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person, or unless they have these things,
or whatever it is. And so, we feel like
being a “good girl” instead of a “Bad B” is
something that is not common. We want
to encourage women who take pride in
being something different, not following
the status quo. Doing your own thing,
blazing your own path. And knowing that
it’s fly to be good, it’s fly to be yourself,
it’s fly to demand respect, it’s fly to know
that you can conquer the world. I think
When
we view
other
women,
it’s not
competition. It’s
all about
how can
I uplift
this
sister.”
that kind of girl needs to be defended
because I think a lot of people are afraid
to be that person because they’re going
to be perceived maybe corny or not cool.
But dude, you don’t get it. That is the
coolest thing you can do.
MADE: You fit your non-profit to match
the empowerment of your fashion line.
How have you designed that company to
impact the world?
LaMyia: Originally, Megan and I have
always really had a passion for young
women. It seems like the young women
we’re around - even women that we
didn’t even know like that – would
instantly be drawn to us. They would
always share things with us, they were
always compelled to really interact with
us on a real level. And so, for us, we felt
that God put this on our heart and we
needed to share the things and
experiences that we’ve been through and
really help bring other young women
up. Give them the opportunity to be in
like-minded groups, really express themselves and find solutions in ways to move
forward. Give them resources. Initially it’s
like, we got out of school, we’ve always
been into acting, and we’ve always
known the direction that we wanted to go
into. But we know a lot of women who
don’t know how to get started because
they don’t have the resources or they
don’t know where to turn. And so for
us, we want to be a resource center for
these young women and give them the
opportunity to reach out and be connected where they might not otherwise have
those opportunities.
Meagan: As well as a resource of
support and mentors - people to just
really love on them that are really about
sisterhood and about making sure that the
young girl behind me, behind her, has an
opportunity to pursue the things that they
want in life. That’s the goal, that’s the
movement.
MADE: It sounds like something gave
you all strong motivation to be well
rounded. What instilled that confidence in
you to feel like “I can be sexy, but I can
still have good values at the same time”?
LaMyia: & Meagan: Mom.
LaMyia: Starting with our mother. We
had a single mother. In our household,
she was married and we didn’t hear a lot
arguing, a lot of fighting or things like
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