She has often been asked "what are you?". Priscilla is in fact half Japanese and half black American, and it seemed that mix of ethnicity challenged many people. It led her to an experiment, to explore the standard of beauty for biracial women. She sent a picture of herself to photo editors in 18 countries and asked them to "make her beautiful".
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