In
Loving Memory of Jasmine Knight
--Condolences--
My first view of Jasmine Knight came watching videos
when I first
started going out to clubs and was interested in
doing drag. That
girl was a flipping fool in them EOY vidoes, LOL!
I remembered competing with her at Miss Ohio US
of A when I was a
Peon, well I am still a peon...and that girl know
she can put on a
game face...
I dropped her off a couple of times while clubbing
in Columbus, and
this is where the real Jasmine was revealed to me.
While she may appeared to be crass, unsympathetic,
and focused, the
person I became to know was a human, suffering from
many toils, most
of which we talked about at length and in great
detail.
The bond was solidified when she dressed me at
Miss Ohio America the
year I placed 2nd alternate...I was the 1st person
she dressed that
lost, LOL, and she was more upset than I was. She
taught me a lot
about the handling of American Flags since she was
in the Military,
and I learned so much more about my talent. Giving
me modeling tips,
things about makeup, I actually started using one
of them finally and
it has actually worked...
Connecting with people on a personal level, I am
so saddended to hear
of the loss of another person in the artform.
She publicly acknowledged her battle with HIV/AIDS,
and she waged her
battle the best way she could; Now her battle is
over, she has
fought the good fight, and I pray that she rest
in peace, as death
brings us relief from the sufferings of the World.
The community embraces those who do not hide behind
shells, and are
better able to understand, even if it is just a
glimpse, what make us
tick; I hope we can be more embracing of the debasing
HIV/AIDS has
done to our community; to the point where we can
say it, just as
Jasmine said it.
I will miss you big sister, thanks for the good
memories, what few
they were.
--Symphony Alexander
