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Essence weighs at one-hundred-twelve pounds, which isn't exactly heavy for a girl at the age of 17. But living in District Ten has it's ups and downs -most of the residents in District Ten can't afford the needed food, and she eats what she has, but getting enough isn't always a simple task. She also finds herself never exactly getting her stomach filled. She just reaches five feet and four inches, which isn't very tall, and Essence would prefer to be much taller. Essence would prefer to be taller because tall people seem more 'intimitading' at times and she dislikes when boys are sexist - she wants them to know (or at least think) girls can be just as tough. She isn't a very flexible person, so stretching doesn't help her. And her dad and mom aren't the tallest people in the world, so her height comes from... well, it's a no-brainer. She doesn't hate her height too much, so she doesn't go around saying, "Oh my gosh, I hate my height so much!" She just shrugs her shoulders and moves on with life. She wasn't one to question the simple things, like why birds fly, or why the sun rises and sets every night. She didn't stop growing yet, but the thing is, she doesn't know that five feet and four inches is the average height for a female adult.

Her skin tone is fairly light, or fairly dark, it doesn't really make a difference since it just reaches a tan color in which Essence can say that she isn't pale. She's also proud to say that she doesn't easily get burned. Even though Essence stays outside a lot, she doesn't always get sunburn, which is good, since it saves money, time, and her sensitive skin. Her skin also bruises easily. Most of her skin is rough, but her hands - and her face - are soft, mainly because those are the only places she thinks to moisturize most of the time. The bottom of feet are usually dry and have dead skin. Essence has a habit of peeling the dead skin, and not using things like skin lotion. the skin on her face is dotted with pimples and zits though, but Essence ignores them, no matter how tempting it is to pop one - this saves her money, because she doesn't have to buy skin care regimen and other facial products. Essence's parents liked it better if they didn't have to waste money to make their daughter's face 'pretty.'

Essence has acne on her face, blame those teenage hormones. Essence doesn't get any thing to get rid of them, and the zits and pimples may get worse and leave red blotches when they're gone. The red spots look unhealthy on her face. She also has freckles from the sun. You can easily see the orange dots on her slightly tan skin, though there isn't a lot and they seem to be fading away every week. Her freckles give her a sort of friendly, childish look. When she has acne scars and freckles in the same area, it looks really strange; like the colors yellow and green mixing, and in that case, her parents might help her out and get her something to fix up her face. Normally though, she has the same face was lotion for about a year, since she barely uses it, and knows how to save money. Her head is... small - that's the first thing people normally think when they look at her face. It would probably be shaped like a perfect oval if her chin wasn't there. Her chin is smooth, but if she had a cleft chin, she'd call it a 'butt-chin', Essence finds that pretty funny.

Essence's hair is orange. When people say her hair is red, she doesn't understand why they think that; since it's clearly orange. Reaching the bottom of her ears, Essence;s hair is pretty short. In the summer, the short length helps, since she doesn't have as much hair and won't sweat a lot. in the winter it's not too terrible, she still has enough hair to keep her heated. Her hair is extremely curly, and it almost looks like it's artificial. But, believe it or not, her hair isn't curly because of a curling iron. If she were to actually straighten her orange hair, it would probably make it at least five inches longer. In the sun-light her hair looks blond. Of course in the sun, it doesn't look completely blond, more like straw-berry blond. Her hair is thin, but feels rough. She washes her hair at least five times a week, but it never feels a bit soft. Sometimes, she has a bang to the right side. Sometimes she likes to wear stuff in her hair. On some days, she might feel like just wearing a headband, but on other days, she'll wear a purple bow. All the items in her hair were handed down from her mom. She also loves the feeling when someone runs their hand through her curly hair. It's also a pain for her to brush it, so she normally just lets it be, and it usually falls into place.

Essence has slightly dull eyes. They're gray, and can't get much more boring. The only thing a little bit interesting about them is that if you look from a really far distance, they look like a light shade of blue. Yet, if you look extremely close, you can see tiny flecks of a dark green. The eyes are shaped like almonds, and are very big, showing her iris and pupil a lot more than some people's. Essence doesn't wear any type of make-up on her eyes. No eye-liner or mascara. She likes her eyes the way they are. Though sometimes if she stays up late, she'll have some bags underneath her large eyes. Her eyes turn red when she's crying. The truth is, even though Essence has boring gray eyes, she still likes them, and maybe of of the things she likes the most about herself.

Of course her eyes have eyelashes on her eyelids and eyebrows right above them. Even though there isn't a spot of black hair on her body, her eyelashes are the darkest color. Essence's black eyelashes are actually very thin, and never covered with mascara or whatever goes on girl's eyelashes. Her eyebrows are simply the color of her orange hair, but, they are a little lighter. Her eyebrows are what some people would call 'soft angled.' They're thin, and she does get her eyebrows waxed for a treat like, three times a year. You can't always see her right eyebrow since Essence's bangs might cover it. The only reason Essence likes her eyelashes and eyebrows is because if she took them off, she'd look like a freak.

Don't worry, Essence has a nose right in-between her two eyes, and above her lips. Her nose is what some people would call 'bulbous'. Her nose is small, and wide. It also almost looks like her nose is squished and bulging. Essence's nostrils are really small, but since her nose is small too, her nostrils and her nose look like a perfect match. Essence sneezes a lot, especially during winter - when a lot of sicknesses are going around - and spring - since she's allergic to the pollen on the flowers. She obviously gets the little hairs out of nose with tweezers if they begin to overgrow. Her tiny nose sort of goes good with her small head and facial structure.

Yes, Essence has two ears which are connected to her small, freckle-covered head. They're small, but you can't exactly tell since her curly locks hide them. They're red, for an unknown reason. When she hears something she likes, her ears can easily hear it. But at loud noises, she covers her ear-holes with her hands. She has no piercings in them what-so-ever. The thing is, her right ear is just a little bit bigger than her left ear, but it's not like you could see them. Essence uses Q-Tips to clean out her ears about three times a week. She cares about her hi-gene and doesn't want to look like a messy slob.

The cheeks on her face look almost pudgy - mainly because her small head squishes them in. But, she does have some extra fat there in which you could easily squeeze. They're small and wide, and don't have any little bits of hair on them. She eats with nice manners so not a lot of food - if any - is really on her cheeks. When she eats, they seem to bulge out. And when she talks, they seem to appear like she's eating a food. Also, if she opens her mouth up, they seem to appear sullen and thinner. Her cheeks are dotted with a lot of freckles, actually, her cheeks are the only place on her face that has freckles on them. Same with most acne. Essence's cheeks are redder than most of the parts on her body. If she's holding her breath, her cheeks blow up a like a blow-fish. Awkward can't even begin to explain how weird typing this paragraph was.

She has medium-sized lips. They're actually not dull, but a bright, pink color. When she gets nervous, she bites down on them. There aren't any scars on them. During the winter, she seems to lick her lips a lot, leaving them chapped and stinging - and in this case, Essence has lib-balm. She never covers her lips with lip-stick. The cupid's bow above her upper-lip is easily visible. The space between her lips and nose is pretty much one inch. On the left and right side of her lips, it seems to grow even more narrow. Her lips seem to move easily and freely when she talks - her voice doesn't sound extremely high, but isn't low, and it sounds friendly. When she gets surprised, her jaw drops and her mouth is wide open. Her mouth is practically medium-sized like her lips.

To go along with her lips, he jaw is medium, but crooked. When she smiles, the right side of her lips slants upward, while the left is going downward. Her teeth are yellow. She doesn't always brush her teeth, though she tries to look her best. She also only flosses like, twice a month. Her parents could never afford braces for her. Her front teeth are much bigger than the rest of her small teeth. Even though all thirty-two are there, at least three are chipped. She might use mouth-wash once in a while, but all that does it make her breath smell good, and removes [some] germs on her teeth. Sometimes, she doesn't smile because she's ashamed of her bad teeth and slanted smile.

Her neck is four inches and seven centimeters, which is considered only a little bit shorter than most people's. Even though her neck is short, it's thin and isn't chunky. Her shoulders are sloping, but it's hard for people to tell. If she wears shirts with out any sleeves - such as tank-tops - for too long her shoulders turn red, but the rest of her body turns red. After her shoulders are done getting burnt, they peel and turn pale and ashy.

Essence's arms are the perfect size for her height. They aren't thin, but they actually have some muscle on them. She isn't someone who just sits around all day. Of course, her hands are connected to her arms. Her hands are chubby, unlike most parts of her body. Her hands are sort of pale, and have slight scars of pen marks on them, especially her palm. Her fingers are all intact, and they're all so very short. They all bend in normal ways. Through the day her fingernails get filled with dirt and other stuff, but she always washes them out. She doesn't put nail-polish on her fingers, but she does have a silver ring that her mom gave to her lat year. Her fingers are also thin, even though they are short, and they feel rough at most times. She used to have a blister on her left pinky-finger from... well, it was just there for an unknown reason. She suspects it was from a day when she was working with cattle - she was trying to 'lasso' in an animal, except got rope-burn, which formed the blister. It's probably been there since she was about eleven.

She has a pair of legs that are a medium length. Her thighs are jiggly with fat and she hates them... a lot. Sometimes she tries running to restore their thinness, yet it isn't working. Her shins are bruised up from her walking into low down objects. Her legs also might grow little hairs at times, but she normally shaves them off. Her knees bend in a funny way, but when she wakes up they're a bit stiff. Her feet are small and smell horribly. Essence makes sure to put baby-powder in them sometimes. Her toes have fungus on them, but she puts cream on the daily, and they're only getting better by the week.

Her stomach is thin, and she could easily count her ribs in the mirror. Her belly-button is an 'outie,' but it doesn't stick out too much. Her back has some bacne (acne on the back) on it. Her birth-mark is right next to her left nipple - and some say the birthmark is shaped like a puppy-dog. But, her back does have good posture, and when she sits, her back is as straight as an arrow. She doesn't have any back dimples or scars on her back.

Even though it's hard for Essence to afford clothes, she doesn't like to dress terrible. She would never ever, never ever, never ever, never ever, wear a striped shirt with plaid pants or something yellow with something green. She would wear a white t-shirt with a pink tank-top over it, with some light-blue pants. Her trick is layers. If she's wearing a skirt, she'll normally put leggings underneath. In the summer, she wears light clothes - maybe a pink tank-top with some gray shorts. In the fall, her clothes begin to shift to a more warm nature - perhaps two shirts (layers!) with some denim jeans. In winter, her fashion sense dies a bit, she only wears color-coordinated stuff, because she mainly worries about staying warm. In the spring, her clothes are like the ones in summer. She doesn't have too much clothing, but; she makes it work.

Clothing is basically wear she draws the line with fashion. She doesn't wear any lip-stick or mascara. No face-wash or blush was ever used by her. She feels that using make-up is

1. making yourself look fake. 2. a waste of money. 3. a waste of time.

But, she does tend to wear string bracelets that she made herself. Essence also might put some of her string creations on her ankle. She also wears a locket her grandmother gave her before she passed away - it has a picture of Essence's grandma and her on her fifth birthday.