How would you feel going to bed hungry?

Most of us (at least in my circle) is grown up with food on the table everyday and never need to suffer from hunger. We go to bed with filled stomachs and food in our house. We have never experienced real hunger. I am born and raised in one of the worlds wealthiest countries where we always have access to the worlds best resources on many levels. I feel blessed. However, we do not choose in what country or life we are born. Some are not so lucky  as I am (Yes I will call myself lucky).

In some part of the world, people have a daily fight to feed themselves and their families. A warm dinner and breakfast everyday is never an of course. “The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that about 795 million people of the 7.3 billion people in the world, or one in nine, were suffering from chronic undernourishment in 2014-2016. Almost all the hungry people, 780 million, live in developing countries, representing 12.9 percent, or one in eight, of the population of developing counties’ These numbers are high.

It can be frustrating sometimes to hear these numbers and you do not know what to do about it. I for example, feel it is bad and unfair that some people have to have this life, when I have everything I need. Why does so many people have some much when others have nothing?

I can not decide where I come from, but I can decide that I want to use my position to help the ones I can. It has always been a natural part of me to help others and I have always been active in charity organizations in Norway, but also here in New York. If you are walking the streets here, you are seeing homeless and hungry people in almost every street corner. It hurts to see that and you are asking yourself, what happened? Why is these people here and it is people from all over there world here. Not only New Yorkers. Looking at some statistics:

• In August 2017, there were 61,471 homeless people, including 15,315 homeless families with 22,970 homeless children, sleeping each night in the New York City municipal shelter system. Families comprise just over three-quarters of the homeless shelter population.

• Over the course of City fiscal year 2016, more than 129,803 different homeless men, women, and children slept in the New York City municipal shelter system. This includes over 45,000 different homeless New York City children.

 Many of them have had bad experiences in life, been in war or are just born into this life. Somebody may say they choose this life because of drugs, but I do not believe anyone would choose that life.  And in the end they are humans, and they deserves to eat and go to bed (or at least to sleep, cause many of them don’t have a bed either) with a filled stomach. We are so many peoples here in NYC that can share a little of what we have and from our time to make the life a little better for those people.

I am going to volunteer for The Holy Apostle Soup Kitchen today. We are going to serve a meal to approximately 1000 people poor, hungry and homeless people. I have done this with them before and I can not wait to see how much that one meal, means for the people that come. It is time to make a difference.

New Blog post about this very soon. In the meanwhile, appreciate what you have and don’t take that for granted! Someone would give the world to have what you have.

Love,

Rebecca

Hello alle sammen! (English under)

Saa mange ting har skjedd I det siste, men endelig fikk jeg satt meg ned med en blogg post igjen!

Disse ukene har vaert saa masse goey! Denne uken hadde jeg et intervju for Sandefjordsblad, og dette ble publisert online I gaar og I avisen idag. Det er saa goey med engasjement fra hjembyene mine og faa saa mange positive tilbakemeldinger. Aa siden jeg bor midt I mellom to byerm er jeg saa heldig aa ha to byer som er mine hjembyer, saa idag postet Oestlandsposten I Larvik en artikel ogsaa! Responsen fra alle som ikke visste om dette enna har vaert super! Sandefjord og Larvik, jeg er er saa glad I dere og stolt av og komme herfra! Paa Soendag hadde jeg en Photoshoy med fotograf Hanna Bouveng I West Village I New York. Bildene vil bli lansert snart, men jeg skal legge ved noen I dette innlegget. Etter alt dette har jeg ogsaa faatt min foreste sponsor! Vi singerer kontraktene sporent straks saa da skall dere faa vite hvem dette er. Jeg er saa glad og mer motivert enn aldri foer!

Hello everbody! Things have been going on and I finally could post a blog post.

These weeks have been so much fun and so crazy!  This week I did an interview for Sandefjordsblad (a newspaper for the city of Sandefjord) and this got published online yesterday and in the hard copy newspaper today. It is so exciting to engage with loved my hometowns and get all this amazing feedback. And yes, since I live in between to cites, I am so lucky have two cities I will call my hometowns, so today Ostlandsposten in Larvik, decieded to make an article as well. The respons from all the people I know that may did not even know has been so good.  Sandefjord and Larvik I love you!On Sunday I had a phootshot with Photographer Hanna Bouveng in West Village in New York. The pictures will be released soon but I will add a sneak peak this post. After all this I also got my first sponsor! We are signing the contracts asap so stay tuned. I feel blessed and happy, more motivated than ever!

Kisses from NYC xxx

Photos: Hanna Bouveng

Location; West Village, New York

Photos: Hanna Bouveng.

Hola! En liten oppsummering og tankespinn etter helgen som var

Naa er jeg paa plass I New York igjen etter en kort og intens tur hjemme. Men det var virklig verdt det. Naar man bor langt fra hjemme setter man kanskje litt ekstra pris paa alle rundt og ikke minst paa hvor godt vi har det I Norge. (Jeg tror man har vansklig aa forstaa hvor godt man hard et foer man flytter fra Norge) Men mer om det siden. Uansett familie og venner gjorde denne helgen til den beste paa lenge!

En av helgens hoydepunkter var misseskolen. Maa si jeg hadde gledet meg saa mye til aa faa en innfoering I alt som skal skje fremover og diverse ting man maa forholde seg til, og ikke minst til aa faa hilse paa de andre jentene. Vakre, flinke og smarte jenter, maa jeg faa love til aa si! Jeg hadde holdt det gaske hemmelig I at jeg skulle vare med I aarets konkurranse frem til den helgen, jeg ville liksom faa en sikkelig innfoering I alt. Men paa lordag kveld bestemte jeg meg for a slippe bomben og dele nyheten, Tilbakemeldingen har vaert helt fantastiske. Baade fra venner og famile og kjente, til og med ukjente har response vaert enorm og over all forventing. Det er jo goey! Og det gir jo ogsaa en ekstra motivasjon. Siden loerdag er det naa baade photoshoot, intervju, sponsor planlegging og veldedighets prosjekt paagang! Jeg gleder meg til aa dele videre med dere hav jeg har paa gang.

Tusen takk for all stoette og god respons! Tusen takk for denne muligheten og ikke minst for en super helg! Vi er I gang!

Hola! This is a small update from the past weekend in Norway!

I am finally back in NYC after a short and intense trip back home. However, it was definitely worth it! I think you apricates the thing we have in Norway a little extra when you are not surrounded by them every day. At least I do. Family and friends made my weekend perfect!

One of the weekends main events was the introduction for Miss Norway 2018. I was so excited to learn about everything I needed to know for the coming months: what to do and how to do it etc. Most of all I was excited to talk too and see the new girls. It was some beautiful, nice and smart girls all of them. It had been a secret of mine up until this weekend that I was going to attend the contest this year. I wanted to get a big picture of everything worked before I made it public. But, on Saturday night I decided to drop the bomb and let the news out. The feedback has been incredible from both friends and family, even people I do not know, it is amazing. This gives an extra kick to push forward and do a good job. Since Saturday, a lot of things started to roll: a photoshoot is coming up, a few interviews and sponsorship request, I am also starting to work on this charity project which I can not wait to share with you!

Thank you for all great feedback and response! Thank you so much for an amazing weekend and for this opportunity. Let’s go!

Love Rebecca xxx

Det var med triste øyne og tungt hjerte jeg åpnet nyhetene idag. Hendelsen i Las Vegas i går natt var ubegripelig. Igjen skjedde det. Verden har blitt utsatt for en ny massakre og en katastrofe. Det er virkelig trist og se at månede etter månede er det noen som mister livet i utenkelige hendelser. Flere mennesker har mistet noen de elsker og ikke minst flere 1000 er blitt berørt. Resten av oss puster nok kanskje bare lettet ut for at det ikke var noen av våre denne gangen heller. 
Det gjør at man går litt i seg selv og tenker i hvertfall gjør jeg det. Tenk på alle disse menneskene som hadde noen de gjerne skulle sagt noe til, eller noen som bare skulle sagt noen til dem en siste gang? Men så får man aldri gjort det. Man kan jo ikke tenke at noe grusomt skal skje hver gang, men til tider kan man kanskje være litt mer oppmerksomme rundt hverandre og sette litt pris på de som er rundt. Kanskje man skal sende en melding til mamma og pappa og si du er glad i det. Kanskje den krangelen med broren ikke var så viktig? Eller at man kanskje kan droppe den klagining på sjefen. Som ordtaket så fint sier "Man vet ikke hva man har før det er borte". Å man vet aldri hva som kan skje, når som helst, og da kan det være greit å ha det meste på det gode. Å stort sett så er jeg en forkjemper av å spre litt ekstra kjærlighet og være gode fremfor og være i uoverensstemmelser med andre. Spre litt kjærlighet og sett pris på de rundt og gjør verden litt bedre <3 Alle tanker går til de berørte i Las Vegas i kveld ❤️

It was with sad eyes I read the news this morning. A new terror attack hit the world. It happend in Las Vegas now. Again a new situation where many people get killed and hundreds get injured, thousands Get affected and the Whole world is in shick. Why? Why have the world become a place Where we are dealing with disasters almost monthly.
Most of us are thanking God, it didnt happen to us this time either. But at the same time it made me think. It could have been us. We could have been in Vegas! Or lost month in London. Or someone close to us could have been. I always think What if. What if it was us. What if it was someone you were close with? Think about all the things you Should have said or regret you never said. Think about all this things that was too late. You couldnt call your mom a last time to tell her you love her or apologize for the stupid fight with your brother. I think the expression: "You dont know what you have until its gone" descibes this situation very Well. Suddenly a thing we take for granted could be gone.
I do not think you Should go around being scared that something bad always can happen (we cant stop living!) But Maybe we can enchance the people and the things that makes us happy a little more? Tell your family you love them! Avoid say mean and unecessary things that most likely just upset other. You never know What tomorrow brings so i prefer to have it on the good side. Spread the love and be kind! All my prayers goes to Vegas and their loved ones today❤️

Hello!

Jeg har besetmt meg for aa skrive all mine bloggposter paa engelsk og norsk, derav at jeg hare en del international venner som har lyst til aa foelge med I denne prosessen. Saa jeg tenkte en del av bloggingen viser jo nettop hva Miss Norway er saa det foeltes riktig.

Denne uken har vaert helt utrolig hektisk med ting aa gjoere.  Men jeg er saa utrlig glad for aa vaere en del av Miss Norway 2018. Tross alt en hektsik uke, har jeg tnekte masse og lagt litt planer for de kommende manedene. Sidne jeg bor I New York, ha rjeg forest og fremst faatt booket et fly hjem saa jeg kan vaere med paa eventet 7 oktober! Dette gleder jeg meg masse til. Det skal bli spennende aa se hva som blir planen fremover og hvordan alt fungerer, samtidig aa faa litt kvalitetstid med venner og familie! Det skal bli godt. Saa Norge, vi ses veldig snart!

En annen ting jeg gjorde denne uken var aa bytte gym. Aa trene og ha en sunn og god livstil er veldig viktig for meg, o gen helt naturlig del av min hverdag. Men noen ganger kan det vaere vanskelig aa ha en god rutine, og man prioriterer daarligere. I det siste har jeg nesten bare “trent for aa ha trena”. Saa jeg trengte virkelig litt ny gym motivasjon! Jeg ville ha litt forandring og ha noe some gav meg listen og gleden til aa trene mer igjen. Jeg har lenge droemt om aa kunne gaa en pass og svoemme (jeg elsker aa bade!). Samtidig som jeg ville kunne gaa paa danse klasser og til og med prove kick boxing. Saa naa ha jeg funnet en plass med alt dette. Jeg gleder meg virklig hverdag til aa gaa paa trening naa.

Saa naa er jeg klar for aa fa any energy med ny gym! Haper jeg kan laere noen nye danse moves! AA best av alt, naar kulda setter inn kan jeg forstatt ta meg en svoemme tur I bassenget! Jeg er klar for aa gi en innsats paa gymmen og jeg er klar for Miss Norway 2018.

Hello  Guys!

I decided to put my posts up in both Norwegian and English, because I have a lot of international friends that want to follow me on this journey, so I wanted to include them in the blog too! I mean, this is where a lot of things going on so.  So, let’s start!

This week has been crazy busy with things to do! But I am so happy to be a part of Miss Norway 2018 this year. So, I have been focusing a lot about my plans and goals for the coming months.  Since I live in New York, I got my flight home for the event on October 7^th which I am very excited for. It will be great to get a head of the next months program. As well as I am super excited to meet up with friends and family for a few days. Norway, I will see you soon.

Another thing that I did this week is to change up my gym. Working out and having a healthy life style is something that is very important to me, and high up on my daily priorities. But sometimes a good routine is hard to keep up if you are caught up in other things or lack motivation. Lately I been just going to the gym because I felt I had too.  I needed some new motivation!  I wanted to change my environment and to add some extra too it so I feel more motivated to go. I had been dreaming of doing swimming and boxing and dancing classes for a while, so I found a place with all that. I am so happy! For me is a work out more than just a job. I want to make it fun. I want to have the feeling of excitement and happiness by going, than just the feeling of “I had to go just get over with it.”

Now, I am ready to enter this next months with new energy and a new gym! Hopefully I can learn some new dance moves and really get into that kick boxing I wanted to do for a while! And best of all I can go for a swim when the winter cold sets in.  I am ready to step up my work out game and I am ready to step up my workout game and ready for Miss Norway!

Hei!

I gaar var jeg med paa et kjempe spennende event med Awl and Sundry. De er i utgangspunktet et luksus, skomerke for menn, som lager customized sko med fokus paa kul design og kvalitet. Den siste tiden har de samarbeidet med 4 ulike NFL stjerner om og gjoere 4 ulike kolleksjoner som er Ready-To-Wear! Man kan da faa kvalitetssko for en mye billigere penge. MEN, det er ikke det som er det fine med hele konseptet, for hvert par sko som blir solgt, sender de et par sko = sokker til skolebarn og studenter i Kenya. I mange tilfeller maa barn og ungdom gaa flere kilometer paa skolen hver dag barbeint frem og tilbake, uansett hver. Sko er en naturlig ting vi tar forgitt her I Norge. Alle har sko. Vi har til og med ofte flere par, mens de der har ingen. 

Saa ved aa kjope disse skoene kan man altsaa se bra ut og gjoere noe bra! Man kan ha blitt bedre samvittighet for aa kjope sko. En av mine bestevenninner Vibeke har jobbet for dette firmaet I snart et halvt aar og det var slik jeg kom I kontakt med dem. Naar hun spurte om jeg ville vaere med paa dette eventet, ville jeg saa klart bli med. De skulle ha lanseringsfest og veldedighetsevent I ett. Saa hun lurte paa om jeg ville bli med som en del av teamet og bidra til innsamlinger til barna I Kenya eller faa folk til aa kjope av sko.

For det forste saa er det fantastiskt og kunne gaa inn og gi en innsats og gjore noe for andre, i dette tilfelle barna I Kenya.  Enten ved at folk kjoper sko og bidrar til at de I Kenya ogsaa faar et par, eller ved aa kun investere I prosjektet med aa kjope sko til barna i Kenya.

For det andre syntes jeg det er kult med nyoppstarta bedrifer med kule konsepter. Jeg syntes det er viktig aa stoette opp om entrepenurer som trenger litt ekstra hjelp. Ogsaa er det jo ekstra hyggelig naar det er for gode venner.

For det tredje, saa er de ten gyllen mulighet til aa nettverke og knytte kontakter! Du vet aldri hvem du kan moete paa! Jeg fikk hilse paa bade Rashed Jennings som er en av designerene, han er NFL spiller (Amerikansk fotball) og gikk nettopp av med seieren i “Dansing with the Stars” (Skal vi danse). Nate Burleson var en annen  jeg moette. Han er porgramleder paa Good Morning Football her I USA.

Sjekk ut Awl and Sundry her om du vil vite mer om market eller deres prosjekt paa kickstarter:

Kvelden var super vellykket!