This is the story of 17 year old Tiana Ramos, who had a dream to open a donut shop.
She set a goal and worked hard to achieve it. An investor was impressed enough to
provide 100K in start up capital after one meeting with the earnest and driven teen.
With this cash infusion, Tiana opened her donut shop! What could possibly go wrong?
Front Royal, Virginia
is a small town in the Shenandoah Valley. Some say it is similar to the small town
in the movie
Footloose
where a minister has banned rock music and dancing. Tiana Ramos' Naughty Girls donut
shop is in Front Royal. Apparently, some local residents don't like the name of
their new donut shop, nor its logo which may or may not have something resembling
a devil's tale in it, nor its employees who are accused of promoting promiscuity.
There is talk of a boycott of the Naughty Girls establishment, and trouble has erupted
online as well as at the shop where someone threw garbage at the store's door. Is
Tiana going to walk away from her dream? "Heck no!" She has faith in herself and
her business. Her faith is her own, and may or may not be the same as your faith
and what you choose to believe in. But here in America, we have the freedom to have
faith in whatever we choose. We also have freedom of choice. We can voice our opinions
about controversial issues. We can support or stay away from businesses. While some
have chosen to voice dissent, Tiana Ramos has many supporters of her Naughty Girls
Donut Shop. Comments on
this news story include: "this is just making us rally together to support
her and her efforts", "We support Naughty Girls Donut Shop!", " You are doing an
awesome thing by standing up to these bullies!", "The name "naughty girls" does
not promote promiscuous behavior any more than the "devil's food" label on the front
of a Betty Crocker cake mix box promotes satanic worship! What ignorance!"
What exactly is going on at the Naughty Girls Donut Shop? Well from what we can
tell from the news stories and videos, it's just a typical food shop with excellent
food! What makes it unique is the "Boss Lady" - 17 year old High School Senior Tiana
Ramos, who has tattoos and is into a
pinup lifestyle and Rockabilly music. In her own
words, here is Tiana, talking about who she is and how her dream of opening her
own Donut Shop came true. She is turning her experiences into a web series so be
sure to subscribe if you like her video and if you want to support what she is doing!
Labels: business, controversial, controversy, donuts, entrepreneur, footloose, Naughty Girls, sex, sexy, tattoos, teen, teen girl, teens
A few nights ago, I watched an excellent Documentary on PBS for the second time. "Dance For Me" is the story of 15 year old Egor Kondratenko, a competitive Ballroom dancer from Russia, and the major relationships he has in his life as he starts to build his dancing career. Egor has moved by himself to Denmark where he is living with the family of 14 year old
Mie Lincke Funch, his current dance partner. Egor is the only child of Angelika who is also a talented dancer. Mie is the only child of Sanne who acts as the mother figure for both teens. Egor and Mie have formed a sibling type of relationship although the kind of dances they do require some degree of Chemistry to "work".
Egor has a very close relationship with his mom and they visit often via Skype, but still miss each other, although Angelika expresses it more, as can be expected. His father is a Russian soldier and Egor considers him his role model. Egor tries to be strong like his dad, and lively and artistic like his mom, all while transitioning from boyhood to manhood while living in another country wth another family and juggling the time demands of school and dance practice.
Mie is somewhat like Egor's mom, in that she expresses her feelings openly. Egor is more reserved and keeps things to himself. Together they try to find the best way to compete and win in several tournaments, and they do have great success. These two different people come together in difficult circumstances to blend steadfast dedication and long hours of practice with passion for their joyful movements as they assume their roles as dance partners.
I highly recommend this documentary to anyone of any age, especially for fans of Dancing With The Stars. You will gain an appreciation for what it takes to become a champion at your craft. Although the setting of the movie is dance competition, the relationship of the real life characters will draw you in and have you rooting for them to succeed on and off the dance floor! Remember, this is a documentary about real people, the best form of reality television. Watch the trailer, below. Then watch the full film at PBS until August 20th. Or purchase the film at Amazon.com using the link to the left. For more information on the film and the teen dancers, check out the PBS site for this excellent documentary, and see who each dancer is dancing for.
Labels: dance, Dancing With The Stars, documentary, family, reality, reality television, relationships, teen, teens
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