Hearing Miss USA Contestants Talk About Their "Flaws" Will Make You Realize We're ALL Beautiful

For Miss Kentucky Braea Tilford, that one thing she used to feel self-conscious about was her hair. "I like to go for a more polished look — and I use the word 'polished' very loosely — and so sometimes having the big, curly hair would make me really insecure. But over the years, I've come to love it," she told me backstage. "I've also realized that for most people, whatever we don't have we want, and whatever we do have, other people want. Not everybody gets to have curls like mine, and so it's great to just embrace them. I've found that in the summertime, it's actually really convenient to just wet and go. I'm really thankful for my curls."