Alexa Ray Joel is the 21-year old daughter of Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel. Can you just imagine what it must be like to have a mom who is one of THE MOST adulated models in history?
Recently Perez Hilton, salacious celeb blogger, had a picture of Alexa Ray where he said that she was not bad looking, but "no supermodel." Ugh! Alexa Ray saw this post and wrote her opinion about it on her MySpace page.
I was really impressed with this young woman's perspective on beauty and herself. I was also impressed to hear what her mom had to say about this Hilton post. It's obvious that Alexa Ray has a good set of head on her shoulders because of positive influence. Alexa writes quite a bit, but this part I found majestic:
"Why does the media's idea of beauty have to always fit inside such a conventional box? Why doesn't the media promote any sense of individuality and open-mindedness? My boyfriend always tells me how much he loves my dimples and how I have a "cute over-bite" when I smile, as well as this scar on my chest that I used to be self-conscious about-- he calls it my "sexy mark", (yes--he's a keeper!!)-- so if these imperfections are what our partners end up growing to love so much about us, why isn't this celebrated as a natural, human truth? Why is it hidden, and replaced with this false truth that everybody's supposed to aspire to look like a "supermodel" (whatever looking like a super-model entails--I have no clue)."
Aren't you just loving Alexa Ray? I most definitely am! Better yet, Perez Hilton saw Alexa's post and posted it as his quote of the day. Over 900 folks commented basically telling Perez he's a jerk and should apologize. All were impressed as I to Alexa's eloquence and depth. Right on!
Read her post in its entirety as she talks about her feelings about being on the red carpet, what she thinks of tabloids like Perez Hilton, and her thoughts about a blogger who picked on the looks of her 8-year old sister. Alexa Ray is definitely a good role model for young women.
