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You are on a racetrack.
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You are on a racetrack.
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The crowd is so loud, the lights are blinding.
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And you are running.
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To everyone watching, you are in the lead.
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Your stride looks great.
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And time is going to be a personal best.
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But inside, something feels off.
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Because this is not just a race for position.
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This is a conflict between two versions of yourself.
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One that the world praises and applauds.
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And the other that is quietly asking, is this really me?
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When I was younger, I thought success meant becoming the perfect version of me as the world saw me.
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So, I learned how to perform,
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how to say the right things,
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how to say things to please people,
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how to move to be admired.
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Looking back, I wasn't just running.
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I was becoming a show horse.
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Now you might ask, what is a show horse?
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A show horse is trained to perform.
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It's trained to respond on cue.
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It's trained to move beautifully as long as someone else is watching and judging.
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But then, as I got older,
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I stepped onto a bigger track.
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One that looking perfect wasn't good enough.
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I needed to be faster.
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That's when I became a racehorse.
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Running harder, faster, constantly trying to stay ahead.
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But here's what I didn't realize at the time.
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Sure, a racehorse runs fast,
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but it doesn't choose its direction.
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and somewhere between performing and chasing,
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I realized I started to lose something.
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Not my ability, not my ambition,
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but my sense of direction.
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Have you ever stopped and asked yourself,
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if no one was watching,
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would I still be running this race?
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Now, there is another way to run.
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Not as a racehorse, not as a showhorse,
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but it's something far less predictable as a dark horse.
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A dark horse doesn't run for applause.
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It doesn't run on a fast, fixed lane.
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A dark horse runs for its own rhythm.
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A rhythm that only appears when you stop asking for permission to move.
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I remember the moment that was my turning point, if you will.
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the moment that everything changed.
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When I was in college,
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I got a test grade back.
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I felt instant dread, my stomach dropped.
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I failed that test.
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I got a 40 out of 100.
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Looking at it, it looked like a failure, a big mistake.
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something I needed to fix,
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how I needed to do better.
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But the truth was, it wasn't just a result on a test.
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I was looking in a mirror.
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Because for the first time in my life,
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I wasn't the student that people looked up to.
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I wasn't the student people expected me to be.
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And to be honest, I wasn't impressive.
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And I didn't know what to do without that,
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because I built my identity by being seen in a certain way,
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being capable, being excellent, being right.
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And then I realized something.
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I wasn't trying to just succeed.
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I was trying to be approved by everyone else but me.
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When your goal is approval,
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you don't choose what matters to you.
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You choose what you know will be accepted.
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I'm going to say that again so you really hear me.
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When your goal is approval,
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you don't choose what matters to you.
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You choose what you know will be accepted.
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But it's my life.
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Why would I not choose what matters to me?
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Why would I choose what everyone else wants?
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Looking at that grade, I thought I had lost my standard.
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But what I had actually lost was my performance.
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That number didn't expose a weakness.
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It exposed a dependence.
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Because for years, I had spent time becoming a perfect show horse.
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And for the first time,
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I had to answer a question that I've been avoiding my entire life.
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If I'm not impressive, then who am I?
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After that moment, I thought I would stop.
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Stop performing.
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Stop pretending.
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Stop trying to be perfect.
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But I didn't.
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I couldn't.
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It was ingrained in me.
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I spent years doing it.
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So, I just changed the way I ran.
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Instead of trying to look impressive,
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I started trying to prove that I was still good enough.
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I am still worthy.
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I stepped onto a different kind of track.
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A track that rewards speed, results, achievements.
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And without realizing it, I became a racehorse.
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I ran harder.
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I chased better grades, more titles, more achievements.
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Because I needed the validation and to confirm that I was still worthy.
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I am still good enough despite my failures.
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And that's the track.
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The excellent track.
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because the system rewards you for it.
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When you run fast, people cheer.
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When you achieve more, people notice.
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And when you stay ahead, people admire you.
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So you keep going, running faster, further.
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You do not stop.
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But here's what I didn't question and no one questions.
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Sure, a racehorse runs fast,
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but it doesn't choose where it's going.
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The owner has the direction.
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The track is already determined.
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The pace is already set.
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Someone else is always holding the reins.
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So even when you're winning,
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you might be lost without the owner.
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Because you're not asking, is this where I want to go?
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The only question you're asking, am I ahead?
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That's what the Excellent Trap really is.
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It's not about excellence.
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It's about becoming so focused on approval that you stop choosing your own direction.
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And the most dangerous part of that is you don't feel lost.
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You feel successful.
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At some point I had to stop and ask a different question
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Not how do I win But why am I running at all?
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Because for the first time I realized I've never actually chosen my own direction
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And this is when I began to understand what a dark horse really is
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It is not someone less capable It is not someone who runs slower It is someone who decides first and proves later.
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It doesn't need to be certain and it doesn't need to be sure.
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It doesn't need to be validated.
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It just needs to be honest about what matters.
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Because let me tell you something, something I've learned.
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Honesty is so much harder than a performance.
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Because when you stop asking for permission, you lose the script.
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No one holds your hand.
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No one tells you what's right no one guarantees the outcome.
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You have to.
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You have to choose.
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For me, that choice became a project.
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My advocacy.
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Courage over cancer.
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And I want to be very clear.
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I didn't choose this because it looked good on my resume.
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It looked good on paper.
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I didn't choose it because I get graded on it because I knew it looked good.
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I chose it because it was mine.
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I knew what I was doing.
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I knew why I wanted it and that was new because for the first time I wasn't a show horse.
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I stepped off the racetrack.
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I was no longer a racehorse not because I was confident.
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I can guarantee you I wasn't very scared but because I was finally willing to be uncertain.
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That's what becoming a dark horse really is.
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It means choosing a direction before you know if you'll be rewarded or if you'll succeed.
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That journey
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that long journey i was on led me somewhere very unexpected
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on a stage a little bit bigger than the one i'm
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on right now just a little bit it led me to the stage of miss cosmo 2025
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to the crown also of my cosmo 2025
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but it wasn't easy getting there to everyone looking into outsiders i crossed the finish line i did it all
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that hard work all that dedication the effort the years of running
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but for me it meant something very different
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because the real question is not how i got the crown the real question was who did i become
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while getting there because i've seen it before people cross the finish line
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but they lose themselves in the process they succeed they win But they don't know who they are anymore after winning.
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And I knew one thing for certain when I was competing.
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If I had to put on a mask or a persona,
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I would not be the same person I was behind that microphone.
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I would not be the same person I am right now behind this microphone.
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So I made a decision,
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not about how to win,
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but how to stay real.
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I didn't treat my crown as a reward,
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but as a responsibility, a platform to carry a message that I had learned the hard way.
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Your power does not come from a title you hold.
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Your power comes from the truth that you failed,
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that you keep on, refuse to abandon to get there.
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Your power does not come from a tile you hold.
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It comes from the truth.
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You refuse to abandon to get there.
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And that is what Beyond the Crown really means.
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It means the crown is not the destination, but a test.
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A test to ensure that you can be in the spotlight without performing,
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without chasing approval, without losing your rhythm.
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Because it's easy to be authentic when you're alone, when no one's watching.
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The real challenge is, can you stay authentic when everyone is watching?
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So, as I leave you here today,
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I don't want you to remember my story.
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I want you to recognize, acknowledge your own.
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Because at any point in your life,
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you've been one of three horses.
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Are you a show horse?
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Constantly seeking approval, applause from everyone around you.
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Or you might be a racehorse,
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running faster, harder, always trying to stay ahead,
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but failing to see that you're not falling behind.
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And from the outside, yeah,
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they both look like success.
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You're doing great to everyone watching.
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But here's the question people never ask.
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Are you choosing your direction or are you choosing the speed?
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Because we are trained to choose speed,
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to graduate early, to succeed early, to stay ahead.
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So we keep moving fast,
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not really because we want to,
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not because it's right, but because it's expected of us.
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Fast is external.
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It's driven by comparison, by pressure,
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by the need to be validated.
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But right is internal.
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And sometimes choosing what's right doesn't look impressive at all.
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To some eyes, it looks like you've slowed down.
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You're falling behind, but you're not.
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You're choosing your direction before your speed.
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And that's what you become when you begin to become a dark horse.
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Not because you are finally different,
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but because you are finally making decisions that don't need to be approved first.
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So, before you run fast,
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before you chase the next goal,
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pause for a moment and ask yourself,
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If no one sees this,
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would I still do it?
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Am I chasing speed or am I chasing direction?
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And is this decision truly mine or is it just something that I have learned to perform?
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Because that finish line, crossing over, belongs to everyone.
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But your direction is the only thing that is ever truly yours.
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So, in the year of the horse,
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choose your horse, choose your direction.
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I am Yolena Lindquist, Miss Cosmo 2025,
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and I am proud to be a dark horse.

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