Cowboys Cheerleader Armani Latimer Stuns Without Wig For MNF

The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders are more than just pretty faces and good dancers; They’re real human beings facing real issues just like every day people. Armani Latimer, who joined the squad in 2020,  stepped onto the field at the Cowboys versus Bengals game on December 9 with a mission. She was going to perform without a wig for the first time since revealing her alopecia diagnosis.

The team’s ‘My Cause My Boots’ platform allows the cheerleaders to highlight initiatives meaningful to them. Latimer, who is 23, was diagnosed with alopecia areata at age 12, per Women’s Health. “I went through high school without telling anyone I even had alopecia. But once I got to college, stress caused more hair loss; loss that took much longer to grow back,” Latimer told the platform. She also shared that early days as a cheerleader and she wore sew-ins to cover up her bald patches and switched to wigs shortly after joining the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders when her hair completely fell out.

In a clip shared to social media, Latimer gets emotional before coming out of the tunnel at AT&T Stadium. Her teammates surrounded her sharing words of comfort saying, “We’re so proud that you’re doing this and you’re representing a lot of little girls out there. And they’re going to be looking at you in awe, at your strength knowing that they are going to feel so beautiful after this because of what you’re doing today. So we’re just so proud of you.”

“Overall, my team and my family helped me maintain a positive mindset. I wouldn’t be anywhere without my support system,” she added.

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