CINDY MURO
It Girl Cindy Muro on Using Her Platform for Social Change
It Girl Cindy Muro has never been one to shy away from utilizing her platform to draw attention to social problems that she’s passionate about. As an It Girl, Cindy has garnered attention in modeling as she continues to land covers of magazine. Cindy is the perfect example of a role model who can combine her love for modeling with her hopeful and driven goals of creating more space for media coverage on issues like the environments of third-world children. As Cindy Muro continues to grace magazines like Fienfh, she focuses on inspiring other women to fully come into their own and build up others who wish to follow in her footsteps.
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Finding confidence while gracing the stages of beautypageants in Southern California at an early age are where Cindy found her voiceCindy thoroughly enjoyed being surrounded by other inspirational, assuredwomen. The experience helped her become more knowledgeable about photographerswhich would help her later in her modeling career. “The beauty pageant industrywas really good for me and to me, I learned so much about myself and learned alot from women as well as the photographers,” she says. “It was overall a veryempowering environment for me, which helped me get to where I am now- I don’tknow where I’d be without that experience. My younger self never thought I’d bedoing this and living the life I do.”
Cindy finds empowerment in being a part of the storytelling aspect of modeling. One of her proudest moments was when she made the cover for Lowrider Calendar. “I am beyond fortunate to be a part of something that is rooted in my Latino culture while also accomplishing something my younger self never thought she could do,” she says.
Cindy looks up to women, like Adriana Lima and CindyCrawford, who aren’t afraid to make big waves in the industry and create theirown lanes in life. While she knows being strong and bold is necessary, sherecognizes the strength in being a sensitive and kind-hearted person. She’smotivated by the impact that she knows she can have on younger women. Thesupport that Cindy received and gave during her beauty pageant days helpedbuild her up to continue onto her modeling career.
Grateful for her platform and appreciative of the lifethat she’s been able to create for herself, Cindy puts a strong emphasis onspeaking out about mental and physical health and other issues she’s passionateabout. One of Cindy’s goals is to open a nonprofit and help children in need.Over the years, she’s done her own personal charity work of donating food andclothing to kids as well as helping with counseling. Far from being afraid tolead others, she knows the importance of being able to take care of ourselvesand others in order to live a fulfilled life. She wants the generations ofyounger models to feel comfortable owning all parts of themselves and to buildup other women in the industry by having empathy for one another. “I hope to inspire an audience that alsowants to proactively move forward a healthy lifestyle and change,” she says. “Ihope we strive towards establishing a better community, strengthening ourrelationships with others and helping the environment.”
Her self-starter and fearless attitude to take on whatever comes her way gives Cindy the tools to effortlessly handle any undertaking that comes her way. As the self-made boss babe that she was born to be, Cindy strives for a brighter future for everyone. While Cindy Muro will continue to take the industry by storm, don’t be surprised while she is simultaneously spreading compassion and humanity to the world around her.
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