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What’s your full name/artist name and where are you from?
“My name is Thalisa Bethel and I am from the Bahamas. I was born and raised there and later moved to Florida.”
What makes you different as a person/artist?
“I have always been the youngest person in the room, but the most dedicated. I graduated high school and started a business at 16. I have been awarded over 1 Million Dollars in scholarship money and accepted to 36 Universities,so I will be attending USF for International Business in the fall — fully paid for as a first generation college student in my family. On that note, generational curses and social bias has been something I have been aiming to break all my life. Not only do I own a business, but I am also getting into acting & modeling. I was casted for a role in a network series that talked about the school system and the livelihood of young adults today before covid-19 brought everything to a hault. At the age of 12,I started machine sewing stuffed animals and selling them for money. These would take me about 5 hours to make and I would be paid $20 for each one, but my drive created a hunger inside of me to keep going. Today My business name is “Hawt Gal Collections” and I sell Clothing, Shoes, Hair, Electronics & Purses. I was Not a…
