blairmachado

[blairmachado]

why hello it’s ash again with my second bby, blair! she’s way more moody than nate and sadly, i don’t have a bio worked out for her so imma just put some bullet points below and y’all can ask any questions that might arise!

[ ALBA BAPTISTA, CIS WOMAN, SHE/HER, 23 ] is that [ BLAIR MACHADO ]? god, i haven’t seen them in years, no wonder i’ve heard [ MODERATION BY CHLOE LILAC ] playing on repeat. i remember them being really [ EMPATHETIC & OUTGOING ], but they could also be really [ PESSIMISTIC & MISGUIDED ]. they always reminded me of [ PAGEANT TROPHIES LINING THE SHELF, A SPILLED BOTTLED OF CHANEL NO 5, SOFT SMILES AND PRINCESS WAVES, GLITTER EYESHADOW OVER TIRED EYES ].

✘ stats.

full name: blair estela machado

face claim: alba baptista

age: twenty three

birthday & zodiac: july 31st, 1997 & leo

gender & pronouns: cis woman & she/her

sexuality: bi-curious (still trying to figure it out)

place of birth: lisbon, portugal

hometown: alverton, north carolina

current residence: pittsburgh, pennsylvania

occupation: ballet instructor, part-time club dancer

character inspo: shelby goodkind ( the wilds ), frankie hollingsworth ( degrassi ), bianca stratford ( 10 things i hate about you ), cece parikh ( new girl ), veronica lodge ( riverdale )

✘ background info.

trigger warnings: mention of injury, depression, suicide, and internalized homophobia

blair is the daughter of a portuguese father and a brazilian mother. her father, antonio, is from lisbon and her mother, sofia, is from são paulo. the two met while going to school in england, got married in lisbon, and had blair after their first year of marriage. the family moved to the united states when she was two.

she holds citizenship in the united states, portugal, and brazil because of her parents. she is also bilingual: her first language is portuguese and english is her second language. though she really only uses portuguese when she’s around her parents and english everywhere else.

blair is an only child. neither of her parents, both practicing medicine, never had time to have another kid despite talking about it all the time. this, unfortunately, is a sensitive topic for blair because she’s always wanted a sibling.

after moving to the states, blair’s mother started entering her into beauty pageants (think toddlers & tiaras) at the young age of 3. right away, blair took to the stage and has won over 50 different pageants. her childhood room is decorated with trophies, tiaras, ribbons, and medals from her winnings.

also from a young age, blair has been in love with dancing. her parents put her into ballet classes and it eventually evolved in all kinds of dance. through high school and college, blair was on the dance team and was always named captain. she always dreamed of becoming a professional dancer, but her chance at fame hasn’t come yet. she’s currently working two jobs in pittsburgh to try to save up enough money to move to new york, where she hopes to get on broadway.

despite living off of tips at her job as a dancer at a club in downtown pittsburgh, she has a pretty big following on her tiktok. she started posting dancing videos on the app back when it was musical.ly, but the account hadn’t picked up until her senior year of college, when she posted a video of her college dance team performing during a basketball half-time show to drunk in love by beyonce that went viral she’s hoping that one day her videos will reach the platform of someone in show business.

she attended the university of pittsburgh for college and recently graduated with a major in theatre arts and a minor in dance, though her degree has only gotten her as a far as a ballet instructor for toddlers during the day and a club dancer at night.

in high school, blair suffered a devastating ankle injury, shattering it after botching a stunt at a dance competition. she was out of commission for months and had to watch her teammates compete and win at nationals without her. though she has since healed perfectly, blair refuses to perform any sort of jumps or acrobatic stunts while dancing in fear of being injured again.

sophomore year of college, blair was diagnosed with clinical depression. it reached a point where she was failing all of her classes, could hardly bring herself to eat or even go to class, and was sleeping almost all day. when she learned that she would have to complete an extra year of college due to her missteps, blair snapped. she made it all the way to her dorm’s roof, toes inching over the edge, before she realized what she was doing. to this day, blair still struggles with depression and suicidal idealization, but she’s become so skilled at hiding it that no one, not even her parents or closest friends are aware of it.

blair was raised roman catholic by her parents, but as she’s moved away from home and experienced things outside of her hometown, she’s become less connected to her faith. recently, she’s started to question her sexuality and has started experimenting. a part of her isn’t proud to be doing so (her faith and her family say it’s wrong, that she’s sinning), but she can’t help it -- some desires have to be fulfilled, right?

[blairmachado]

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