"Halle Berry was my inspiration. I ended up looking like Reba (McEntire). I had strangers assume I was my brother's mom multiple times. To add insult to injury, her mother Terri Grider dressed 11-year-old Meagan and newborn son Will in matching white shirts and overalls for a photo shoot."
"Mom here. Yeah, I let Meg have her way with her hair. Sometimes kids can only learn by making mistakes. The photoshoot was my mom's idea, and she thought it was cute that we would be matching, even though I look like I am a young mother matching my son."
"My mom, to this day, stands her ground that I looked so cute with this haircut. But I feel validated that the whole internet thinks this wasn't the right choice for me."
In 2000, 11-year-old Meagan Grider asked her stylist to recreate Halle Berry's short haircut from a magazine cover, but the result on her thick, curly hair resembled Reba McEntire instead. Strangers mistook her for her newborn brother's mother. Her mother Terri compounded the situation by dressing Meagan and baby Will in matching white shirts and overalls for a family photo shoot, with one image displayed prominently in their home for years. Meagan maintained this hairstyle for several years before switching to longer hair in adulthood. Recently, she shared photos of the haircut on Instagram, which garnered over 100,000 likes in five days. Her mother still defends the look as cute, while Meagan feels validated by internet consensus that it was unflattering.
Read at TODAY.com
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