We had a very beYOUtiful afternoon photographing campaign winner Raylynn! It was so fun. Raylynn is super cute, spunky and – just as her statement says – TRUE to who she is. She is a breath of fresh air!
Raylynn’s beYOUtiful statement resonated with a lot of you. I think that we, as women, really understand the idea of trying to stay true to who we are and not fitting into the “mold” that society seems to be constantly trying to create for us.
When we decided to do a photo shoot for every woman in the top 15, we knew that we wanted to make Raylynn’s shoot a bit *extra* special – since she was the actual winner! So instead of doing just a 30 minute shoot, we spent an entire afternoon with her. Raylynn hadn’t had pictures taken in 13 years – since she was a senior in high school. A travesty, right?! Every woman needs to be pampered with a photo shoot at LEAST once a year! :)
Raylynn is a TRUE fashionista. AND she’s a pro at changing in a car – the back seat of a Honda Civic, no less. It was impressive!
She wanted us to mention that every outfit she wore told a story. The yellow and blue outfit represented color and her love of life. She wore the black and white dress with the purple cardigan when she turned 30 and “conquered the world.” Hot pink is just that – sassy hot pink. The peach sweater and polka-dot scarf showed her hat side. And the Utes shirt was a must for this avid fan. When we asked Raylynn what she wanted to say for this blog post, she told us, ”I am who I am and love deeply even though that has meant some have been intimidated. But I say it how I know it and move forward in spite of my own insecurity and the nay sayers.”
You go, girl!
And with that, we present Raylynn’s winning beYOUtiful shoot:
Um, wow. Raylynn was always beautiful, but these photos capture her beauty and personality amazingly. I miss that girl! I mean, woman!
) Gorgeous!
That’s my girl! Beautiful indeed! Fantastic photography. Thank you!
THAT’S MY SISTER! WOOT! Such a pretty lady!
Raylynn is beYOUtiful both inside and out! Not to mention “HOT! HOT! HOT!
So beautiful! Wonderful pictures of a wonderful person
So pretty! I need to know where she shops too.
oh those eyes! just beautiful!!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for doing your BeYoutiful campaign. Between all the fun pinterest ideas and seeing your campaign we were able to come up with an AMAZING YW in excellence program! What makes each of our YW beautiful. They’ve had their pictures taken with a sign of what makes them beautiful (thank you for the wonderful idea!) Then they will be able to present their projects, there will also be beyoutiful boxes under each girls picture for people to write notes as to why they think they’re beautiful. What an amazing campaign and I’m so excited to share this with my YW!!