng damet. Dati parang lahat na lang isuot ng mga
sexy babae naiinggit ako, tas ako di ko magagawa. Pero yung nalampasan
ko takot ko, natutunan ko maari din ako mag suot ng mga damet na pang
payat sa ibang pamamaraan :)
Gustong
gusto ko mga Taba ko! Pero di ibig sabihin na kain ng kain pero dapat
marunong paden alagaan un sarili naten habang tayo ay kurba pangalawa ay
ang PAGKATAO, di sa pano ako manamit, di sa katawan ko makurba o sa
kulay ng balat kundi dahil sa PAGKATAO :) bakit? Dahil kung di mo mahal
ang sarili mo at di mo minahal ang bigay ng PANGINOON sayo, di ka tlga
magiging MAGANDA kahit ilan beses mo subukan, di lalabas un "TOTOO ANYO"
mo kung di mo gagawin ang Unang Hakbang ang mamahalin iyong SARILI :)
Q: Kung ikaw sasali sa isang samahang hindi pangkalakan organisasyon para tulungan ang sambayanan, ano ito?
A:
Ito ay ang Dentous Et Cus Volunteer (Dental Mission) Boluntaryo na ako
ng 5 years. Marami na kame natulungan na tao sa buong parte ng Pilipinas
para magkaroon ng NGITI.
Nagbibigay kame ng
libreng Linis, Libreng Bunot para sa mga tao di makaya ang Dental
Treatment. Tinuturaan din namin ang mga bata pano pangalagaan ang
kanilang mga ngipin upang ng maganda ngiti sa hinaharap :)
Q: anumang tip para sa mga kababaihan ngayong mga araw na ito, sa ating susunod na henerasyon?
A: Ang tip na maibibigay ko para sa mga lahat ng kakabihan sa buong MUNDO,
1:
wag matakot, sa una lagi ka nagkukumpara sa iba pero kung ipapakita mo
sa iba kung ano at paano mo nalampasan ang TAKOT, talagang nagiging
INSPIRASYON ka sa lahat ng Kababaihan tulad ko :)
2: wag mahiya, ipagmalaki kung anu ang binigay ng Panginoon, dahil wala binigay ang Diyos na di maganda regalo sa atin.
3: maging positibo, wag magkumpara ipokus lang ang sarili, at
4:
GAWIN kung anu ang gusto mo, dahil maiksi lang ang buhay naten para
sayangin ang oras sa mga bagay na wala naman katuturan :)
Please stay tuned to see more interviews of other curvasians from now on :)
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