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Aubrey O'Day By Liza Haddad

Aubrey O'Day is a very complex celebrity, but like many celebrities, you don't really know her until you have followed her career. From the outside looking in, she appears as just another one of 'those girls'. As someone who has followed her from day one of her career, I have to say she is one of the most inspirational people in Hollywood. It sounds ridiculous coming from a 20 year old woman, who is supposed to be so educated about the fallacies of Hollywood.

I believe that you become a fan (when I say fan, I mean activly following and even involved in that persons career) of someone based on how you identify with them. For me, Aubrey O'Day was and still is (despite what others say) a beautiful and educated woman. Within Hollywood, so many celbrities are sensationalized and due to this, their true message is blurred and lost in the lies (thanks to the likes of Perez Hilton). Looking at a picture of Aubrey O'Day she appears as a "dumb blonde" but little do these people know that she was on her way to Law School before taking a chance at fullfilling her childhood dream. What is not inspirational about that? Aubrey O'Day isn't a household name, she isn't an A-List, cover of Star Magazine celebrity, but she is one of the many celebrities that are displayed in a negative light.

For those of you who do not know who Aubrey O'Day is (if I could take a guess, I'd guess that no one reading this knows who she is) She was a part of Platinum selling Pop girl group Danity Kane (don't know them either?), this group lasted 5 years before they disbanded, what's the point of this? Keep reading, it's coming, I swear!

Within Danity Kane, Aubrey was immediately labelled the 'bad girl', the out spoken, over sexed member, but behind those (ridiculous) names she was the same person she was when she first hit the scene. Aubrey became a sex symbol, and because of the way she looked, she was labelled a, slut and immediately everything about her became obsolete. The fact that she was educated and even ran her own charity didn't matter. I can't really explain why I like her (as I write this I feel like the biggest loser, like a 13 year old girl with a Dora the explorer backpack and a side ponytail), but there is something so empowering in seeing a woman in my age range believe in who they are, and who wants to be the best that they can be, despite what others say about her.

I find in her qualities that make me want to better myself, she finds time to donate her time to important organizations, she finds time for her fans, she makes it a priority to be heard. She isn't afraid of being called names, she isn't afraid to have an opinion and she isn't afraid of being herself. What I'm trying to say is that behind every complex celebrity, there is a person who is adored by many, who inspires and empowers millions. I think it's time we stop focussing on the ridiculous stories and focus on the positive that these people in the public eye can do.

For me, I am inspired by Aubrey O'Day, a person that shows me that it's okay to take chances that it's okay to follow your heart and that it's okay to be an eduacted woman with a strong opinion.

Who inspires and empowers you?