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After 4 years of admiring him from a far, it finally happened on November 28, 2012. I’ve struggled with insecurities, severe depression, eating disorders, self harm, endless bullying. I won’t go into my full sob story. But, without exaggeration I can honestly conclude that Justin Bieber saved my life & he is the reason I’m still breathing to this second. He’s the reason I didn’t give up in every aspect of my life, he’s the reason no matter how difficult the circumstances were, I refused to give up. His existence had always been my only source of comfort and provided me with the sense that everything would be alright, and he turned out to be right. My experience is all thanks to Youtube and the game ‘Just Dance 4.’ This is the video of the contest announcement that was the start of something amazing. Justin was giving fans their opportunity to upload videos of themselves dancing to “Beauty & A Beat” which was featured in the game, and Justin would personally choose the videos he liked the best. The winners would receive VIP Tickets to his concert along with meet & greets . My automatic instinct was to jump at this opportunity with my only hope and mind set with the sole intention of winning. Regardless of the outcome, I’d be beyond satisfied knowing that no matter what I put every ounce of effort into attempting to make my dream a reality. While recording my gameplay/dance video, I had attempted it over 40 times to get it somewhat decent. My severe insecurities were holding me back because in my mind, I felt as if I was only going to embarrass myself and that I’m too fat to even be dancing. But I wanted this so badly enough that I ignored it and uploaded it anyways. I’m beyond fortunate that the little dreamer inside of me thought otherwise and managed to remind me why I began this contest to begin with. It proved worthwhile in the end. This is my video, 37 seconds was all it took . About 2 months had passed by. I had completely forgotten about the contest. I was casually on tumblr one day and I had my Yahoo tab open. The Yahoo tab had (1) Unread next to it. I shrugged it off and assumed it was probably a spam message or something irrelevant. I was wrong. I switched tabs to check my mail and I quickly skimmed the new email message, the words: “Just Dance to Justin Sweepstakes! CONGRATULATIONS – Jessica Torres!” stood out and made my pupils dilate. On November 21, 2012 at exactly 5:35 PM, it was a congratulatory email from Just Dance stating that I had just won (2) Believe Tour Concert Tickets to MSG & (2) Meet & Greet Tickets. I sat at my computer desk, my hands covering half my face attempting to process what just happened, tears slowly streaming down my cheeks. When I realized this was reality, I starting pacing in circles around the living room, with my mom just inches away cooking dinner in the kitchen. I went up to her sobbing with a waterfall down on my face, gasping for air in between words as I’m trying to explain. She cried with me, she’s the only person who knows just how much I deserve this opportunity. The time arrived for the meet & greet. My wristbands were already ready for me to pick up with my name written on them, anticipating my arrival. Only minutes away from finally meeting my everything, hero, inspiration, role model, and idol. I was in the same room as him, breathing the same air as him, alone was a huge accomplishment. My heart at this point was ready to escape my chest. I tried to keep my emotional composure, the greatest challenge for me personally for holding back the tears. I took a deep breath to let out a little bit of the anxiety building up inside me. I walked up to him as calm as I could possibly remain. There he stood, pure perfection as usual in a beanie with his beautiful bright white smile flashing at me and those chocolate brown eyes making direct eye contact with me. In that moment, it was indescribable. It was as if the entire world had paused and him and I were the only two people in the existence of the entire planet and nobody else was around. In my mind, it was heaven. I returned a wide nervous smile and made eye contact with him as well. I couldn’t help but notice, he was looking down at my shirt, I suppose it’s because we somehow ended up matching with a similar black and gold shirt, I guess it amused him. I then stood directly next to him, hugged his waist tightly not letting him go not even for a second because I was practically holding the entire world in my hands. He smirks and giggles a bit while still looking down at me by his side. I didn’t realize how tightly I was grabbing his waist out of the excitement, he looks at me and then (what sounded so seductive at the time) whispered in my ear, “Loosen up real quick, I want to put my arms around your waist sweetie.” I followed his command and blushed a bit, and he put his arms around me. The feeling was unbelievable. I give him one last hug before leaving the M&G room and that sums up the most memorable 30 seconds of my life. It was a moment where I realized, “I never gave up, it all finally payed off.” After the M&G, I had about an hour or so to regain my mental state of mind because it was time for the concert. This was the first concert of my life considering the fact I could never ever previously afford to buy tickets. It would obviously be an understatement to conclude that this was a dream come true, it was so much more. Justin Bieber absolutely killed the show and exceeded my expectations. I couldn’t have possibly even thought up a more amazingly perfect experience in my mind if I tried, it was like something out of a fan-fiction. I finally met the boy who’s the reason I’m still here, the reason I try my best in everything I do, the reason I haven’t given up on life, the reason I believe in everything imaginable, even when I could barely believe in myself & my own potential. I hope this story inspires people the way Justin inspires me. I’m living proof that everything can be accomplished with effort, dedication, and perseverance. I can’t express this enough, when I say, please don’t ever give up on your dreams. There’s gonna be times when people tell you that you can’t live your dreams, but Never Say Never. Everything’s going to be alright, it really is. I never thought it would, but here I am sharing my story. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything, Justin. Much love. – @xoJessicaTorres Read the original here: After 4 years of admiring him from a far, it finally happened on…
After 4 years of admiring him from a far, it finally happened on…
