This is Gina Shkeda.
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She is a 21 year old Canadian beauty blogger with over 1 million fans across social media. Clearly, this girl is downright stunning. But yesterday she reminded her fans that she’s not only beautiful but also incredibly down to earth.
If I could wake up as beautiful as @GinaShkeda I’d be the happiest girl alive #naturalbeauty pic.twitter.com/ExpI2bnnIP
— paige matthews (@_Pajdelamah) March 31, 2017
Clearly even beautiful bloggers are “just like us,” because Gina seemed to be up late browsing Twitter at the exact same time. Just a minute later, she promptly responded:
Girl I have micro bladed brows, lash extensions in and lip injections - I don’t even look like this ? you’re flawless https://t.co/6Eh2wxclC9
— Gina (@GinaShkeda) March 31, 2017
Gina already gets cool points for interaction with her fans on a regular basis, but we are giving her *prayer hands emojis* her for getting this real on such a public platform. Fans were immediately impressed with Gina’s honesty and openness about her beauty routine, and weren’t shy about sharing their praise:
@GinaShkeda you really … DID THAT … with your response. Thank you for being one of a kind.
— anna (@BaconBitsBitch) March 31, 2017
@GinaShkeda @mercedesknights i love how honest you are about this!!!! still you look gorgeous!!!!
— Alika (@ayealika) March 31, 2017
YOU’RE BOTH FLAWLESS! I love when girls build each other up! Y’all are queens! ??✨? https://t.co/bXr89sE4gP
— yung spaghetti (@abbey_hughes) March 31, 2017
Getting real is important
Between social media and real life, we are surrounded by beautiful faces every day. Who’s to know what’s real and what’s just a really good filter? It’s natural to feel insecure from time to time! That’s why it’s so refreshing to see someone with such influence acknowledge the fact that unrealistic standards of beauty do exist. That even though everyone is entitled to embrace what makes them feel most beautiful,”natural-ish” is not the same as natural. Gina is a perfectly example of “doing you and owning it,” which is a great trait to have in a role model:
@GinaShkeda @deray Thank you for saying that to our teen girls
— LucyLyrical (@LucyLyrical) April 1, 2017
@GinaShkeda @AdrianXpression wow that was refreshing and positive af to see someone plainly admit their natural-look isnt natural
— onyxmorphina (@onyxmorphina) April 1, 2017
It’s obvious that Gina Shkeda is a true beauty inside out, who uses her platform to instill confidence and lift up other people. Can we clone her!?
