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Kyemah McEntyre Revenge: Dress Designed, Worn By Bullied Teen An Epic Payback To ‘Haters’

By Bradley Ryder
Published on: 04:07 PST, Jun 10, 2015

A New Jersey teen has a message to her bullies: Kyemah McEntyre ain’t nothing to play with y’all — and she has a fierce prom dress to prove it, citing a Mashable post.

In a subtle, yet provocative way, Kyemah, 18, got a bit of sweet revenge against her harassers. She never mentions names, or even the specifics of how she was allegedly pushed around in high school. But she let her brains and beauty do the talking. And that dress — that enchanting, alluring Afrocentric dress McEntyre donned for the prom is nothing less than sheer genius.

Kyemah showed up at her high school prom and — bam! — she was thrust into the annals of “you-can’t-keep-me-down.” The teen sported an African-inspired dress with charming prints that transformed her into a goddess for a night.

McEntyre looked more like a model strutting her stuff with attitude on the catwalk or an A-lister who sauntered across snaps of camera lens. Had she been on a Hollywood red carpet, a host would have asked her the obligatory question: “Who are you wearing?” The response would be simple: “I’m wearing me.”

Kyemah McEntyre, an artist by nature, designed the amazing dress. And local, Markell Evette of Markell’s Closet, took it from concept to creation.

On prom night, she took to her Instagram account and uploaded pictures of her wearing the dress — which showed off ample cleavage with a deep plunge. She looked like a young Pam Grier with her styled Afro. She disarmed her haters with fashion and simple words.

“I’m Kyemah McEntyre, I am 18 years old and I am undoubtedly of African Descent. As an artist I have a completely different point of view compared to most individuals. I am extremely analytical and observant. Throughout the world, we have people who do not notice each others essence and humanity. We Stunt our collective spiritual growth by allowing assumptions and stereotypes to cloud our mind and thus our physical reality. We let these negative ideas get the best of us, and in turn a world of isolation is manifested by our lack of sensitivity and desire to sympathize with each other. This results in a world in which people live within the confines of their own space, isolated from each other and separated from the rest of the world.Sometimes we get trapped in our own prejudice ways…”

As previously reported by Inquisitr, bullied teens run an increased risk of depression in their adult years. Lead researcher Lucy Bowes, and other experts, recently reported the results of a long-term study that looked at the association between teenagers being bullied at 13 and the onset of depression in later life. Bowes said 3,898 people participated in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).

“Our results suggest what we call a ‘dose response relationship.’ This means that the more frequent the peer victimization, the greater the likelihood was that a child went on to develop depression at 18 years. With this type of study we can never be certain about causality, but we believe our findings provide strong evidence that being bullied may lead to depression, with more frequent victimization increasing the odds of severe and persistent depression.”

Kyemah McEntyre’s dress and testimony are proof that being bullied doesn’t always have a dark and bleak ending. Her resilience proved that one can take lemons and make lemonade — and look like a diva prom queen along the way.

“Don’t let anyone define you. Beautiful things happen when you take pride in yourself. This is for always being labeled as, ‘ugly’ or ‘angry’. Thank God, stereotypes are just opinions.”

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