“Growing up, I never thought I was an inspiration to anybody in any way. I never realized that some of these young girls really needed someone to look up to,” says former Degrassi star Christina Schmidt.
, Christina Schmidt has been a role model for anyone who’s lacking in self-love.
It may have taken time for Schmidt to realize the potency of her relevance in pop culture, but her confidence and positive vibes were palpable at ourcover shoot, where she rocked a body-con Balmain maxi-dress. “A lot of curvy girls wear things that don’t show their shape—they wear baggy T-shirts and baggy pants to cover everything up,” she says, acknowledging long-standing notions about what types of clothing are deemed appropriate for what body shapes.
But Schmidt recalls being drawn to the expressive potential of style early on. As a teenager in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., she’d cut up and customize T-shirts and sweatshirts. And she says that her exposure to the fashion industry has helped her to develop an adventurousness when it comes to dressing—through “the power of combining two things I’d never put together, opening my mind to colour and shapes and stepping outside a safe boundary.
“As long as you feel good, that’s all that matters. When you feel confident, people notice that more than anything.”
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