Rachel Jeantel has been through a lot while being at the center of the prosecution of George Zimmerman for the murder of her friend Trayvon Martin. Now she is moving forward with a new look.
The 19- yea-r old who was criticized for everything from the way she dressed to the way she spoke during the trial has also had some people reach out to her with charitable offers for her future. Recently?Ebony magazine and TheGrio.com ?got together to help her get a new updated look, as she prepares to transition into the next stage of her life.
Jeantel is finishing up her last year of high school and working with counselors and tutors paid for by radio host Tom Joyner. Joyner also offered Jeantel a??full paid scholarship?to the historically black college or university of her choosing.?Jeantel told theGrio:
I’m blessed. That’s the truth. Everybody wants to be in my shoes right now. But for me, I’m taking this opportunity, and I’m hitting it hard.
According to the Huffington Post, with the help of the glam team from Amoy Couture Hair Salon, Jeantel got new hair extensions, a manicure, and had her makeup done.?Ebony magazine style director, Marielle Bobo said:
She’s super young, with all this vivaciousness and personality. We want to keep that, but translate it into ways that can work for her, for her new life as a student. We want to give her a look that’s going to translate from campus life, to any internships, or employment that she may be doing while she’s at school.
Jeantel says she is putting her critics and their negativity behind her and moving forward with her new look.
I don’t really care about that. I can’t let them put me down.
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See a clip the makeover here, courtesy of The Grio:
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