Christie Valdiserri - Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model: Bald and Bold!

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🗓️ 29 October 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model and Professional Dancer, Christie Valdiserri, was always the bombshell blonde who "looked" the part. But one day, Christie noticed a small patch of hair missing from the back of her head. Over the following weeks, Christie soon became fully bald and was diagnosed with Alopecia at the age of 22. At first she was devastated, embarrassed, and covered up her disease underneath a wig. On this episode, Christie takes us through her entire journey of how she went from blonde, to bald, to BOLD, learning to embrace her new appearance and redefine what it means to be beautiful. Her story is incredibly inspiring, get the tissues ready!

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0:00.0	I really cried, I think for 12 days straight.
0:02.8	Like I was miserable.
0:04.7	I remember I was teaching a class and like,
0:06.7	broke down out there outside to one of my clients
0:10.0	like was calling my brother, my parents.
0:12.1	Like I was absolutely miserable
0:14.6	to put this much effort and energy
0:17.0	like energy into healing myself.
0:20.0	And I remember being at a bar job
0:22.3	that I was working at and being like,
0:24.1	I don't care about anything.
0:25.6	I don't care about anything.
0:27.2	All I care about is my hair growing back.
0:29.0	And I would go to audition and be like,
0:30.0	I don't care.
0:30.8	I just want my hair to grow back.
0:32.4	I just want my hair to grow back.
0:39.3	Welcome back to Real Pob with Victoria Garrick.
0:41.7	I am your host and today's guest
0:43.4	is the incredibly inspiring Christie Valdiserri.
0:46.9	Christie is a professional dancer
0:48.4	who graduated from Penn State University
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