Demi-Leigh Tebow Says She Had to ‘Untangle the Roots of Her Identity’ After Ending Miss Universe Reign

Not everything successful life is each diamonds and pearls! In her debut memoir, A Crown That Lasts: You Are Not Your Label, which hits shelves connected August 13, Demi-Leigh Tebow opens up astir life aft winning nan 2017 Miss Universe crown.

No longer donning nan title that bestowed grace, glitz, and glitter upon her life, she embarked connected a travel of self-reflection to reclaim her identity.

“The infinitesimal that nan title went away, it near maine emotion for illustration an absolute failure,” she confesses. “I had to spell and really untangle nan roots of my personality and works caller seeds of truth successful my life.”

Although she’s “grateful” for nan experience, nan roadworthy to uncovering her intent “took a batch of proceedings and error” to get to wherever she is today. Now, she talks to Life & Style astir being happier than ever, her matrimony to NFL prima Tim Tebow, and her philanthropy work.

LS: How would you specify your personality today?

DLT: My personality is rooted successful my faith. When we guidelines our personality successful things that are ever moving, it leaves america connected a rollercoaster of perpetually having “why” questions, moments of insecurity, and emotion for illustration we’re not worthy of people’s clip aliases praise. For me, nan 1 point I’ve been capable to find that is fixed, that is ne'er changing, that is bigger than myself and is ever trustworthy, is my faith.

IT: What connection do you dream to dispersed to readers?

DLT: I collapsed up [the book] and organized it successful 4 sections: to dig, to plant, to grow, and to flourish. I made this very intentional determination because I want nan readers to spell and use this book to their ain lives. My dream is that each scholar will beryllium capable to locomotion distant emotion for illustration they tin return declare of their existent personality and observe their purpose.

LS: How did Tim support you during nan penning process?

DLT: In truthful galore ways! Everything from making java astatine 10:00 astatine night, to bringing maine snacks and making judge I’m comfortable, aliases moving maine a basking bath. I ne'er knew sitting still for that galore hours conscionable penning and typing up a large wind could make your assemblage consciousness that sore. Ultimately, Tim is conscionable my partner. I emotion nan relationship that we person and I emotion that he is 1 of nan top sounding boards I person successful my life.

LS: How did you 2 initially meet?

DLT: One of nan initiatives of nan Tim Tebow Foundation is called “Night to Shine” and it’s a worldwide ceremony for group pinch typical needs and disabilities. I had a small sister that was calved pinch terrible typical needs and disabilities – she ended up passing distant soon aft Tim and I met successful 2019 – but she and nan “Night to Shine” ceremony is nan logic why Tim and I yet met. Between those two, it’s adjacent to opportunity that was our matchmaker.

LS: What makes you guys nan cleanable match?

DLT: From afar, you mightiness really look astatine america and deliberation we don’t person a batch successful common, which I deliberation tin very overmuch beryllium true. I grew up successful South Africa and my first connection is Afrikaans. I knew thing astir American sports erstwhile I first moved present and Tim surely didn’t cognize a batch astir pageants. But those are things you tin study and nan 1 point I consciousness for illustration has really centered our marriage is not what we person successful communal but what we person successful purpose.

LS: What’s been your concealed to a happy marriage?

DLT: To ne'er extremity making love each other. I deliberation that’s 1 of nan awesome things we perpetually effort to do. I’ll aftermath up immoderate mornings and location will conscionable beryllium a saccharine statement connected nan room antagonistic pinch a cup of coffee. You don’t needfully request each nan large royal moments. It’s each nan mini small moments that extremity up making nan large moments genuinely count.

LS: Are you guys reasoning astir having kids anytime soon?

DLT: God willing, we would some emotion to person children. At nan moment, we’re some truthful thankful for everything we get to beryllium a portion of, nan activity that we get to do, and nan group that we get to service alongside nan Tim Tebow Foundation. That’s our attraction astatine nan moment, but we would emotion to person children astatine immoderate constituent successful nan future.

LS: Your philanthropy activity is truthful important to you. After surviving a horrific attempted carjacking successful South Africa, you started nan “Unbreakable” Campaign, which intends to amended and uplift women. Tell america much astir that.

DLT: That incident was very traumatic. The worst portion was yet getting distant and cipher would extremity to thief me. It wasn’t until later that a young female stopped successful her aged small car and led maine to safety. She encouraged maine not to beryllium 1 of nan cars that turned a unsighted oculus and pretended not to perceive and not to spot erstwhile personification was successful need, but she encouraged maine to ever beryllium consenting to beryllium interrupted for personification successful need. That’s wherever “Unbreakable” was born. [We] big workshops for women to equip them and empower them pinch applicable devices and skills connected really to grip unwanted situations.