Meechy Monroe, a YouTube Star for Her Natural Hair Lessons, Dies at 32<br />Ms. Monroe recorded every inch of her progress, starting with a moment she —<br />and many others making the transition — referred to as the “big chop.” Once she began to grow bouncy corkscrew curls, she said, women stopped her on the street: Did she like going natural?<br />Ms. Monroe talked about transitions as a revolution for women freeing themselves from a lifetime of hot combs, perms<br />and extensions, said her sister, Vaughn Colquitt, who also has a beauty channel on YouTube.<br />By AMISHA PADNANIJULY 13, 2017<br />Meechy Monroe, who achieved YouTube fame with hairstyle tutorials<br />that empowered black women to embrace the natural hair movement and forgo harsh chemicals, died June 27 at a nursing home in Westmont, Ill. She was 32.<br />“What is deemed desirable is measured against white standards of beauty, which include long and straight hair (usually blonde),<br />that is, hair that is not kinky or nappy,” she said in her book “Hair Matters: Beauty, Power and Black Women’s Consciousness” (2000).
