'West Side Story' star Ariana DeBose says she is of Puerto Rican, Black and Italian ethnicity, and identifies as queer.
CHICAGO -- Ariana DeBose has already won top honors for her role in"West Side Story" -- and she's the front runner to win an Academy Award this weekend!
"It's such a wild thing and I didn't know when you grow up watching these, these telecast, these award shows, you know, you dream of being a part of them," DeBose said,"but it seems very far away and then suddenly it's like right here, so it's wild."SEE ALSO |"I'm very proud of all the communities that I belong to," DeBose said.
She added,"But at the end of the day, it's about your humanity, right? So however the world wants to describe it, what you got to worry about is your understanding of yourself and how you walk in the world and choose labels you would be proud of.""What I'm taking away is the knowledge that it's okay to let yourself be seen and be celebrated and when it happens, enjoy it," DeBose said."There's nothing wrong with enjoying the moment.
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