Joy Ross

My channel disappeared for almost a week, but they just reinstated it!

Youtube sent me this message this morning!

After taking another look, we can confirm that your channel does not violate our Community Guidelines.
 
Thanks for your patience while we reviewed this appeal. Our goal is to make sure content doesn't violate our Community Guidelines so that YouTube can be a safe place for all - and sometimes we make mistakes trying to get it right. We're sorry for any frustration our mistake caused you, and we appreciate you letting us know.

So there you go! Some exciting news to start off this new week! After I sent an appeal into Youtube, pleading my case, they came back with that message, saying that it was their mistake, I did nothing wrong. I am totally on cloud nine celebrating at this moment!!! I am back!!! thanking God!!!

I want to begin by thanking every single one of you who sent me a message or a comment when I posted the sad news the other day, the outpouring of love truly warmed my heart, and brought a smile to my face. Thank you all for your love, your support, your encouragement, you truly mean the world to me and I’m so grateful for Each and everyone of you being a part of my life.

Photo description; this is a screenshot of the front of my YouTube channel, displaying 168K subscribers, and 917 videos. My banner says “Joy is a choice“, at the top of the page.

2 months ago | [YT] | 69

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I have some exciting news! I am auditioning for 2025 Sports Illustrated Swim!

Sports illustrated swim has a beautiful mission of shining a light so brightly on diversity, and the beauty that radiates within women all over! It would be such an honor and a joy for me to be a part of their diversity, helping to open the eyes of the world to see beauty, to see blindness in a different light! You don’t have to have eyesight to have vision, to feel beautiful, to be beautiful, or to live a big beautiful life! Blindness is beautiful! I am beautiful!

Oh, but wouldn’t it be so incredible to be the first blind girl on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swim? I will keep you all posted on this journey, I have to submit modeling photos, as well as a video showing them my personality and my heart. If they like what they see and hear, I will be flying to Miami in a couple months for the finals . Please keep me lifted up in your prayers, this would be a dream come true!!! I don’t wanna live for myself, but I want to live to make a difference in this world! Believing the best is yet to come!

Photo descriptions: in these photos, I am posing on a beach by a river in Washington state wearing a small red rhinestone string bikini in what feels like 37°F. The sky is a beautiful blue, and the sun is shining. The backdrop is beautiful for a winter day in the Pacific Northwest. My awesome friend Cat is taking my photos, and I am just striking poses naturally, moving my body feeling the moment and the beauty! Some photos will show me standing posing beautifully, others show me on the sand, on my knees, and sitting, just taking in the elements and the emotions I was feeling. My long black hair cascades down my back and over my shoulders, I am very petite, with curves, and fit with a beautiful tan. In some photos, I’m posing with my rhinestone Kane, some with a red matching umbrella, and some others with me in this really cute wooden canoe that was on the sand. I love modeling. It brings me so much joy!!!

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2 months ago | [YT] | 92

Joy Ross

Happy new year! I am so incredibly excited for the new things God is going to be doing in my life in 2025! This year is going to bring me so much more joy than ever before, including the moment I get my new guiding angel! It has been a very long road getting to this point, but this is my year!!! Believing and expecting only the best! Can’t wait to share my journey with all of you! Many of you know that I have been waiting for Leader Dogs to get back with me regarding my application to their school, everything I needed to do I have submitted for their review, but I just found out this morning. Things are being pushed back to next month beginning of February before I get my approval. Because of the holidays, their client files got backed up a bit, so mine is scheduled to be looked at 1 February. So all is good, I’m taking a deep breath and relaxing, knowing that I have done everything I can do now it’s just a little bit more waiting For the answer I have been praying for! I know you all are cheering me on, supporting me on this journey, and I greatly appreciate all of you. Keep me in your prayers, I am believing for the best news next month! I’ve done the hard work, now it’s time to put it all in God‘s hands And trust that he has everything under control. I walk by faith and not by sight! Anyways, I just wanted to share the update with all of you since I’m sure many of you have been waiting for my news. We just have a little bit more waiting to do, then it’s going to be party time! This time next month, I will be doing my happy joyful dance ! Celebrate good times come on baby!!! Love you all, and happy new year! The best is yet to come!

Photo description; here in this photo I am at the kennels at Leader Dogs! I am posing inside of one of the very large dog kennels that can fit several people inside of standing up tall. These are called suites at Leader Dogs. They are so amazing and so large and clean! In the photo I am standing inside with the camera, shooting me from outside. I’m wearing all black And I am standing behind the bars lol. This was so cool!

4 months ago | [YT] | 74

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I cannot say enough good things about Leader Dogs!!! I’m truly so honored to have been a part of Leader, Dogs orientation and mobility training this last week! And I can’t wait to be going back to receive my guiding angel from them here soon!

Leader Dogs has so much love to give, and I felt it as soon as I walk through these doors! I have never been to a guide dog school like this, they stand out among the rest to be the best!!! I know God led me here for this moment in time, and the best is yet to come!

This image shows a woman standing confidently in front of a glass door or window of an organization called "Leader Dogs for the Blind". The logo on the glass features a stylized image of a dog with a harness in a circular design. The woman is dressed in a black turtleneck top and leopard-print leggings with knee-high black boots. She has her hair styled in an updo and is wearing hoop earrings.

5 months ago | [YT] | 119

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I made it home just landed in Portland! Five hour flight, so exhausted, had an amazing time so happy to be home! Tour of the dorm coming tomorrow so stay tuned 🙂 love you ❤️

5 months ago | [YT] | 86

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Wow!!! What a very scary afternoon I experience today!!! You’ll want to tune in at 8 PM Eastern standard time for my live stream to hear my full story of overcoming my fear with faith! The situation I experienced today brought me to tears, it made me hate my blindness and wish I could see. That doesn’t happen very often to me, so today’s experience had to been that bad. I crossed major intersections with five lanes of traffic with no audible signals at the crossings. With my hearing loss, and my complete loss of eyesight, can I say I was overwhelmed with fear. The sound of the rain, sleet and snow with a cold cold temperature, completely added to my stress. I did good in spite of everything, I’m proud of myself, but it was a situation that would’ve made most people want to give up. I’m a fighter, and I keep fighting until I win!

5 months ago | [YT] | 69

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Getting ready to go out and rock some really big intersections!!! Feeling a little nervous, it’s cold, snowy, rainy outside with wind blowing, but it’s going to be amazing!!! Riding this post to encourage myself to overcome my fears with faith!!!

5 months ago | [YT] | 70

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Having a great day so far! Nailed some crossings beautifully today! Got a new tip for my cane. I’m about to go out and try which is a flex tip! Trained at the downtown leader dog center this morning where I got to meet a guide dog in training named Bubba! Bubba is a precious, lovable, sweet boy, he is a lab Golden cross, but he’s black, so incredibly the sweetest thing ever! Loved hearing all the guide dog instructors working with puppies all around the downtown area and inside the center this morning, so many of them all around me but so hard because I can’t see them all which is killing me lol. But just giving you a little update, I’m about to head out the door to go work work work!!! I will try to do a live stream later this evening, going to be meeting up with a Puppy Raiser named Kathy, doing a little shopping and dinner together and then she’s going to let me interview her for my channel! So many exciting things still to come today so stay tuned!!! Love you guys and thank you so much for your love and support, your encouragement is greatly needed and appreciated. Talk soon

5 months ago | [YT] | 74

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Going live tonight on my YouTube channel at 8 PM Eastern standard time! I’m going live from my dorm room at Leader Dog! Had an amazing day. Tell you all about it tonight!

5 months ago | [YT] | 49

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Time to get this day started! I had a really great night sleep, and now up at 5:30 AM, which is actually 2:30 AM to my body lol. Breakfast is at 7:30 AM, but I wanted to give myself time this morning to shower. get ready, write my post, lol, And chill before getting out the door. I’m so excited for today! At breakfast this morning, we meet our instructors, ready to see what the day brings! I’m so happy to be here and I’m so happy for this new chapter to begin!

5 months ago | [YT] | 65