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Was like hey you want to go feed the homeless with us? i went to skid row, like ah! this is where all the broken people are. i been looking for y all all my life. i am broken just like them. that s makeup. that s hair. i m like we got to give this spirit some cpr. yes i got a lot of wigs. i ll save you one queen. they started calling me the makeup lady. this is pretty right here. i never wanted to leave. i love them because i am them. good to see y all! happy saturday, king. i dress them as kings and queens but not all queens live in castles. i ve met a lot of kings and queens on the street. what you want, hair? hair cut? hair? okay. i was just on the verge of saying, you know what? i m done. i give up. and a quick little hello and hug let me know there s hope. and people care. lay back on my hand. there you go. it is just being seen, being touched. being cared for. you want a facemask? ....
Experience. but with the support of our incredible social media family, we ve created a community through the shared human experience of trying to find beauty in hardship. this mission started with me coloring hair, but my volunteers, my amazing team, the fighters for the world, and my lawyer, dana cisneros, helped expand our work. and what we ve been able to do has truly colored my life. i d like to thank the community of skid row for allowing us to share their stories with the world. we see you. we love you. this is for you, skid row. thank you. [cheers and applause] i love her so much. now, tonight not only are we celebrating our top ten heroes ....
thank you guys so very much. thank you so very much. homelessness is a solitary experience. but with the support of our incredible social media family, we ve credated a community through the shared human experience of trying to find beauty in hardship. this mission started with me coloring hair, but my volunteers, my amazing team, the fighters for the world and my lawyer, dana cisneros, helped expand our work. and what we ve been able to do has truly colored my life. i d like to thank the community of skid row for allowing us to share their stories with the world. we see you. we love you. this is for you, skid row. thank you. ....
In 1990, she left her young son demetrius in the care of her grandmother. he found a bottle of prescription drugs, swallowed them, and a few days later he died just shy of his third birthday. soon after, shirley lost her grandmother and demetrius s father to cancer. she was broken, on the brink of homelessness, and thought about ending her life. then in 2017, she was asked to lend a hand at skid row. the moment that shirley stepped on that block, she found purpose for her pain. shirley started beauty 2 the streetz to provide food, clothes, sanitation products, hair, and makeup services and every saturday she goes to where most of us fear to tread. she gives people a hug, a hair cut, and maybe even a glorious red dye job. ....
That s right. you can clap for that. [ applause ] with each act she pulls those fellow broken people close so they know that no matter how tough life gets, they are loved. the world looked at me and thought probably the same thing they think about the homeless passing by. nobody really knew what i d been through, what i was going through. i think after my son died i had no control over a lot of things but i can control how long my eye lashes were. i can control the color of my hair. my wonder woman power is right here. make believe you re normal, shirley. make believe you re not falling apart on the inside, shirley. you know? then one day someone was like you want to go to church? i m like, well, i ain t been there in forever. when i went to church someone ....