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janterry

(4,429 posts)
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 05:01 AM Aug 2021

Meet the first woman to compete in Ms Great Britain wearing no make-up [View all]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9926665/The-woman-compete-Ms-Great-Britain-wearing-no-make-all.html

Early next month Elle, 31, will sashay on stage at the annual competition in a bathing suit — and a face as bare as the day she was born.

Going without make-up may sound trivial, but it’s anything but. It takes Elle straight into the history books as the first woman to compete in the British beauty contest wearing no make-up in every round — and it could redefine beauty standards, altering how all of us behave for ever.

‘Women have drawn the short straw for too long,’ says Elle. ‘Wearing make-up should be a choice, not a necessity. Men can walk around without it. So why on earth can’t women?

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It's the DailyMail I refuse to open that link arlyellowdog Aug 2021 #1
Then don't janterry Aug 2021 #2
Feel free not to. NT enough Aug 2021 #3
I hope she wins. 2naSalit Aug 2021 #4
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