They changed beauty standards

To quote Sherlock of the BBC: "UH, beauty is a construction fully based on impressions, influences and models to follow of childhood." These standards change generation to generation, but during the last years the media has been pushing the same beauty standard in all - models of catwalk, Victoria's Secret models. These standards exclude many people and do not represent society. It only damages the younger generation. So let's celebrate all types of beauties. Here are some heroes who dared to challenge beauty standards and prove that they are all beautiful in their own way.


To quote Sherlock of the BBC: "UH, beauty is a construction fully based on impressions, influences and models to follow of childhood." These standards change generation to generation, but during the last years the media has been pushing the same beauty standard in all - models of catwalk, Victoria's Secret models. These standards exclude many people and do not represent society. It only damages the younger generation. So let's celebrate all types of beauties. Here are some heroes who dared to challenge beauty standards and prove that they are all beautiful in their own way.

1. Winnie Harlow (born as Chantelle Brown-Young)1. Winnie Harlow (born Chantelle Brown-Young)Winnie Harlow is a famous Canadian model that managed to convert her condition to a profitable career that has made her famous in the world. She was diagnosed with Vitiligo when she had four and had difficult times fitting at school. The classmates of her annoyed her through her irregular skin and had horrible names for her. She finally decided to get out of high school. After that, she Winnie decided to accept the fact that she looks different as something positive. Her fame arrived when she became a NEXT Top Model participant. She was eliminated several times and ended up without winning the contest but she became very popular with the audience and gathered a large group of followers. In 2014 he obtained a work modeling for unequal, which was a great professional success for her.



2. Andrej Pejic.2. Andrej PejicAndrei Pejic is a famous Australian transgender model whose androgynogin image made it possible to model as much as a man and as a woman. Many magazines tagged Andjei as androgen, while she says he "lives between the genres". Andjei was discovered at age 17, while working at McDonalds. Since then she Andjei has parade into women's and women's walkways for Jean-Paul Gaultier, Marc Jacobs, Michalsky, she modeled bridal dresses for clear pink and many other fashion shows. In 2014 Andjei had surgery of redujusting sex and hopes to live her life as a transgender woman. One of her's greatest successes is that she has been the first openly transgender woman that appears in Vogue.

3. TESS HOLLIDAY3. Tess HollidayTess is an American model of extra size. She's career as her model began when she created the movement #effyourbeautystandards (goodbyestandarddebeleza) on Instagram in 2013. She since then she has been called one of the best models of Extra Carving by Vogue Italy, Refinery29 and Huffington Post. She recently was hired by Milk Model Management. That makes it the model of greater size contracted by an Mainstream modeling agency. TESS is described as a model of size +, positive body activist and feminist. The legacy of it is to show that everyone is beautiful, regardless of the size. This girl is a successful model, makeup and blogger. She managed to turn her hobbies into a race and is living the dream!




4. Daphne Selfe.4. Daphne SelfeDaphne Selfe is the older model in the world. She has 83 and keeps rocked! She has not had any surgery or Botox, she does not wear expensive cosmetics, she has long gray hair and she looks from her age, but she is just as Bella. Recently Daphne posed for a charity session using a replica of the famous Corset and Cono bra of Madonna. Daphne has modeled all her life and surprisingly is not vanida with her image. She says that she is fine with her body but her arms have coffeed stains so she prefers long swallowing. It is incredibly brave of it to continue modeling at 83 and not using Photoshop. She does a lot of good in helping to change the image of the big woman to which we are used to, she is trying to see you very well and be an active person even if you are older.

5. Alex Minsky.Alex is an old sea. He never plans to become a model. The story of him sounds like something taken from a Hollywood movie, but it is true. During the first tour of him to Afghanistan, in 2009, his car exploded by a pump on the road. The jaw of him broke into several places, his arm became pieces and his leg completely exploded under his knee. Above that he also had brain trauma and spent more than a month in a coma. The doctors said that he probably would not survive. But Alex went ahead and after a period of depression he decided to get sober and organize his life. At this point he did not even think about becoming a model. He decided to go to the gym twice a day 6 days a week, just to add healthy habits and have something to do. During one of his gym routines a photographer approached and told Alex that he would like to model for him. Alex initially thought was a joke but I eventually accept. The rest is history. He now is a famous model of the world, challenging beauty standards and trying that having a missing tip should not stop from succeeding in life.



6. Moffy.Moffy is a British model. She only has 19 and she is already taking the modeling world. Moffy has strabismus, which means that she is little bizca. When they ask him how she feels about being a model and having strabismus and challenging the notion that all models must be perfect, Moffy says that she has never been her goal to challenge stereotypes. Only happened. But she is glad that what makes her different help other people to accept her defects and feel better with themselves. Moffy does not see her condition as something that affects her life in any way, she just says that she has a funny eye. She says she thought about having surgery and fixing her eye, but she decided to go against her because she felt that she would be faithful to herself. The "defect of her" of her is now what separates her and makes it more interesting.




7. Shaun Ross.7. Shaun RossShaun Ross is a fashionable model. What identifies it and makes it special is that he is albino. He in fact he is the first masculine albino model in the world! Shaun had a pretty difficult childhood. He was born in the Bronx and was often bothered and harassed by his image. He has a past in dance, he trained in Alvin Ailery for 5 years. The popularity came to Shaun for YouTube and in 2008 he made the change to be a YouTuber to be a professional fashion model. Since then he has been hired by American and British modeling agencies and has appeared in musical videos of famous celebrities. He worked with Katy Perry in her video "E.t.", has been presented at the King's short of wool and has been in three different musical videos of Beyonce. Shaun also appeared on Tyra Banks show where he spoke about how different his life has been.

8. Aiden Shaw.8. Aiden ShawAiden has many talents. He is a musician, author, actor and model and in general a beautiful and intelligent man. The life of him took many laps, at some point he starred 18+ movies, but he was able to organize his life. He has published 6 jobs and 2 musical albums. But in most of him he is known about his modeling. Aiden never tried to be a model, however he always liked the arts. His interest in fashion began when he was 14, he found the gothic / punk fascinating culture and began to dress like that. During the years of education it was changed many times of universities. Aiden studied creative arts, expressive arts, cinema, television, photography and video, even spent 2 years at Manchester Youth Theater. In 2011 he was contacted by GQ and was invited to a session. It is quite unusual that modeling agencies hire models in their 40s, however Aiden is now representing four enormous modeling agencies in Paris, Barcelona and New York. He has modeled for famous magazines such as Esquire and GQ STYLE, and many others. He is another proof that age should not stop from achieving great things.



9. Jillian Mercado.9. Jillian MercadoJillian is an American model and it turns out that she also suffers from muscle dystrophy. She is a brave and beautiful girl. She participated in the "What's Underneath Project" (project below) and as she managed to change her fighting Gillian says that one day she just woke up and thought "I'm so sick of that. I'm not going to sit on the corner all my life, just crying for something I really can not change. " She hugged the fact of being different and made the decision not to let her stop. She is a fashion editor, blogger and star of the Diesel Campaign "We Are Connected" (we are connected).


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