There are so many stereotypes about Southern girls. We are ditsy blondes with thick Southern accents. We only wear cowboy boots. We're absolutely obsessed with Lilly Pulitzer (well that one is at least a little bit true). The list goes on and on. Southern girls are so much more than these stereotypes make us out to be. While it is true that we have Southern accents and we like cowboy boots, we aren't ditzy blondes who go around yelling "bless your heart" at everyone.
Southern girls aren't the stereotypical "country" girls you see in music videos, TV shows and movies. We don't all have the Southern accents so thick you can barely understand us. We aren't ditzy blondes chasing cowboys. Cowboy boots go with everything, but that's not all we wear. We love sweet tea, but it's not all we drink. Southern girls can be just as classy as city slickers. Here's what a real southern belle is.
A Southern belle by definition is a young woman of the American Deep South. Women such as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" and the women of "Steel Magnolias" popularized the idea of the Southern belle. It's only in recent years that southern belles have gotten a reputation for being ditsy.
Southern belles can be anything. You can go fishing and hunting and still be a Southern belle. You can drive a truck and still be a Southern belle. You can have a closet full of Lilly Pulitzer and still be a Southern belle. You don't have to fit the mold for a stereotypical Southern belle — I know I don't.
I'm proud to be from the South. I'm proud to say I wear boots and pearls and Lilly Pulitzer and I drink sweet tea. But that's not all I am. I'm smart, I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty.
