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YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
- August issue 2016 -
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Please note that the magazine does not airbrush
any images in the magazine. Any airbrushed images
are not produced by You are Beautiful Teen Magazine.
Photos & Videos
John Bucknail
Song by Esther Cole
Web designers
Frank Bediako
Kwaku Antwi
Beauty
Claire Gratzke
Isabella Oliver
Rachel Nas
Fashion
All in one- London
I-Glow Fashion Style
Real Life
Sneh Rupra
Stephanie Varda
Design team
Jorge Palacios
Nicole White
Contributors List
Editorial Team
Chief Editor - Vivian Moyo
Senior Editor -Frank Bediako
Editorial Assistant - Steven McClay
Editorial Assistant -Ridah Malik
Editorial Assistant - Jennifer Sadler- Venis
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Editors Note
Nikki Graham’s My Anorexia Story
A Brush With Reality
Eating Disorder
The Natural make up blog
Bullying
Advert
Zowella- My Beauty Blog
Summer Fashion Catalogue
How Should We Be Eating
High School Musical
Advert
Why Celebrities Have Low Self Esteem
Self Confidance
Teen Accessories Latest Trends
Dear Body You Rock
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Contents
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Editors Note
My name is Vivian Moyo, Chief Editor of You Are Beautiful Teen Magazine. The
magazine has been created to tackle mental health issues in young girls all over
the world by changing the perception of beauty within the media. Women are under
increasing pressure from the media to look a certain way. Eating disorders, self
harming and a lack of confidence in young women indicate an unhealthy lifestyle
underpinned by the glorification of stereotypes in the media. The most extreme
cases can result in prolonged bullying and suicide.
The You Are Beautiful team believes that schools and youth clubs have an
obligation to improve the situation, which is why the chief editor Vivian Moyo is
working to reach out to every school in the greater London area. Speeches and
support classes geared towards embracing beauty on the inside and perpetuating
sentiments of anti bullying, represent the nucleus of our efforts in supporting
young women aged 10 – 17. A recent survey at a London girls’ school revealed that
95% of pupils regarded themselves as unattractive in one way or another.
Since the explosion of rock and roll and the emergence of teen culture, celebrities
have played a major role in young people’s lives. But today’s unattainable standards
of beauty in the media have insidiously encroached on young women’s childhood.
To find out more about the project please visit our website:
www. you are beautiful project .co.uk
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4. Nikki Grahame’s
My Anorexia Story
In May of 2006,
Nikki Grahame first
entered the Big
Brother house as
a contestant.
Channel 4 was widely criticised at the time for entering a
contestant with a history of mental health issues and was
accused of favouring viewer ratings over the mental
wellbeing of house members.
Nikki’s story tells us
Nikki’s story tells us that anorexia is a mental affliction
and that is ongoing and incurable. That is not to say that
it cannot be well-managed and kept in check. Nikki’s
media success, stardom and the ‘celebrity lifestyle’ was
not a way of living that repaired things for her. Like
alcoholism, depression and pretty much any mental
condition form part of what makes us individual, unique
and illustrates why we need each other and how we
can support each other.
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Dying To Be Thin Book
Since then, Nikki Graham has published, ‘Dying To Be Thin
- The True Story Of My Lifelong Battle Against Anorexia’
and openly discussed not only anorexia nervosa, but
problems that her body has suffered with since she was
first admitted to hospital aged 8.
Nikki’s Struggle
Nikki’s struggle is just astypical as anyone
elsewho is afflicted with a mental stigma
revolving around their body image. Despite the
success she has enjoyed in the media, such
as, ‘Celebrity Spotting’ with The Friday Night
Project and Big Brother’s Little Brother,
she has continued to experience severe
episodes of anorexia nervosa
– relapsing in 2012 after an overdose
of pills she took trying to stay thin.
5. A Brush with REALITY
Young Women
Young women are often faced with airbrushed images in the media, which
can influence our emotions and impact our opinion and appreciation of
ourselves. Sadly, pictures all over the media show photo-shopped models
that are ‘perfect’, which gives a false representation of reality.
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Words of Claire Gratzke
“Those ‘pretty women’ that we see in magazines are
fake. They’re often photo-shopped, air-brushed,
edited to look thinner, and to appear like they have
perfect skin. A girl you see in a magazine probably
looks a lot different in real life.”
“On a daily basis, I hear comments like:
‘It’s a fat day’ and ‘I ate well today, but
I still feel fat’.”
As a blogger
As a blogger for Sparksummit, Julia tells of the
battles faced by her peers over their body image.
“I was in a ballet class with a bunch of highschool
girls. On a daily basis, I hear comments like: ‘It’s a fat
day’ and ’I ate well today, but I still feel fat’.”
Julia started her campaign after learning that
Glamour magazine had decided to limit its use of the
airbrush to make people look thinner.
In her petition titled ‘Give Girls Images’, she wrote:
“Those ‘pretty women’ that we see in magazines
are fake. They’re often photo-shopped, airbrushed,
edited to look thinner, and to appear like they
have perfect skin. A girl you see in a magazine
probably looks a lot different in real life.”
Julia Bluhm
Julia Bluhm, 18, from Maine, USA had enough of photo-shopping and
urged teen mag Seventeen to change its policy of retouching images. In
2012 she sent an 84,000-name petition to the magazine’s Editor-in-Chief
Ann Shoket, calling for the magazine to publish at least one unaltered
photo spread a month.
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When girls don’t fit the beauty standard of the media,
itcan lead to eating disorders, dieting, depression, and
low self-esteem.
After the meeting, Julia said in a statement released
through www.change.org:
“While I would still change some of the ways
Seventeen portrays girls, I’m encouraged that…
Seventeen has invited me to work with them on
this issue, which means we girls are finally being
heard loud and clear.”
6. Anna Wood,
a 16-year-old
diagnosed
with anorexia,
died of heart
failure in 2010.
Words by Steven McClay
E A T I N G
DISORDER
BODYHer body was so undernourished, it simply couldn’t keep her heart beating
any longer. Our bodies depend on a healthy relationship with food so that
it can get the sustenance it needs. Food also has a direct impact on our
mental health – it is a source of pleasure and happiness.
The Disorder
Eating disorders indicate underlying mental issues and can be a
result of sociological, physiological and genetic factors. Females are
approximately ten times more likely to develop an eating disorder,
such as anorexia, than males. This tells us something important
about the society that we live in. As a young woman, it is important
to be aware of the causality of disorders like anorexia and bulimia,
especially considering that 14 -24 year olds are considered to be
the most at risk.
What is real is you and your body
& your relationship with food!
So eat fresh, eat healthy, and teach
yourself how to enjoy doing it.
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TASTE OF REALITY
The women who appear in fashion and
beauty magazines do not have the perfect
bodies that the media wants you to believe.
Most modelling photographs are airbrushed
or otherwise altered to make them look
‘better’ or ‘more attractive’.
7. MAKEUP PRODUCTS:
You really don’t need more than five make-up products to
create a natural look... To start I use the Bourjois Little Round
Pot Eyeshadow No.08, it’s a beautiful shimmer that blends really
well and lasts all day! Next up is the Tanya Burr Rosy Flush Cheek
Palette. The pallet comes with a blusher, highlighter and bronzer
and again is shimmery, light and very visible. You can never go
wrong with tinted lip balms, and there are loads of great brands
out there, such as Maybelline Baby Lips, Lip Smackers and who
can forget, Nivea!
Hi everyone, my name is Isabella Oliver,
and today I’m talking about.........
Natural beauty.
While we’re talking about natural beauty, there are
some brilliant natural brands we mustn’t forget...
At number 5 is BareMinerals who do some great products, the only thing is they
are quite expensive so make sure to check out the lower-end dupes.
At number 4 is Clinique, their stuff is always really light. One of my favourite
products is their Chubby Stick in Super Strawberry which adds a really dark pink
tint to the lips. At number 3 is MUA… their prices are crazy good!
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A bonus of wearing tinted lip balms is that they’re usually a lot
cheaper than most lip glosses and lipsticks. Natural Collections
do great mascaras in some fantastic colours ranging from light
brown to dark brown and blonde!
One of my favourite products from MUA is the Undress Me Too Palette,
the eyeshadows are so creamy! My 2nd favourite make-up brand is Makeup
Revolution, again the prices are really affordable! Revolution do a range of
different eyeshadow pallets for just £4! One my favourite Revolution lipsticks
Iconic Pro Lipstick in Absolutely Flawless; it’s a beautiful pinky nude! And at
number one is Natural Collection… as you can tell by the name everything they
have is natural, from mascara to lipstick, and they have it all. Their products are
affordable too! That’s all for today but I hope this makes you realise that you don’t
need a lot of make-up to look beautiful.........
THE NATURAL
BY ISABELLA OLIVER
8. BULLYINGWORDS BY Stephanie Verda
I walk.....through the door to find myself on a porch where there is a magnificent
view of the ocean. I sit on an antique rocking chair and watch the sunset;
the sky is filled with vibrant violets, reds and oranges just before giving
way to a starlit sky. Next to me is a beautiful field of roses, all the colors
you can ever imagine, each rose I touch becomes a word and each
bouquet I make creates a poem.
Bullying leaves scars..
Some scars heal, others don’t. Scars aren’t bad. When we
experiencebullying we tend to form a bubble of loneliness around us
where we convince ourselves that we are alone and no one could ever
understand how we feel. Fear takes over and we do not ask for help.
Pop this bubble. Ask for help.With astrong support system around us,
our confidence rises and we learn how to resist self-doubt.
I have a question
for you.
Don’t you ever just want
to escape?
To find a happy place
in your mind where you
can close your eyes and
relax, where no one can
harm or judge you?
Where is that place you
turn to when you want
to escape?
I close my eyes and imagine
I am in a big comfortable bubble.
No one can pop this bubble, no one can harm me. Whatever I think of
appears in my bubble. To enter this bubble I imagine a blue door. I push it
open and a bright light shines in my eyes, a cool breeze flows across my
face and I smell summer in the air.
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Zoella
BEAUTY BLOGGER
I’m 26 years young and a writer
and enthusiast of all things ‘Beauty,
Fashion and Life’ -related. Once
opon a time, in February 2009, after
indulging in various other beauty
blogs as a way to read up on the
latest goings-on in the beauty world,
I decided to join in on one very
boring evening, and ‘Zoella’ was born.
I chose to write about the things I liked,
the things I felt passionate about and share my love of
photographs. Before long, I had a small following of people
that enjoyed reading what I’d written, and this was amazing
in itself, as really, I’d never expected anyone to enjoy
anything I’d written in my own little space on the Internet.
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Follow Your Passion.
Follow Your Passions.
Never Give Up!:)
Zoella on being successful:
“My name is Zoe,
Months and years passed &
my following grew to millions
(somehow).
Zoella Beauty
Now my little space under the name
‘Zoella’ has expanded to YouTube with
weekly videos and daily ramblings on
two channels ’Zoella’ and ‘MoreZoella’,
the publishing world with my record-
breaking fastest-selling debut novel
’Girl Online’, *pinches self*, and the
shelves of Superdrug with my beauty
line ’Zoella Beauty’.
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You might occasionally find me on a few
magazines too! I’ve had the absolute privilege
of meeting some amazing people, working on
some incredible projects and been given many
opportunities that I could have only ever
dreamed of.”
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Farmers cut corners
Farmers cut corners - the infamous beef
scandal of the 90’s revealed that British
farmers had fed BSE infected animals
to their livestock. Global corporations
like Monsanto fiddle with chemicals and
the genetics of food, further separating
mankind from natural food production.
Cattle and poultry are pumped full of
antibiotics and hormones to accelerate
growth and boost growth.
Demand for fresh produce....
has created an industry culture of deception
and manipulation. Foods that contain additives
are labelled, ‘no preservatives’, preservatives
are stated to ‘maintain freshness’ on labels – a
blatant contradiction to the actual definition
of ‘fresh’.And complicated nutritional charts,
although well intended, have turned home
cooking into an exercise in scientific and
mathematical futility.
We have to be careful......
with what we eat and educate ourselves on how our bodies
work. A recent surge in locally produced food is an ideal
way to begin as small businesses put an emphasis on
organic and ‘as nature intended’ production methods.
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FFor many of us though, supermarkets are still a
necessity of modern living and much needs to be done to
close the gap between supplier and consumer.
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words by STEVE MCCLAY
The first full scale UK
supermarket was opened in
London, 1948.
Story
Since then the consumer has been increasingly
distanced from the food production process which has
dissociated us from where our food comes from. My
parents grew up in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1950’s and
60’s and they often tell stories of what life was like
growing up. My father can still remember his mother
sending him to a farm to get a fresh chicken.
My grandmother would complain if the chicken was no
longer warm – she did not consider it fresh enough if
the body heat of the bird was gone. This was a mere
50 years ago, but chickens today line supermarket
shelves, plucked, gutted, wrapped and frozen. The
way we eat has changed and as a consequence our
intimacy to our food has changed.
SHOULD
BE EATING
13. Ashley Tisdale & Lucas Grabeel
Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel, aka the
Evans twins, have done a lot of Disney shows
since High School Musical, and Ashley even
released a couple of albums! Who could
forget Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman
who, even as sidekick-esque characters, had
scene-stealing moments...
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You know who else
deserves a special
shout-out?
Chris Warren as Zeke, aka the crème brûlée-
baking basketball player, his solo in ‘Stick to
the status Quo’ is iconic!
Words by SNEH RUPRA
I’ve got to stay true and say that my favourite
will always be Gabriella - what about you?
As far as duet partners go, Zac Efron’s
Troy wasn’t too bad, right? But Zac’s put his
singing days behind him, focussing more on
making laugh-out-loud comedies. It certainly
is a shame to waste that voice!
Vanessa Hudgens
The star was undoubtedly Vanessa
Hudgens as Gabriella. Since 2006 her
voice hasn’t been sitting on the shelf -
after her run as the title role in Gigi on
Broadway, she took on Rizzo in ‘Grease:
Live’ in January, and she certainly hasn’t
lost her touch! Vanessa also landed the
lead role in ‘Powerless’
- a new DC superhero comedy.
. . . . . . . . . . . .10th ANNiVERSERY
ZAC Efron
ANNiVERSERY
The beginning of this year saw the 10th
anniversary of the seminal Disney classic:
High School Musical. Whether you’ve been a fan
since its release, or watched it for the first time,
you’ll agree this trilogy is something special! We
thought we’d catch up with the cast!
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Why do Celebrities have
Low Self-esteem?
Many celebrities live in the eye of the camera and are under huge
pressure to always look their best. It is little wonder that this
lifestyle often results in insecurities and low self-esteem. Many
celebrities endure vicious comments from the media; a media that
uses imperfections and personal information to sell magazines.
Rebecca Adlington
Many people felt sympathy for Rebecca Adlington, who recently
spoke about being reduced to tears because of remarks made
about her nose. Despite being a winner of two Olympic gold medals,
Rebecca admits to insecurities about her looks and feels that her
appearance overshadows her accomplishments. Society values
appearance above everything else and the message that all other
achievements are of lesser importance, is WRONG.
You could say everyone is judged by the way they
look, BUT celebrities inhabit shallow worlds in
which appearance is of overriding importance.
Actresses and models are not alone in receiving
this unfair treatment, musicians and sportswomen
are also victims of the media’s gaze.
Celebrities who do not conform...
to the ideal have their personal life analysed, exaggerated
and spread across magazines and newspapers. This makes
women feel disempowered and belittled rather than celebrated.
Tennis star Serena Williams
a staunch believer in a healthy body image
said: “I want women to know that you
can be whatever size you are and still be
beautiful, inside and out. We’re always told
what’s beautiful and what’s not, and that’s
not right.”
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15. Even those who are deemed to be
beautiful and slim can suffer from
self-esteem issues.
Celebrity culture. . . . .
argets appearance and the mass use of social media has
invaded the personal life of our music, fashion and beauty
idols. Many celebrities are ill-equipped to withstand insults
about the way they look or in regards to their personal
life. We need to realise that we should like stars for
their talent, for what they are selling, for what they have
worked for, not their looks or personal lives.
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Words by Rachel Nash
Singer Rihanna reunited with her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown,
who was prosecuted for beating her up. The relationship has
since ended again but living in an abusive relationship is a
common sign of insecurity in women. There is no doubt that
Rihanna is gorgeous & adored by thousands of fans, but does this
make her life less hard? Does this make her more happy inside?
Enduring humiliation and disrespect can only damage confidence
and self-esteem. Low self-esteem can take shape in many ways,
including alcohol and drug abuse, obsessive dieting, and eating
disorders such as anorexia.
“Society values appearance above
everything else and the message is that
all other achievements are of lesser
importance, is wrong”.
“Celebrities who do not conform to the ideal risk
having their flaws analysed, exaggerated and
plastered across magazines and newspapers.
This makes women feel disempowered and
belittled rather than celebrated”.
SELF CONFIDENCE
People want to tell you what to do
and they want your money.
The road to self-confidence is not
straightforward – lose weight and get happy is the
kind of linear thinking that isn’t attuned to human
nature. Improving your lifestyle, eating well and
exercising are worthwhile pursuits, but they only
contribute; they do not equate to happiness. Don’t
rely on the advice of quick fix or five step diets.
The 21st century is obsessed with dieting.The media and
advertising have pursued it so avidly, the word has lost all
meaning. Cans of ‘Diet Coke’ contain chemical substitutes for
sugar yet are marketed as a healthier choice of drink. Doesn’t it
seem strange that drinking chemicals is being called healthy?
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Why are celebrity personalities regarded
as authorities on dieting and health?
What credentials do pop stars have that
make them nutrition experts?
16. Not all thin people are
happy and not all fat
people are miserable.
Confidence and diet
are linked – what
goes in influences is
what comes out.
Embrace yourself
not celebrity advice.
Teach yourself
Don’t wait to be taught.
Eating a healthy and balanced diet means being
creative with cooking and food preparation. A
healthy diet is not to avoid bad things, but to
learn to enjoy the good and bad in moderation.
words by STEVE MCCLAY
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YOUR body is the most finely tuned apparatus you will ever know.
The only version of yourself available to the outside world.
Six million years in the making, a human body is a capable thing. It can
be taught to play a musical instrument, it can be coached to express
feeling through movement and dance and it can be honed to sing at a
decibel level that will shatter glass.
You have to care for and maintain it. But we have to love and accept
our body to look after it. Looks can be deceiving when the mirror is
an enemy.
No matter what you do to your body, no matter how you think about
your body; it will still be there for you. It won’t leave you or hurt
you, so learn how to love it. Listen to your body and take care of your
body. It takes care of you. “To keep the body in good health is a duty,
otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear”.
-Buddah
Words by Steven McClay
Dear Body, You Rock
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