Good Luck in Vegas, Sammi!

Hi Sammi!

Congratulations on your victory! You were the most beautiful woman on stage, and we all knew you were going to win a long time before the judges announced their decision.

Do you think that you won because you were the most beautiful? It’s not true. You won because you were the one who wanted to win the most. Everybody was beautiful and everybody wanted to win, but you were the one who reached into your heart, threw away your fears and your doubts, stood up, and dared to believe that you were the most beautiful woman in the world. And that is what made the difference. You showed all of us what a champion’s spirit is – you dared to dream, you decided how to make your dream come true, and then you simply refused to lose.

We wish you good luck in Las Vegas! Of course you can’t control what the judges will decide. Maybe they won’t allow a Chinese girl to win, just because Hooters is an American company. But on the other hand, maybe they will prefer a Chinese girl to win so they can show everyone that “Hooters is a global company”. Either way, don’t lose your self-confidence and keep your champion’s spirit! Of course all those American girls want to win too. But some of us see with a man’s eyes, so trust us when we tell you that you are just as beautiful as any of them. All of the girls in Las Vegas will be beautiful, but I can tell you what will make you a winner – your smile and your eyes. Maybe someone will try to convince you to get cosmetic surgery to improve your chances of winning. But you don’t need it, Sammi – you are already beautiful enough. From your smile and your eyes everyone will be able to see your heart. If you want to win even more than all the other girls, then you will not be afraid to show everyone what’s inside your heart, and you will win in Las Vegas.

Maybe it doesn’t matter so much whether you win or not. A lot of things in life are more important. You have many friends in Hongqiao, both the customers and the other Hooters girls. We all love you! But the important thing is to keep the champion’s spirit in your heart no matter what happens, and don’t let a jealous and resentful world pull you down. Don’t be afraid to fight, because your champion’s spirit will make you a winner in all areas of your life, again and again and again, even though life may be very difficult and painful sometimes.

The moment that you dare to stand up and believe that you’re the most beautiful woman in the world, then you will suddenly discover that you are right – but not a single moment before.

Do you know who Nelson Mandela is? Surely you do. He is a hero from South Africa who was put into prison by the white government because he stood up for freedom for black people. But even in prison he never forgot his dream of a free South Africa, and he never stopped standing up for what was right. After about 30 years he was finally released from prison, and in 1994 he was elected President of South Africa, the same nation that once imprisoned him. This is what he said in his inauguration speech:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, “How dare I be brilliant, gorgeous, fabulous and talented?”

Actually, how dare you not be! You are a child of God. Playing small doesn’t serve the world. It doesn’t help anyone to shrink so that other people won’t feel insecure standing next to you. We were meant to shine, as children do. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in all of us.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give permission to others to do the same. We are liberated from our own fear. Our presence automatically liberates others.

Sammi let your light shine for the whole world to see! (-: You are already a chamption in our hearts.