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"Today we hear from a woman who was told by her dentist that she ought to consider getting braces. Instead of immediately feeling self-conscious, she took a different route, and I absolutely love it... Tiffany over at Dancing Branflake is a dancer who writes about life, happiness and body image in ways that I always find myself relating to. Today, she shared her story of a dentist recently confronting her about braces. It&amp;#x27;s not the first time this happened. &amp;quot;A year ago another one said I had &amp;#x27;quite an overbite&amp;#x27; but it was okay because boys think it&amp;#x27;s cute,&amp;quot; she said. Tiffany&amp;#x27;s the first to admit that she&amp;#x27;s aware that her teeth aren&amp;#x27;t &amp;quot;perfect.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;My left front tooth sticks out,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;When I wear lipstick, it usually ends up on it. I never noticed how crooked it was until a guy named James was talking to me, looked at me funny, and said, &amp;#x27;You&amp;#x27;re tooth sticks out.&amp;#x27;&amp;quot; But, she says, &amp;quot;I smile. All the time. I can&amp;#x27;t help it. I was designed to.&amp;quot; So will she get braces? No thank you, she says. &amp;quot;The lesson I learned about my smile: it may not be perfect, but life isn&amp;#x27;t either, yet I want to smile anyway.&amp;quot; I love this, don&amp;#x27;t you? Thank you, Tiffany for totally inspiring me today! P.S. What&amp;#x27;s your happy weight? And, why Blake Lively refuses to obsess about cellulite... Photo: Dancing Branflake"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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