Michelle Dee Instagram – When you are true to who you are, NO ONE can stop you.
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This cover isn’t just my first magazine cover as #MsUniversePhilippines2023. This cover is about telling MY personal story and taking control of MY narrative. It’s an embodiment of how I truly own who I am and how I want to encourage others to do the same.
Thank you @mega_magazine @archiecarrasco @peeweeisidro for allowing me to grace the cover of your Magazine with such a strong and progressive message. It’s publications like these who allow us trailblazers to take risks that we truly can make a change in the perception of multiple topics and issues. ♡
Thank you to @themissuninversephilippines and @gmasparkleartsis @joymarcelo1115 @jonasempire.ph for supporting me to be true to who I am. It’s not everyday a public figure is allowed to break out of the stereotype placed on them. Thank you for allowing me to break boundaries and introduce a new concept of what a beauty queen and an actress can be with this cover. ♡
To my family, friends, && TEAM MMD – thank you for backing me up by letting myself come out on my own time. I am sure you guys had your thoughts and observations but nevertheless, I felt loved just the same as any person you’ve chosen to let into your lives. ♡
To my supporters, thank you for celebrating my sexuality even before. I see your edits and messages and I am so lucky to have a community of people who can learn to love me regardless of who and what I love.
I hope this cover and my story not only empowers you to be authentic to who you are but to also be a champion of the people who are also taking the steps to be as true as they can be to themselves. Let’s not let labels and stereotypes define and control us or the people around us. Rather, let’s allow these misconceptions and biases to push and inspire us to own our narrative and become the unstoppable force we all are deep inside.
I am Michelle Marquez Dee. An entrepreneur. A Lifelong Advocate. An Actress. Miss Universe Philippines 2023 and PROUDLY BISEXUAL.
Wearing @balmain
#mmdverse #michelledee #MMDLoudAndProud #mmd | Posted on 29/May/2023 13:55:46
