Crystal is BGLH's 2012 Style Icon of the Year!

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More than 2400 votes were tallied and in the end Crystal, who was featured in October, is BGLH’s Style Icon of the Year. Of her hair journey she said:

After looking up tons of natural hair pictures on the internet and watching Youtube videos, my perception of beauty started changing. I realized that there wasn’t just one look (Kim Kardashian look) that meant that you were extremely stunning. Natural hair began to look appealing to me and I wanted to see what I looked like with my natural texture.

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As I was doing research about natural hair I started paying more attention to the content of what the women were talking about and not just their hair. I realized that hair health was something of great importance for growing out long natural hair. I was in my second year of college when I decided to do the BC and I was ready to come into my own look.

Congrats Crystal!! Click here for Crystal’s full profile, including her hair regimen and tips on combating shrinkage. If you want to be featured as a style icon in 2013 submit your photos to our style icon editor, Meosha, at 1menaturally@gmail.com or blackgirllonghair@gmail.com.

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D.P.

7 years ago

Congratulations Crystal! You’re a role model for many.

Crystal Paige

Reply to D.P.

Wow, thank you D.P! As the new Style Icon of the Year for BGLH I would like to represent the natural hair community in a way that encourages women to embrace their own texture and unique sense of style by not conforming themselves to a certain look of another person. It’s all about originality!

Crystal

Patricia Kayden

Congrats to Crystal and Happy New Year to all.

Reply to Patricia Kayden

Thank you Patricia! Happy New Year to you as well!

I’m so excited to be the Style Icon of 2012! Very cool! It was a great contest to be apart of. All the ladies are gorgeous and wore their hair beautifully!!! I loved looking at all the different representations of natural hair and the styles that they accomplished with their hair! I want to thank BGLH for the opportunity to be on the site; they have given myself and the other ladies a chance to share our hair stories which have inspired others just as the previous icons have inspired us! Thank you to everyone who voted and showed support!… Read more »

Naturally Rad

Congratulations!!!!!!!! You are a beautiful young lady!!!!!!!!!

Reply to Naturally Rad

Thank you!!!

Natural hair rocks and im glad we finally acknowledge its beauty
I look forward to reading the new features.Happy N ew Year to all. 🙂

Reply to J

I agree, Happy New Year too you too!

CourtneyNaturalHair

Congratulations Crystal! I was honored to be apart of this contest and the natural hair community. It’s a beautiful thing to see women embrace their natural beauty, and accept the beautiful gift Good gave them. It’s even more beautiful to see the young women such as Crystal to embrace and represent for the natural ladies. Thank you to everyone who voted, I truly appreciate each and everyone of you 🙂

*****CourtneyNaturalHair
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Reply to CourtneyNaturalHair

Thank you Courtney! Your’re right, it is a beautiful thing to see women embrace their own look and rock their natural hair; I absolutely love it! I also loved going through your photos and seeing how lovely your hair is, it’s amazing! I appreciate your compliments! Have a Happy New Year!!

Sonya

Congratulations Crystal! You represent the natural hair community well. You’re fabulous!

Reply to Sonya

Thank you Sonya! I was saying in a previous comment I would like to represent the natural hair community in a way that will encourage women to accept their own hair, embellish on it’s quirks, and appreciate their sense of style by not conforming themselves to look like another person. Embracing our uniqueness helps stimulate our self confidence!