{"id":98743,"date":"2016-06-01T10:45:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T10:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/01\/thechanelmuse-i-come-from-a-favela-in-brazil\/"},"modified":"2018-09-02T03:50:34","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T03:50:34","slug":"thechanelmuse-i-come-from-a-favela-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/01\/thechanelmuse-i-come-from-a-favela-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-98743 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/01\/thechanelmuse-i-come-from-a-favela-in-brazil\/attachment\/98744\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tumblr_o23y3zmRB41qgwi7to7_640-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail 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height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tumblr_o23y3zmRB41qgwi7to4_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tumblr_o23y3zmRB41qgwi7to4_640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tumblr_o23y3zmRB41qgwi7to4_640-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/01\/thechanelmuse-i-come-from-a-favela-in-brazil\/attachment\/98751\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tumblr_o23y3zmRB41qgwi7to5_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" 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I am black. I have a poor family. Yet, despite all those odds, I became a ballerina. I had to get by on my own [upon arriving in New York at the age of 19 on a full scholarship to the Dance Theatre of Harlem]. That\u2019s when I grew up and learned to appreciate what my parents taught me. I\u2019m not here [at Dance Theatre of Harlem] because I\u2019m poor. I\u2019m here because of my dancing.\u201d \u2014Ingrid Silva<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>thechanelmuse: \u201cI come from a favela in Brazil. I am black. I have a poor family. Yet, despite all those odds, I became a ballerina. I had to get by on my own [upon arriving in New York at the age of 19 on a full scholarship to the Dance Theatre of Harlem]. 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