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Serena Williams Writes Emotional Letter to Her ‘Role Model’ Mother

Related Topics: Oracene Price, Serena Williams

New mom Serena Williams is thanking her own mother for being the role model she says she needed.

In an open letter to her mother posted to Reddit , Williams calls mom Oracene Price “one of the strongest women I know.” Williams mentions some of the criticisms she’s endured about her muscular body, before telling Price she’s proud that “we were able to show them what some women look like.” She adds “we are curvy, strong, muscular, tall, small, just to name a few, and all the same: we are women and proud!”

Dear Mom,

You are one of the strongest women I know.