Eva Longoria.Photo:Steven Simione/FilmMagic
Steven Simione/FilmMagic
Eva Longoria’s relationship with beauty is more than skin deep.
Ahead of L’Oréal Paris’s Women of Worth event, the director-producer opened up about growing up without the pressures of social media, and finding find self-worth from within.
“For me, I was lucky not to grow up in a time of social media. I never had that relationship with beauty that I think a lot of young girls grow up with, especially today, with the pressures of it and comparison and trying to keep up with these oftentimes unattainable images,” Longoria, 48, tells PEOPLE.
“I come from a family of independent, strong women. I didn’t have to look far for those role models,” she says.
“My mom raised four girls, one child with special needs, had a full-time job, had dinner on the table every day at six, was at every band practice, cheerleading practice, everything,” Longoria adds. “And so for me, it’s like, ‘Wow.’ I always think, ‘I’m not doing enough in my life!'”
“It’s been a mantra and a call to women to look at your life and take an inventory of everything in your life where you add value. [It’s also] recognizing your self-worth and your relationships and your job and your marriage, and your society and your community,” she says.
She continues, “That’s what I’ve always loved about this brand. It’s been always been less about selling a lipstick and more about finding your self-worth personally within yourself.”
Eva Longoria.Steven Simione/FilmMagic
“They truly are the women of worth in the world and these awards put a spotlight on the work that they’re doing.”
At the event, Longoria presented awards to twohonorees: Shrusti Amula ofRise N Shine Foundationand Sophia Kianni ofClimate Cardinals.
The rest of the class includes Judaline Cassidy ofTools & Tiaras, Cass Forkin ofTwilight Wish Foundation, Estefanía Rebellón ofYes We Can World Foundation, Tonya Sandis ofFree2Luv, Sonia Su ofKits to Heart, Mariya Taher ofSahiyo U.S., Samantha Wettje of16 Strong Project, and Stephanie Woodward ofDisability EmpowHer Network.
Longotia lauds both one for being major change-makers.
And then Sophia founded Climate Cardinals, which is the largest youth-led climate nonprofit that makes climate resources more available to people who don’t speak English. And she’s gotten international acclaim. She’s been named the youngest United Nations advisor, and she’s accomplished so much."
Eva Longoria, Aja Naomi King, Camila Cabello, Andie MacDowell, and Helen Mirren attend the 2023 L’Oréal Paris Women Of Worth event.Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
Longoria shares her valuable takeaway: “You don’t have to be rich and famous to make a difference.”
“I think that’s a big misconception and a myth is like, “I can’t be a philanthropist because I’m not famous. I don’t have enough money.” All of these women that we recognize tonight are a woman that saw an injustice. They’re extraordinary women doing extraordinary things.
“They wanted to make a difference in their community, in their world, and they became the change that they wanted to see.”
source: people.com
