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Meet Taylor Moore

Today we’d like to introduce you to Taylor Moore.

Taylor, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
It all started in elementary school through high school where I was bullied and talked about because of how skinny I was and how I had a birthmark on my forehead that I was born with. It made me feel less of myself, I always tried to fit in and meet up to people standards, my whole teenage journey I was trying to figure out myself who am I and my purpose as a person. When I graduated high school I begin to look into fashion and try to dress differently than others, all while still not being 100% confident tragedy struck October 29.2016 at the Magic City Classic when my boyfriend of 3 years was killed and me and another victim was struck within the negligence I was struck on my left side and the bullet went straight through, I suffered PTSD which caused me to have to see a therapist, during the year of 2016-2019 I suffered depression and trying to find a purpose of why God still has me here I was 18 then. I did my first hair show at the age of 19, then it started from there. I begin to go to model calls, take pictures of myself daily, just dress up for no reason and just take pictures to post them. I realized it made me feel very good about myself.

I noticed everywhere I went people would tell me how beautiful and slim I was and asked me was I a model daily, I never took it seriously but last year where I auditioned for my very first real fashion show in Birmingham Alabama where I’m from, I made it the first try! I was excited and seen how it made me embrace my natural self, my size and my long brown legs. After that, I’ve been taking pictures with different photographers and posting my pictures hashtagging #BirminghamModel #Melanin. I auditioned for Magic City Fashion Week and that’s when I took off. I’ve also been a dancer as well during the years and I begin to mentor young women that suffer from PTSD and depression through tragedy. Now I aspire to be a young black successful model who made it through depression, PTSD, bullying and I wanna show that no matter what trials and tribulations that you go through you can GET through it with God, faith, and determination. I thank my praying grandmother, my supportive manager mother and my close family and friends for being on this journey with me.

Has it been a smooth road?
Has it been a smooth road? Ha ha ha Nah. You have some days where you up and you have some days where you’re down. I had to learn how to be patient, stay focused and love myself for me. People loved me for me, why couldn’t I? That’s what I asked myself all the time during this journey so I really took that in and started being myself, started being fierce *snap fingers* and hunny showing people that being skinny is definitely not bad at all. We are beautiful in many shapes, sizes and colors, no matter what birthmark you have, or scars your still YOU and still beautiful.

We’d love to hear more about your work and what you are currently focused on. What else should we know?
I specialize in modeling, mentoring and dancing. I’m mostly proud of how much my confidence has grown for me through modeling. How aspiring it is to mentor young girls to let them know they have a look, a voice and that we are beautiful inside and out. I feel as if I set apart from others because God gave me a testimony and a gift. I went through everything I have because it made me who I am today and I thank God for that.

How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
My goal for the next year is to attend New York Fashion week and hey, it’s up from there!!!!

Contact Info:

  • Email: t.moore1698@gmail.com
  • Instagram: Beautiful.survivor_
  • Facebook: Taylor Alexis

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