How was she keeping her hair at the time?
Where is Carolina Contreras from?
When did she return to the Dominican Republic?
What had she often wondered about?
What was she doing by letting her hair grow naturally?
Where had she been living for many years?
What did she decide and why?
What did she start doing to keep her hair moisturized and shiny?
the United States
keeping her hair natural
She was no longer trying to look like someone she was not.
as a young adult
straight
She started trying various natural recipes.
the Dominican Republic
She decided let her natural curls grow because she was on a journey to find her roots.
What is Contreras addressing by promoting natural hair?
What kind of advice did clients get at Miss Rizos?
What was the result?
What other kinds of support did they receive?
What kind of discrimination did she experience?
What did she decide to start?
How popular was the blog?
What is the mission of Miss Rizos?
What does society tell women with textured hair?
Why does this prejudice exist and how does the media react to it?
that their hair is unprofessional and messy.
Women started stopping her on the street and asking her how she got her hair like that.
It was so popular that Contreras went on to open a hair salon in Santo Domingo.
advice about caring for textured hair
emotional support
to teach black women to love the bodies they were born with
It may exist for historical reasons and the media often reinforces it.
The guard at a bar denied her and her friends entry because their hair was inappropriate.
a Spanish-language blog on how to care for textured hair
a widespread prejudice against black women in the Dominican Republic