True Beauty OC

~~Basic Information~~

Full Name: Zuri Diana Wallace

Nicknames: Z (by everyone)

Age: 19 (Pre-Timeskip), 21 (Current)

Birthday: March 5th

Birthplace: Harlem, New York, United States Of America

Zodiac: Pisces

Height: 5'10

Gender: Female

Orientation: Heterosexual

Social Class: Upper


~~Appearance~~

Skin Color: Chestnut

Eye Color: Brown

Hair Style: Long and straight

Body Type: Endomorph

Scars: Zuri has some scars on her right cheek.

Piercings: Zuri has her ears pierced.

Ethnicity: African-American


~~Clothing~~

Outfits: Example 1 Example 2 Example 3

Accessories: CGM Medical ID Locket Bracelet


~~Personality~~

At first glance, Zuri seems like an introverted, classy ice queen. She is quiet, troubled, brooding, grim, moody, seemingly emotionless, intelligent, studious, and sarcastic. Zuri can always come up with a snarky and sarcastic remark and her wittiness knows no bounds. She is quite mature, often giving advice to others about various subjects and generally staying cool and calm no matter how desperate the situation is. Around strangers, Zuri is often emotionally restrained, appearing secretive and distant as well as spending most of her time by herself. It is difficult for her to build trust in anyone and even more difficult to truly forgive if that trust were to be broken. Zuri doesn't like to mince words and says whatever is on her mind no matter what, having no tolerance for stupidity. Her mouth can be quite outrageous to the point of being humorous. She doesn't change for others and doesn't compromise when it comes to her morals and values. With Zuri, it's her way or the highway.

Once someone is able to get close to Zuri, they are often shocked to see a different side of her. One that's creative, passionate, and affectionate. She will also express more emotion around the people she's close to and is very loyal and caring towards them, even willing to fight for them if need be. Zuri doesn't get intimidated and can be quite vindictive when angered even to the point of violence. Because of her history with being bullied, Zuri still struggles with low self-esteem which she hides by putting up a tough, emotionless front that can be prone to anger, mood swings, and overall outbursts. Extreme emotional highs and lows are part of her nature, but she can hide emotions tidily and look absolutely collected from the outside. She often hides her emotions under the shell of pretended indifference or egoism, but actually she is a very sensitive person, who can be hurt easily by negative treatment. She feels everything deeply, but her emotions often are twisted up in contradictions.

Zuri has a very good intuition to the point of often reading other people's minds. She is smart and charming, ever-alluring and highly seductive. Zuri is willful and resistant to rules that are forced upon her and she also hates when anyone tries to dominate her. Zuri is possessive and wants all or nothing from the people that she's close to. She is the type of person who never forgets when someone is nice to her and also never ever forgets when someone is mean to her. It takes her a long time to let go of grudges and she always remembers who was at fault in any given situation.

Normal Mood: Neutral because Zuri doesn't express her emotions very often.

Temper: Zuri's temper can be more trouble than it's worth but she's gotten calmer in recent years.

Discipline: Being a rebel, Zuri isn't very disciplined and follows her own rules.

Dreams/Goals: Zuri wishes to become a mechanic and own an auto shop.

Fears: Zuri fears getting her heart broken and being hurt overall.

Likes: Dancing, music, cars, books, video games, food, technology, anime

Dislikes: Ignorance, stupidity, not being understood, being restricted, bullies, losing, onions, entitlement

Soft Spot: Zuri has a soft spot for kids and laughter.

Role Model: Zuri's biggest role models in life are her aunt and uncle.

Physical Disabilities: Zuri has Type 1 diabetes.

Mental Disorders: Zuri suffers from PTSD and clinical depression.

Habits: N/A


~~Relationships~~

Father: Beau Willie Brown | Incarcerated

Mother: Crystal Wallace | Deceased

Younger Sister: Kenya Brown | Deceased

Younger Brother: Kwame Brown | Deceased

Aunt: Vianne Park (nee Wallace) | U.S. Marine (former), IT Technician (current) | Alive

Uncle: Minsoo Park | Judge | Alive

Cousin: Chin-sun Park | Author | Alive

Cousin: Chung-cha Park | Bartender | Alive

Cousin: Baek Hyeon Park | Student | Alive

Cousin: Byeong-Su Park | Student | Alive

Love Interest: Suho Lee

Marital Status: Single

Pets: Zuri has a pet black Labrador Retriever that she named Midnight.


~~Past Times~~

Hobbies: Zuri loves to read, write, and play video games mostly. She's quite the nerd and it shows in her hobbies. Zuri also enjoys cooking and experimenting with different recipes.

Talents: Zuri's main talents are singing and dancing which she loves to do and considers them her main talents. She's also a skilled martial artist and can often be seen at the gym working out. Zuri loves cars and is a gearhead to the fullest, always repairing and tinkering with them for optimal performance.

Sports: Zuri practices taekwondo and hapkido.

Occupation: Student (Pre-Timeskip), Mechanic (Current)


~~Home Life~~

Location: Seoul, South Korea

House Size: Large

House Type: Gothic Revival

Level Of Luxury: 9 out of 10

Outdoor Description: Example

Bedroom: Example


~~Life Story~~

Zuri was born to Crystal Wallace and Beau Willie Brown in Harlem, New York. Her parents were fresh out of high school and Beau enlisted into the U.S. Army while Crystal took up a job as an assistant to a large CEO. Crystal adjusted perfectly to her job while Beau was having a difficult time adapting to military life and his mental state began to deteriorate slowly but surely.

When Zuri was 5, her younger siblings Kenya and Kwame were born which resulted in Beau leaving the military when his contract was up. He tried to find a job but it was proving difficult due to his PTSD and alcoholism. To make matters worse, Beau had started to become abusive towards Crystal and it wasn't uncommon for Zuri to go to school with bruises on her body. Although CPS was often called on the Wallace family, nothing came of it due to Beau's aggression and temper scaring them away.

Zuri lived in constant fear and anxiety for many years until the unthinkable happened. When she was 12, Beau had dropped Kenya and Kwame out of the window of their apartment building. Since they were on the 5th floor, they died instantly. Zuri and Crystal had tried to save them but they were badly beaten in the process. Beau was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault with his sentence being life in prison without parole.

Sadly this did nothing to quell the grief and pain in Crystal's heart and six months later, she committed suicide by overdosing on pills. Zuri had come home from school and found her body. Her crying and screaming had alerted the neighbors who called the paramedics and Zuri was taken into foster care.

The police had contacted her aunt Vianne who had married a Korean man and moved to South Korea shortly after Zuri was born but lost contact with Crystal due to Beau's abusive ways. Vianne and her husband Minsoo instantly came to America and took Zuri into their custody, whisking her away to South Korea.

For the first time in her life, Zuri was able to experience the true love and affection of family although it was difficult for her to open up to everyone because of all the trauma that she had went through. Adjusting to life in South Korea was difficult for Zuri especially due to her being a foreigner but she finally found her place with three boys: Suho Lee, Seojun Han, and Seyeon Yoon. Zuri was attending the same middle school as them and Seyeon had seen her dance which lead to them becoming fast friends since they shared the same passion for music and dance. This lead to Zuri hanging out with The Three S's and she slowly started to fit into Korean society thanks to them but still maintained some rebellion.

Zuri's relationship with Seyeon was the closest without a doubt and it wasn't long before they started dating. Although Seyeon's schedule was often packed due to him being an idol trainee, they always made time for each other and had a very loving, intimate relationship. But sadly it wasn't meant to be as Seyeon eventually committed suicide.

His death destroyed Zuri and she gave up her dream of becoming a famous singer and dancer, instead focusing on her love for cars and aiming to become a mechanic which she is now trying to accomplish.


~~Theme Songs~~

Love Song: Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson - Beauty and The Beast

Theme Song: Black Eyed Peas ft. Papa Roach - Anxiety


~~Other Info~~

• Zuri's locket contains two pictures: one of her mother and siblings and one of her and Seyeon together.
• Every anniversary of Seyeon's death, Zuri will dance and sing in tribute to him.
• Zuri has a very large trust fund thanks to her aunt and uncle getting ahold of her mom's life insurance and adding to it over the years. It will be given to Zuri when she turns 25 and she's unaware of it all.
• Zuri is fluent in English, Korean, and Spanish. She is currently learning Chinese and Japanese.
• Zuri is allergic to shrimp.
• Zuri sees a psychologist for her depression and PTSD.
• She shares a birthday with one of her cousins.
• She lost her virginity to Seyeon.
• She can drive and owns a car as well.
• Her online handle is Secrecy and she's very well-known in the gaming community for her skills and charm.