LEGEND, IMPACT, TIME, OR DOES IT EVEN MATTER?

THE DEFINITION OF LEGEND IS : (NOUN) 1. A STORY (WHICH MAY OR NOT BE TRUE) HANDED DOWN FROM THE PAST. THE DEFINITION OF LEGENDARY IS (ADJ) 1. OF OR BASED ON LEGENDS, DESCRIBED IN A LEGEND 2. FAMOUS OFTEN TALKED ABOUT. THE LEGEND ISSUE IN THE BALLROOM SCENE THE LAST 4-5 YEARS HAS WENT HAYWIRE. SOMETIMES THE DEBATE IS TREATED AS SERIOUS AS ANY OF THE 3 TO 4 WARS THAT OUR WORLD IS INVOLVED IN AT A PRESENT TIME. YEARS AGO BEING "LEGENDARY" WAS NEVER AN ISSUE OR CARE. WHEN ONE WAS CALLED LEGEND IT WAS NEVER QUESTIONED OR DOUBTED. YOU KNEW WHEN SOMEONE WAS LEGENDARY THAT IT WAS A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR BESTOWED UPON THEM. THOSE PEOPLE WERE REVERED, RESPECTED, AND HONORED IN THE SCENE. THERE WERE PEOPLE BACK THEN THAT MAY OF BEEN CALLED UP AND COMING LEGEND AND MAY OF NEVER BEEN CALLED LEGEND AND THEY DIDN'T CARE. PEOPLE WERE MORE CONCERNED WITH TURNING THE CATEGORY OUT AND WITH HAVING FUN. STATUS BACK THEN WAS EARNED NOT GIVEN OUT BECAUSE OF A DEFINITE TIME FRAME OR BECAUSE THEY ASKED FOR IT. THE POINT BLANK FACT WAS TO BE CALLED A LEGEND WAS THE PINNACLE OF A PERSONS BALL WALKING CAREER. IT WAS NEVER A QUESTION THAT DANIELLE OR OCTAVIA WERE LEGEND IT WAS A KNOW FACT. EVEN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM WHEN PERFORMANCE AND OTHER CATEGORIES STARTED TO CHANGE IT WAS NOT AN ISSUE BUT 5 OR 6 YEARS INTO THE MILLENNIUM IT DEFINITELY BECAME ONE. LETS FIRST TALK ABOUT IMPACT. IMPACT IS DEFINITELY A REASON THAT SHOULD EFFECT AND DECLARE LEGENDARY STATUS. SINIA AND ASHLEY IN THE EARLY NINETIES CAME AND CHANGED AND REVOLUTIONIZED FEM QUEEN PERFORMANCE. THEY WERE CALLED LEGENDARY AFTER 3 TO 4 YEARS AND IT WAS NOT QUESTIONED. THEY HAD THE HOTTEST RIVALRY AND PEOPLE WOULD ATTEND BALLS TO SEE THEM TWO GO AT IT. THEY KNEW THAT SINIA AND ASHLEY THEN BOO BOO WOULD DELIVER A SHOW AND THEY WOULD GET THEIR ENTERTAINMENT. RENEE KARAN FROM PHILLY WAS ALSO CALLED LEGENDARY AFTER A FEW YEARS BECAUSE SHE HELPED PUT PHILADELPHIA ON THE MAP. SHE WAS SOMEONE THAT WALKED FACE, BODY, REALNESS AND PERFORMANCE AND IT WAS UNDENIABLE WHAT SHE COULD DO WHEN SHE WALKED. THESE ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT HAVE DECLARED THESE PEOPLE LEGENDARY BASED ON IMPACT. THEY CAME IN AND TOOK CHARGE OF THEIR CATEGORIES AND MADE THEIR NAMES AND ARE ALL UNFORGETTABLE! OTHER EXAMPLES BASED ON IMPACT IS PONY HE CAME AND SLAYED BQ VOGUE FEM BEFORE THE NEW MILLENNIUM AND WAS LIKE A MISSILE WHEN HE TOOK OFF. 2000 AND HE WAS PUNISHING THE CATEGORY STATE TO STATE AND HAD DRAMATICS ON A CHOKE HOLD. THEY WAS CALLING HIM LEGENDARY AT THE 2004 POCC BALL IN NY, BUT EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW HOW HE IMPACTED THE CATEGORY. HE DID NOT ACTUALLY WALK LEGENDARY VOGUE FEM UNTIL 2008. HE DID THIS BECAUSE HE WANTED TO RESPECT THE ARCHAIC GUIDELINES THAT YOU ARE NOT LEGENDARY UNTIL YOU WALKED FOR 10 YEARS! I FEEL IMPACT CAN ALSO BE TIED WITH TIME! LETS TALK ABOUT LEYOMI MIZRAHI SHE STEPPED ONTO THE SCEN IN 2003 BUT FROM 2005 TO PRESENT SHE HAS BEEN SLAYING HER CATEGORY TIME AND TIME AGAIN. WHERE MEEKA, DAEJA, AND ALLOURA SLAYED FOR THE FIRST 5 YEARS SHE CAME IN AND TOOK OFF LIKE A HELICOPTER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. PEOPLE READ AND CASTIGATED THAT SHE WAS MADE LEGENDARY IN 2010 BUT REALLY HOW CAN THEY. JUST AS THE LADIES BEFORE HER CAME AND CHANGED PERFORMANCE AND THE LADIES BEFORE THEM WHICH IS SINIA AND ASHLEY. SHE ALSO HAS REVOLUTIONIZED FQ PERFORMANCE, SHE HAS WON OVER LEGENDS AND BATTLED COUNTLESS OF PEOPLE. SHE HAS STORMED THROUGH HOUSES AND WON GRAND PRIZES. EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS NOT TOUCHED 10 YEARS HER IMPACT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, WE ARE NOT EVEN GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUTSIDE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE ARE GOING TO BASE IT ONLY ON BALLROOM SCENE. WHEN YOU THINK OF A LEGEND YOUR SUPPOSED TO THINK ABOUT SOMEONE WHO IS UNFORGETTABLE. DO YOUR THINK YOU WILL EVER FORGET ABOUT LEYOMI'S NAME. I DOUBT IT BECAUSE SH HAS MARKED A TERRITORY IN THE BALLROOM SCENE THAT CAN NO BE CHANGED EITHER. BEING LEGEND ALSO CONSISTS OF PUTTING A STAMP ONTO YOUR CATEGORY AND SHE HAS DONE JUST THAT. YOU CAN EVEN TALK ABOUT SOMEONE LIKE JANESE CHANEL SHE HAS WALKED BALLS SINCE 97 AND EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS NEVER AN OTY GIRL OR AT MOST MAJOR BALLS YOU KNEW HER PERFORMANCE. SHE STARTED IN THE LEGENDARY CLUBHOUSE ERA AND BATTLED LEGENDS AND HAD HER OWN PERFORMANCE. THEIR HAS BEEN TIMES WHERE HER STATUS HAVE BEEN QUESTIONED BUT ISN'T THAT WHAT ALSO SHOULD BE CONSIDERED LEGENDARY. ATTITUDE, CONFIDENCE AND NERVE! FOR SOMEONE TO BE QUESTIONED IS EMBARRASSING  BUT TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND GET ON THE RUNWAY AGAIN IS CONFIDENCE. YOU HAVE TO BE CONFIDENT IN WHAT YOU KNOW YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE BALLROOM SCENE. YOU KNOW THAT SHE FUSED JANET JACKSON MOVES WITH HER PERFORMANCE WHO ELSE HAS DONE THAT? NO ONE BUT HER. SHE HAS WALKED BALLS OVER 14 YEARS SO SHE IS WELL OVER THE 10 YEAR MARK SO WHY DID HER STATUS HAVE TO GET QUESTION? THEN YOU HAVE THE COMPARISON ISSUE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPARE THEMSELVES TO OTHER PEOPLE AND FEEL THEY SHOULD BE LEGENDARY. THEY FEEL IF THEY THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN SINCE 1996 AND THIS NEXT INDIVIDUAL STARTED IN 2002 THEN HOW IS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO STARTED WALKING IN 2002 LEGENDARY? YOU CAN NEVER BASE YOU CAREER ON THE NEXT PERSON THEY MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN YOU HAVE THEY MAY OF BEEN NATIONWIDE YOU MAY  ONLY OF SLAYED IN YOUR HOME STATE. THIS CAN GO ON AND ON YOU MAY HAVE A BALLROOM SCENE OUT IN LETS SAY IDAHO THERE BALLROOM SCENE MAY CONSIST OF 50 PEOPLE BUT YOU MAY HAVE A PERSON THAT HAS BEEN WALKING FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS THERE TO THAT HOMETOWN IN BOISE, IDAHO THAT PERSON IS LEGENDARY. BUT HE MAY COME TO NY AND NOT BE RECOGNIZED AT ALL! SO IS THAT A LOCAL LEGEND? EVEN IF HE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SCENE IN IDAHO! THE POINT IS THIS DEBATE CAN GO ON AND ON. MY QUESTION TO YOU DOES IT EVEN MATTER ANYMORE HAVING LEGENDARY STATUS? WHAT DO YOU THINK CONSTITUTES A LEGEND? WHAT DO YOU FEEL SHOULD CHANGE ABOUT LEGENDARY STATUS!