Celebs are sending light and love to a 4-year-old who was captured on video calling herself ugly. See the heartbreaking video, plus how Michelle Obama, Viola Davis and more reacted inside…
A video of a 4-year-old little girl calling herself “ugly” has gone viral and now celebs are sending her love and light online.
In the viral clip, 4-year-old Ariyonna is getting her hair done by Atlanta stylist Shabria and that’s when the little girl says “I’m so ugly.”
Stylist Shabria quickly shut that down and told her, “Don’t say that!” as Ariyonna began to cry. “You are so pretty. You have the prettiest little dimples. You are too cute. You have this beautiful chocolate skin. You are just so gorgeous,” Shabria said to her. “Let me see you smile! You have two dimples!,” she continued.
It’s truly heartbreaking!
Watch the clip below:
"We Must UPLIFT Our Queens," Shabria wrote in the caption of the video. "While doing her hair she had alllll the energy in the world then out of nowhere she stares at herself and gets soooo discouraged it broke my heart into pieces because she has the GREATEST energy and the most beautiful smile and heart ! She comes from a great home & loving mother . I just think when kids go to school they learn and pick up sooo much different things that they don’t know the definition but they know the feeling ! Keep her in your prayers and keep lifting up our future !!!"
After finishing her hair, Shabrina shared a cute video of little Ariyonna:
Aww! She's absolutely adorable.
Little Ariyonna's video hit home for several celebs, which prompted them to publicly let her know she's more than beautiful. Forever FLOTUS Michelle Obama sent Ariyonna some positive words that made our hearts melt.
"Ariyonna, you are gorgeous," Mrs Obama wrote on Instagram. "In a world that sometimes tries to say otherwise, I want to tell you—and every other beautiful, intelligent, brave black girl—just how precious you are. #blackgirlmagic @lilwavedaddy"
Oscar winner Viola Davis saw the video and reinforced what Shabria told her:
"THIS is the motivating factor for Black women to leave a legacy...of WORTH of BEAUTY!," Viola wrote. "We are fighting hundreds of years of brutal conditioning of being considered less than. It is sprinkled in our language, behavior, laws, music...etc.. and trickles down to our youth. I'm speaking LIFE into Ariyonna. From a sista who looks a lot like you....you were born worthy therefore you were born beautiful!@lilwavedaddy"
"Orange Is The New Black" actress Laverne Cox chimed in:
"Teaching our Black Daughters Their Beauty and Worth," Laverne wrote. "Part of the reason I wept so hard when I saw Zaya Wade being applauded and celebrated in my last post is because I saw this post a few days ago on twitter and it broke my heart. And Viola Davis wrote here what I was too overwhelmed to express. bell hooks once wrote loving Blackness is a revolutionary act. Inspired by her words I have said loving transness is a revolutionary act. My trans politics are rooted in intersectional feminist politics taught to me by black women like bell hooks through her books. Teaching stunningly beautiful brown girls like this one to see her profound beauty and worth is our work. Let's get busy. ... Reposted from @violadavis of WORTH of BEAUTY! We are fighting hundreds of years of brutal conditioning of being considered less than. It is sprinkled in our language, behavior, laws, music...etc.. and trickles down to our youth. I'm speaking LIFE into Ariyonna. From a sista who looks a lot like you....you were born worthy therefore you were born beautiful! @lilwavedaddy"
Jada Pinkett Smith also reacted to the video:
"THIS made me cry!," the Red Table Talk host captioned. "Kudos to this beautiful woman for loving on this beautiful child! We gotta love on each other! This made my heart sing @lilwavedaddy," she wrote.
A whole movement has launched on social media. "Hair Love" director/co-producer Matthew Cherry (who won an Oscar this year for the animated short film) asked for artists to create artwork for Ariyonna using the hashtag #ArtworkForAriyonna:
Hey #ArtTwitter can we get a collection of drawings together of this sweet little girl who mistakenly called herself ugly like the one @LeislAdams did so we can get a collection of them to her and the hairdresser @LilWaveDaddy that encouraged her. Make sure to include the dimples https://t.co/PyG6wRpnrv
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) March 7, 2020
Here are some of the artisitic pieces:
Since then, Ariyonna has been embracing her beauty and even launched an IG account:
Since the video went viral, Ariyonna and Shabria have been busy doing interviews in Atlanta:
Today...
Ariyonna, her mother and stylist Shabria just touched down in NYC likely to do interviews about her story.
She's going to be appearing on the "Tamron Hall Show" this Friday:
This Friday the little girl, Ariyonna, and the woman, Shabria, who delivered this message of love will all be on @TamronHallShow together. https://t.co/9tZr2iDFX2
— Tamron Hall (@tamronhall) March 10, 2020
We love to see it! And it's this very reason - the lack of media and everyday examples of black people being told they're beautiful and fabulous - that TheYBF.com was born.
Photo: Shabria's IG
source: theybf
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