Tonya (Tanya) Mosley

And now folks can find various different skin tones with pointe shoes and with the tights and everything.

But can you take us back to when you first started doing this, when you were doing it in those early days?

How were you actually doing it?

What were you even using to make them your color?

Was there ever pushback when you started doing that in the beginning?

Did anyone tell you it was wrong?

I want to ask you about something that you also talk about quite a bit, but I've always been sort of curious about.

You don't wear pads in your pointe shoes.

I mean, that's something that's pretty famous.

People know this about you.

Most ballerinas do, though, because even with pads, the pain can be excruciating.

Why no pads?

I need to know, you mentioned your son.

How does childbirth compare to the kind of pain that you've experienced, that physical pain from injuries?

Oh, my.

Okay, so wait.

Misty Copeland is saying Swan Lake is harder on your body than childbirth.

Oh, my gosh.

What was it like to see your three-year-old son, Jackson?

He walks out with his little tuxedo to give you flowers.