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leather craft. Her journey down this path was not ready made, as she revealed she disliked art. She first did the subject in first form and some years later when she was a fourth former and had chosen Agricultural Science stream, Crystal who was doing Art pleaded with her to take up the subject as well. Romi may have been persuaded into doing something she may not have liked at the time but for her it became her saviour.

It was during the same time that both the girls had signed up for the Talented Teen Pageant and two days prior to the pageant Romi was busy making preparations when she became involved in an accident while crossing Regent Street. She spent a day in the hospital and while she had no internal injuries she had external ones that left scars.

Romi confided that it was while lying in the hospital bed that she realised that nothing can stop her in life but her and that she was strong enough to fight her battles. Although embarrassed because of her scars she was determined to go through with the pageant and so wrapped in bandages under her gown and other pieces and struggling with the pain she courageously stepped out on stage and gave her best. Although she did place at the competition, she still believes today that her injuries had affected her performance and that she could have done better.

Yet, that wasn’t the last of the challenges. Shortly after she fell ill, her mother and teachers thought it best if she waited another year to write the CXC exams and against her wishes she didn’t get to write the exams when her friends did.

There were days when Romi looked at her scars and hated them and because of this she fell into depression. It was in this state that she turned to art.

Day after day she painted.

“During that time, art became my therapy. Everything has its own beauty…. I look at my scars now and I see different shapes. I’m on the verge of accepting them though I still battle with how I look every day. I’m still self-conscious about what I wear, but yet I’m confident to an extent. Talking about this is still a bit hard but I find that such