Here I go again, getting yet another dental post-inspiration while watching an awards show (see my earlier blog post: Em-brace your smile from the 2013 Grammys). This time, it’s about the precocious, talented and adorable Quvenzhané Wallis. If you don’t know who she is, she is the youngest actress to receive a best-actress Oscar nomiation nominated for her lead role of Hushpuppy in Beasts of the Southern Wild. She appeared on the red carpet at tonight’s 2013 Academy Awards wearing a navy dress and wrap combo by Armani, toting a precious puppy purse (apparently one of her signatures). Not only does this girl have a public presence more mature than some of the actresses ten years her senior, but she has an amazing future ahead of her. She has recently been cast to lead in the new Annie, which is being produced by a production dream team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith and has been slated to debut around Winter 2014. What makes her future truly amazing (in my humble opinion) is her ultimate plan to become a dentist. She has boldly stated her career goals to become a dentist in the past, and affirmed it again tonight during the red-carpet interviews. This amazing and intelligent cutie should be a role model for all children. She and many people around the country have discovered that dentistry is one of the best fields to be in. Dentistry has recently been thwarted into the spotlight, ranking THE best job for 2013 in the US News and World Reports based on several factors such as median income, future job prospects, stress level and quality of work-life balance. Now that’s something I’m definitely smiling about! Good luck, Quvenzhané – tonight and in your dental future!
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