Zendaya
When you step into the spotlight as young as Zendaya did (she was barely a teen when she landed the role of Rocky Blue on Shake It Up), your “look” can become synonymous with who you are. For years, Zendaya straightened her naturally curly hair to align with her public image. “Growing up, I wasn’t very confident in my curls,” she told People StyleWatch (via Mic). “It wasn’t like the hair that girls around me had. And nobody really knew what to do with my hair.”
Fast forward to January 2017, and The Greatest Showman star shared insight into her natural hair journey: “When you’ve spent the past however many years growing your damaged hair back, avoiding heat, wearing wigs and trying every natural product in the world and you finally see a little curl pattern comin back,” Zendaya wrote on Instagram, underscoring the sentiment with multiple praise hands emojis. In the time since, she’s rocked it everywhere from award shows to movie premieres, and often doles out advice on caring for natural black hair.
