Meet Dawnai!
Name
Dawnai Marshawn Krystiana Carson
Age
22
Relationship
Status
Single
Career
Aspirations
Aerialist for the circus. Cirque
du Soleil to be specific.
Describe
Your Style
That’s challenging. I guess it’s
kind of comfortable- hip. I go for the bohemian thing sometimes. [I like]
something that’s unique and bringing different patterns together. It’s really
hard to describe.
Would
you say you’re kind of eclectic?
Yeah. You know what? My style honestly is kind of retro. I really do like nice A-Line dresses that look
like the little house wife dresses. But
I don’t typically get that all the time.
I like to dabble in a lot of other styles too. Old Fashioned [style].
Who
is your style icon?
Hmm, never thought of that. I really don’t know.
Describe
what femininity means to you?
It’s powerful. I guess I am
completely biased because I am a woman, but femininity is superior. That’s all biased
(laughs). It’s fun, flirty, girly, sparkles and stuff. I know that sounds crazy.
[But it's] fun and flirty.
Have
you experienced a time when your style and femininity were challenged?
Nope.
Has
your style always been accepted by the people around you?
Yep! I might have gone through a slight,
very slight [phase] mixing punk in with my [style]. And people didn’t really get it; so I guess
there was some push back there. Since I dabble in a lot of different things,
sometimes I keep stuff and it comes to one big mixture. The punk is still in there
sometimes. I also tried baby doll kind of styles which I really loved, and
sometimes people look at me like "aren’t you kind of old for that?" My friend
told me, "I hate those little button shoes." I had these little white shoes that
buckled. She’s like "I wore those shoes
when I was in kindergarten." I was like; "I love those shoes." [They were like]
little buckled Mary Jane’s.
Feeling
beautiful can be a challenge in today’s world. What are some things that make
you feel beautiful?
New clothes actually. It’s so
funny, your mom [Mallory] said apparently she could tell that I liked to shop! Honestly, going out and buying some new
clothes and putting them on and dressing up and putting them in the air makes
me feel beautiful. Especially when people notice and they can tell. Not to
sound superficial. I don’t know, it’s something I just like to do. Or like
treating myself really nice. Like going to get a pedicure or to get my eyebrows
waxed, the typical girly stuff, just femininity. I’m on the top of the world
with new shoes.
If you could give advice to your younger self what
would you say?
Join the circus. (Laughs). Seriously, that’s
honestly what I would say because everything else was pretty much cool. [My] younger
self was pretty much on her game. [I’d say] "Just do it now [join the circus]
so you could be on your block now, or a little bit sooner. You know you really
want to do this. Follow your dreams, whatever you want to do, follow your
heart. Get out of your brain. Go with
your heart."
Would
you say to your younger self was afraid to follow your heart?
Not really, it was just that
since I was five I said I wanted to be a
doctor and I was constantly saying this
in my head to the point that I felt
like this is what the plan has been for
so long, can I change it? Like I wasn’t really sure if that was an option. But
then I realized that my parents told me I could do whatever I want so of course
this is an option. So I researched it.
How
do you stay confident?
I stay confident by expressing
myself, by not being afraid to open myself up to new people, and the way I do
that is I dance. So like, if there is
ever music on or my iPod, my iPod is like so close to my heart. (It’s broken
now, it’s so sad) But my iPod, love my iPod.
Just play it [my iPod] dancing, it gets me in a good mood, it opens me up for the day
and as soon as I walk out the house I have a big smile on my face and people see
the smile, so when you smile at someone they open up to you and it’s all, it’s all a good mood. As long as the moods good, I’m confident. It all goes back to the music and the
dancing.
Where
do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years?
Five years I will be 27 (laughs)
hopefully I’m working for a major circus company. It doesn’t necessarily have
to be Circus du Soleil but Circus du Soleil is like the peak. I at least want
to be Universal Soul Circus, Barnum and Baily. That’s five years. Definitely
living in California or Vegas because Vegas has the constant shows, maybe even traveling
because honestly, since I’ll only be 27, I probably won’t be too attached. So I’ll probably be doing a lot of traveling,
hopefully around other countries.
10 years, I’ll be 32 , oh gosh.
That’s a long time. Probably have a husband, two kids. Because I’ve got to get
that out before 35. I’ll probably already have a bun in the oven. Still doing
the circus thing unless I maybe got injured but my backup thing is since I’ll
be moving out to California, I was going to look into maybe stunt coordination. Stunts and
something [with a] physical
aspect (I’ve been an athlete all my life) like something I could smoothly move
into. If I’m not still working
with the circus or I decide later its not for me, I might get into the
movie industry.
Anything else you want to add?
I love your accessories!
