00:00I'm born with ichthyasis confetti.
00:02My skin is dry and grows too fast.
00:06People didn't want to be near me.
00:08They didn't want to be close.
00:10So I haven't really had the courage to date someone.
00:15Today I'm going on my first date ever.
00:18I think the most challenging about dating is maybe like touching.
00:24My skin is different and it scares me to be so close to someone.
00:30I'm nervous.
00:31Do you think you will look past your skin condition?
00:35Growing up with ichthyasis, it has been difficult.
00:39My skin was worse when I was younger.
00:42It was drier and it was hard because every time I went outside the house,
00:47people stared at me or whispered bad things.
00:51I've never been on a date before.
00:53I think that I've been very insecure about my skin.
00:58I have to be confident because otherwise I don't really know but it has made me strong.
01:04I don't wish to be someone else.
01:07So today I'm going for a blind date.
01:11My cousin is going to help me with my makeup and hair.
01:15So what are you going to wear tonight?
01:17I think I'm going to wear what I have on right now.
01:21Do you think it's good for a date?
01:24Yeah.
01:25I'm nervous.
01:26My expectations for the date.
01:29For me it's very, very important that the person is funny and it's easy to talk to because I like to talk to people.
01:38I'm ready for the date.
01:40Good luck.
01:44I don't think I have a type of woman.
01:46The most important for me is like the personality.
01:48If the personality is good, I'm falling in love.
01:51We'll see what happens.
01:53Hello.
01:54Hello.
01:55How are you?
01:56I'm good, and you?
01:57I'm good, thank you.
01:58What's your name?
01:59I'm Natalie.
02:00Natalie.
02:01What is your name?
02:02William.
02:03Yeah.
02:04Thank you so much.
02:06I like your shirt by the way.
02:09So what's your favorite food?
02:12I really like, just like really Swedish meatballs with lingers.
02:17I love sushi.
02:18I always eat like everything.
02:20You decide fish.
02:23You don't like fish?
02:24I hate fish.
02:25You like sushi, but you don't like fish.
02:27What is that?
02:28I hate fish.
02:29Like every kind of fish I hate.
02:31Okay.
02:34So can you tell me about your skin condition?
02:36Yeah.
02:37I'm born with ichthyosis confetti.
02:40My skin is dry and it grows too fast.
02:44Okay.
02:45I'm red, obviously.
02:48And I have to like put cream on every day.
02:52What happens if you don't like, if you mist?
02:54I get really, really dry.
02:55You're really dry?
02:56Yeah.
02:57Does it like itching and stuff?
02:58It's itchy and it like, you know, get pale.
03:01Or not pale, but you know.
03:02Yeah, you can peel off the skin and stuff.
03:03Yeah, exactly.
03:04Okay, yeah, yeah.
03:05So what do you like to do?
03:06Do you have any hobbies or?
03:08Parting.
03:09Parting.
03:10Everybody loves to party.
03:12And do you have any hobbies that you like?
03:15Beside my job, I'm a photographer and a videographer too.
03:18What?
03:19You're a model, so.
03:20Yeah, it's fun.
03:21Nice, nice.
03:22Yeah, I'm a model too.
03:23Oh, you are?
03:24Yeah, I've been modeling in Dubai.
03:26Oh, wow.
03:27Start home.
03:28I decided to post some pictures on a group of Facebook for models and photographers.
03:34And if anyone would be interested in taking pictures, that's a dream I've had for a long time.
03:40So we booked a photo shoot and then I posted them on my Instagram and I got really positive feedback.
03:48And that's how it started.
03:50I get more confident being in front of the camera and being out there because then it's because of my skin and I feel like I'm doing a positive thing.
04:00I think also that maybe I can help other people with their insecurities.
04:06I think it's going good.
04:08Yeah, he's really nice.
04:10I don't think he had a big deal with my skin condition.
04:14The first impression was maybe, oh, it was my skin, but now he talks to me and that we have like a normal conversation and stuff.
04:23All right, you ready?
04:24Yes.
04:25All right, let's go.
04:26Very good time, yeah.
04:27It was really nice.
04:28Yeah.
04:29Yeah.
04:30You're easy to talk to.
04:31Yeah.
04:32Same to you, yeah.
04:33Do you think you're going to go out again?
04:34Maybe.
04:35Maybe.
04:36We can see.
04:37We're following each other on Instagram, so I hope we catch up there.
04:39It was fun.
04:40Nice to meet her.
04:41She's a beautiful person.
04:43I like that she loves to do the same thing as me, and I love her smile in her eyes.
04:48She's a person with just like a different skin condition as me, and that doesn't matter with me.
04:54He's a good person, and he's funny to talk to and easy.
04:58It feels like we have almost the same humor and stuff, so it feels nice.
05:03Has this dating experience taught you anything?
05:05It was really fun, and it felt easier than I thought.
05:09It has taught me that just like do it.
05:12It's not as scary as I thought it would be.
05:15Hard to know what it would be.
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