You look beautiful both ways. I was born a redhead with curly hair. I remember when my greatgrandmother had me for a few weeks before school and decided to perm my hair. It was so fly away outside that I could not go out. My mother almost had a heart attack when she picked me up. I straightened my hair one time as an adult and almost cried because I didn't know what to do with it. It would do nothing for me. I will keep my curly hair. I use a blow dryer or brush rollers sometimes to get the curl out. It does frizz up in humid weather. I now color my hair and keep it just a little longer to be able to keep it curled and styled. Once in a while in the summer I just let it curl up when its hot and humid.