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Letter From the Editor

If My Feet Never Stop Moving

The Seed That Started To Grow

You Are So BeautyFull To Me

Getting Down to the Nitty Gritty

Final Words

A Letter from the Editor

. you ask someone on the street, .“Who is the most beautiful person in the world?” They are likely to throw out a name of a celebrity or model based on their physical traits. But should beauty really be what clothes one wears, how one does their makeup or because they match the beauty standard of today’s society. Is it really these things that make a person beautiful? There is an age old saying, “Beauty is on the inside.” Does that saying still stand true today? The BeautyFull campaign was created to start recognizing the inner beauty of a person as BeautyFull instead of a person’s physical characteristics or what we know today as beautiful. It’s a movement to bring to light the good deeds or actions of an individual. Beauty should be recognized as who you are as a person, the positive impact you have on people, doing the right thing even when its hard, and the way you change the world for the better. Dove did a recent study that addresses a girl’s anxiety about her looks and found a universal increase in beauty pressure and a decrease in confidence, as they grow older. As they looked at the results they found that only four percent of women around the world consider themselves beautiful. Only 11 percent of girls are comfortable using the word beautiful to describe themselves and a huge 6

Erin Marlow, Editor of BeautyFull magazine, helps with the relief efforts after the devastating 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti while she was in the U.S. Navy, participating in Operation Unified Response.

72 percent of girls feel tremendous pressure to be beautiful. I think there is a real problem that is affecting a lot of people in our world today. When we turn on the television or arrive at the magazines by cash register at the market, we see so many pictures and advertisements of the “ideal woman.” Media has told us what beauty is. They have given us an unreachable goal! The photos or other media one sees, the model is first made over with hair and make up, followed by a series of photo shoots that are taken to get that perfect shot, then they take that image into Photoshop or another editing program and erase blemishes and alter facial features and bodies! It is ridiculous if one wants to be “beautiful,” I mean the models don’t

even look like their picture after the process is complete. BeautyFull gives people a different road to strive for. Instead of feeling low self-esteem for not looking like a society’s beauty (surgeries, makeup, hair, etc.), start doing good things for others and they will see you more beautiful than if you wore make up and curled your hair. Just think if people strive to be BeautyFull as much as they strive to be beautiful how much different would the world be for the better. So how do we change the world’s perception of beauty? The first steps have to start with us. Be the change. Tell someone they are BeautyFull today. Looks fade but inner beauty is forever and it is what matters in our lives.

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If My Feet Never Stop Moving

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here’s something in me that shivers when I think of not being a leader, cringes when I wonder what life would be like without Jesus, breaks when I hear of injustice and the lost. ~ Kayla Folven K

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was born in Watford City, ND on May 17, 1995, where I was raised for 18 years until I moved away for college. My life was pretty crazy; my dad left when I was two years old and my mom’s marriage after that was abusive. My mom actually divorced my step dad and became an alcoholic and drug addict in the same time frame that I was invited to church for the first time. Over the course of my life I had been raped, watched my mom try to kill herself, and had to take care of my three younger siblings, so I was a broken girl and I didn’t even know it.

I loved going to chu rch. People there loved me and I made new friends. I ended up going to a youth convention a couple months later and that is when I accepted Jesus into my life. Wow, that moment changed my life. I remember the exact time and place. I felt like a blanket of peace and healing covered me and like God wrapped me in His arms. It was so overwhelming, but exactly what I needed. Ever since then, August 2007, I have been on a great road in my relationship with Christ. He never leaves or forsakes me.

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I have been on nine specified “missions trips.” My very first mission trip was to inner city Chicago in the summer with Pastor Cal from Fargo, ND. We ran Vacation Bible School sites all over, helped with work projects, and held night rallies in multiple locations. I actually went on this trip three years in a row. Pastor Cal actually just went on his 25th trip there and has been in contact with me about helping lead trips. My f irst overseas trip was to Managua, Nicaragua in 2012. I went

with a group called AIM (Ambassadors in Missions). We went down there to help a church/private Christian school. We also worked with some collegeaged Christian translators, helping them practice and learn more English. While discipling them. I met a little boy named Demos there. He was about eleven years old. Him and his sister were found in the mountains of Nicaragua and then brought to the church. Demos is almost completely blind in both eyes. I sat down with a translator and him and he was telling me his story. I was holding back

tears as he said, “I know that I don’t have an earthly father, but my father in Heaven will take care of me. I am very thankful to be here.” So there I sat, with this eleven year old, orphaned boy who had no eyesight, and this kid was more mature than I was! Demos was a huge testimony to me about how God has the power to change people’s lives and that once people experience what He has to offer to His children, they really do not need anything else because God is more than enough. It was on this trip that I knew I was called to be a missionary.

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I have been on a missions trip to an Indian reservation in Sisseton, SD with a program called Pack Your Bags in 2013. I was in the very first group of this mission-based and mentorship program at Trinity Bible College. In Sisseton, we partnered with YWAM (Youth With A Mission) as they had an amazing opportunity to perform Hawaiian fire dancing, motocross, and power-strength shows in the public schools! This team also gave altar at the end, which was definitely an opportunity that was God-given. We helped set up, tear down, and talk to/pray with people. We also did some door-to-door ministry while we were there. In Pack Your Bags, we also took a trip to Chicago, a different area than I usually went to. We worked in Little India at an after school program for Muslims. It was Christian led, but the teachings about Christ were under the radar, as parents would not have wanted their children at this. I helped a little girl named Amna with her homework for the week we were there. She came from a rough background, as she had emigrated from Pakistan due to the war.

We became very close by the end of the week, and I had many opportunities to tell her stories of Jesus and my testimony. Nothing amazing happened before my eyes while I was there, but it was neat to see her recall stories that I had told her. Anna taught me a lot about how sometimes as missionaries, all we can do is plant seeds and wait for them to grow! In 2014, also with Pack Your Bags, we went to South Africa for six weeks. This was the greatest trip of my life. We did various types of ministry, but one of my favorites was feeding programs. Hundreds of kids would literally walk miles barefoot to simply come eat a full meal. We had skits, Bible stories, prayer, and playtime with the children. None of them spoke much English, but Love doesn’t have a lingual boundary! Some of those kids never had hugs, never been held or smiled at, and they were starving for someone to do so. We worked with a couple orphanages there and wow; I have so many stories from those kids that I could tell. We also help some school assemblies, built a house, and spoke at some churches! I went with my school in 2014

to inner city Minneapolis to hold a Thanksgiving outreach. We held a children and adult service, and fed over 300 people a full thanksgiving meal. We also went out on the streets and handed out hot dogs and hot chocolate to homeless people and prayed with them too. It was a simple and short trip, but it was serving those who Jesus would have served and it was worth every moment! My most recent missions trip was in 2014 to Guaimaca, Honduras. I actually went on this trip by myself. I went strictly to work in an orphanage of over 500 children. This was one of the hardest things that I have done. I, alone, was in charge of 30 three to five years olds, of which many had disabilities and malnutrition. My days there were pretty simple, as I spent the entire day taking care of these kids. This trip stuck out to me not only because I was alone but because orphans are a huge burden on my heart. I pray that God uses me wherever I am so that I can change people’s stories, not through my own work, but through God and His doings. I want to be the catalyst for change in people’s lives. I

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want to be the middle grounds between people and God’s love/will/power for them. It would torture me to know that I hold the key to the greatest thing this world has known and I was doing nothing to share it. Right now I am currently a Junior at Trinity Bible College. I am getting my bachelors degree in Intercultural Studies with the intentions (and calling) to be a missionary. This next summer I was actually be overseas for two months doing my internship in an undecided place. After graduation, if the Lord doesn’t call me overseas right away, I am looking at getting certified as a midwife so that I can use that not only in an orphanage-

type ministry, but also as a key to get into countries that are closed to missionaries. I do not know exactly what my future holds, but I do know that God has an amazing plan for my life; I am just taking it step by step. I would eventually love to live overseas, start an orphanage, and evangelize, which is a realistic possibility! When I was called into missions, the Lord told me, “Your feet will never stop moving.” And as far as I am concerned, if my feet never stop moving, then people will never stop hearing about Jesus, because wherever I am, I make it a missions trip. The only difference is that sometimes God tells me to hop on a plane. o

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went to South Africa thinking I was going to help someone else set up a children’s home…which transformed into me staying.

was born in “small-town” Indiana, Westfield, to be exact. At that time, it was a small farming community where everyone knew everyone. It is now one of the fastest growing towns in America. So I had to get used to change, which is something I’ve (surprisingly) never liked. I can see now how God has always been busy breaking me out of my “comfort zones.” Compassion has been my guiding characteristic since as far back as my first memory. I would say that even my “angelic” behavior as a child was not just about obedience or fear of my parents, but more out of an empathy that did not want to ever cause anyone any hurt or disappointment. I know that my compassion comes from Christ, but that was most practically displayed to me by my mother, whilst growing up. She was a school bus driver for small children with special needs, and she used to take me with her on the bus as her assistant to help with wheelchairs and buckling the kids into their seats, etc. I observed how much she loved and

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respected these children without even a hint of irony. She treated them like little adults who were as worthy of her love and attention as her own children…Yet she had a deep empathy and compassion for whatever frustration, problems, or sensitivity they were experiencing. I learned early on the great difference between sympathy and empathy… especially as I stepped off of the “shortbus” onto the school yard each day, in front of all of my classmates. In terms of my hobbies, I always loved adventuring off on my own in nature. For me, “the woods” on our property were another world— a secret garden where I could suddenly be transformed into an explorer of new things in whatever world I was imagining at the time. This is probably also why I loved reading…. and creating all things artsy. When I was very small, I wanted to be a veterinarian, because I had such a compassionate heart, but, as a child, I thought the only ones I’d ever be able to help were animals. As I grew up, I still had a deep desire to care for others, 15

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but I knew that my calling was not to care for animals, nor was it to care for people medically. It wasn’t long before I discovered social work and counseling. Sadly, I came into closest contact with this field of study/ career through the death of my best friend in High School. I found that the only people who were able to provide me with true support were my school counselors, who had studied social work. So, I decided from that point forward, my area of study and career would be “school social work”… and that, it was. I never had to struggle with not knowing what my college major would be or wondering if I should switch majors or jobs, because my passion would not allow me to be deterred. “Missions” was something that was ingrained in me also from an early age, which can be mostly attributed to my father— who was always very supportive of mission work. Therefore, after going on a couple of overseas mission trips as a youth, I knew my heart was for unreached people abroad, especially those more atrisk. I resolved that after undergrad, I would take a brief, three-month mission trip on my own, the summer after I graduated, before starting my “big girl

job” and graduate studies. Needless to say, that little trip turned into something much bigger… God had a different “big girl job” in mind that was much bigger than the one I had in mind— ‘though it seemed smaller at first. I had no clue what I was getting myself into. Ha-ha! In fact, I literally did not plan on staying when I stepped foot back on South African soil… All I knew is that God was up to something and had called me to “more” in South Africa, but I had no idea in what role or capacity. I just had some leads and went in the general direction I felt God leading me… In my small mind, I thought I was just coming for a few months to assist someone else in transitioning some kids to a new children’s home. As they say, “the rest is history.” I had come for my short term mission trip to the orphanage in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2006 and visited a few more times after that; however, it was only in September of 2011 that I came for another “visit” and ended up staying. The last four years (since staying in South Africa and beginning this project) have been an epic journey. What God has done with this project and me since the

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here is much to be done, and for as long as God’s got me here, I’m going to do all that I can to make a postive and lasting impact on this area.

beginning is nothing short of a miracle and nothing that I ever could have anticipated. It is amazing what God does when we place all our dreams, gifts, passions, abilities, and resources in His hands. I found that I had to stop planning, because all of my plans were set aside or molded into totally different things than I imagined— usually much bigger— even when it came to provision and being sustainable. God alone has sustained this [His] project— I can take no credit whatsoever. The project began humbly as a small transition home for orphaned teenage girls and their babies. This was not at all my intention, but, like I said, I made my plans and God laughed. Clearly, He does have a great sense of humor to take a young American woman who has never been a mother and have her mother a bunch of mothers whom she is also teaching to be mothers… in Africa. This all transpired because these young ladies lived at the children’s home where I had volunteered on my brief visits… and, now, they were facing homelessness due to the fact that they had become

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pregnant and could not remain at the home with their babies. I simply could not stand by and watch yet more injustice take place in these lives that had already experienced so much of it— I felt that if I didn’t do anything about it myself, I would be directly contributing to it. After a few years and a few moves with my little “family” of moms and babies, I knew it was time for them to be out on their own, living independent lives (which was the goal). I also knew that the “transition home” chapter was over for me, but that God had placed a growing passion and vision in me to create a difference on a more macro level. Working with these girls personally on a micro level was absolutely necessary for me to truly understand the challenges they face, the culture, etc... but now it was time to do some thing with the wealth of experience and knowledge I had gained through my unique journey living as an African “go-go” (granny). The journey has now led me to creating a movement that currently looks like community & school events, mentorship programs, and ministry (of every kind… street, hospital,

church…) Sometimes, I am out feeding kids of child-headed households, other times I am counseling victims of abuse. Sometimes I take the AIDS patients to church. I could be praying with refugees or speaking to hundreds of schoolgirls. I go wherever the wind blows, which, in my case means wherever The Spirit of God leads me— every moment of every day of every week, month, or year. I just plant seeds (of Faith, Hope, and Love) along the way. Unfortunately, the statistics are not better since I arrived. In nearly every area, be it HIV/ AIDS, rape/ abuse, crime/ corruption, and racism/ injustice , things are not looking up. This is precisely why I am so passionate about the movement that God is allowing me to take part in. This is why my ministry and role here is more outreaching now. There is much to be done… and for as long as God’s got me here, I’m going to do all that I can to make a positive and lasting impact on this area, this country, and this continent. (If there is one thing I have seen over these last few years, it is that…) With God, anything is possible. o

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.he members of the BeautyFull campaign set up studio and asked a few volunteers to come in and bring someone they thought were BeautyFull (inner beauty). The volunteers were fully aware of what was going on but their “BeautyFull” or BF person had no idea.

What do you do to try and meet those standards?

The BF person just thought that the volunteer was here just for a short time to help a classmate out, which they were, but the BF person didn’t know that there was a big surprise in store for them.

Vanessa: I feel like I don’t meet those standards, but I do put on make up, but I don’t feel like I fully measure up to it. I do those things to make me feel more confident and make me feel more beautiful.

We asked the volunteers the same questions, while the BF person stood behind the scenes. What does it mean to be beautiful in today’s society? Volunteer 1 (Nichole): In today’s society it is more of a physical appearance than anything. I feel like it is a lot of pressure put on girls to be a certain way, to look a certain way, and to act a certain way. If you meet those standards that’s what you’d consider beautiful. Volunteer 2 (Vanessa): In advertisements and billboards there is this “ideal” woman and man. Perfect, perfect structure, perfect features, tons of makeup which most people should go all natural.

Nichole: I like a lot of make-up. Some people think that more makeup equals more beauty or you dress girly or a certain way just to please other people.

How could society’s beauty standards negatively impact someone’s life? Nichole: Society tells them how to act even if it is not the way they personally act or they keep themselves bottled up because they can’t show who they really are because they have to meet these certain standards. Vanessa: Since you have this ideal person, in advertisements etc., if that person doesn’t look like that then that could lower their self-esteem and make them insecure about themselves. W hat to you ma k e s someone a BeautyFull person? Nichole: To me, I feel like actions make

a BeautyFull person. Just having a good heart and being yourself. Don’t worry about what other people think, be who you want to be and just do that. Vanessa: Their personality, inside, they are loving, caring, nice, sweet, they always put people in front of them, they are kind all the time and people who are positive about everything. How can we change the way society views beauty? Nichole: Telling people that they don’t need to do all these crazy things to please other people. I think we should focus on people’s actions rather than just look at them like they are something to put makeup and clothes on. Vanessa: Show the world that it is not that “ideal” person that you don’t have to put on so much makeup you don’t have to that skinny. You can be who you want to be and tell them they are BeautyFull no matter what. After we ask these questions, we ask the BF person to sit beside the volunteer and have the volunteer tell the BF person that they are BeautyFull and why. This was their response…

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Nichole told her mom that she was there to answer the same questions, but her mother was actually there because Nichole wanted to tell her that she is BeautyFull. Do you want to tell your mom why she is really her today? Nichole: I wanted to tell you that you’re BeautyFull. Her mother’s eyes filled with tears. Nichole: She asked me to pick the most BeautyFull person I know and I thought of you. Her mother replied with: Thank you, but you are BeautyFull too, and you have a genuine beauty. And you don’t need make up.

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“I wanted to tell you that you’re BeautyFull.”

YOU ARE SO BEAUTYFULL TO ME Vanessa brought in a person she thinks is BeautyFull, her childhood best friend. Do you want to tell her why she is really here today? Vanessa: I wanted to tell you that you’re very BeautyFull inside and out, and through everything, literally, since we were little kids you have always been there for me. And you have helped me so much and you are still being there for me. I’m just saying that you are BeautyFull inside and out and I love everything about you, and that’s why you’re my best friend. Her best friend replied with: Thank you so much. I love you too, you are so sweet.

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“ You have always been there for me... and you’re still being there for me.”

Getting Down To The Nitty Gritty Too Much Focus on Good Looks and Not Enough on Good Deeds. Photoshop and Media Damaging Our World?

ave you ever flipped through a magazine and every single person in the magazine is more than perfect. Tall, thin, not a pore to be seen. Do you ever think, “I want to look like them?” or “Why is it that I don’t look like them, I work out, eat well and yet I still don’t look like that.” The truth is, those models in those magazines don’t look like that either. And yet these images are bouncing around in our heads every day telling us that what we see is the perfect example of what a man or woman should look like. Sometimes that’s as far as one is influenced by these advertisements but other times it can have a real negative impact on one’s life. This “magazine model look” is only achieved by airbrush makeup and digital manipulations. Not everyone knows the editing-process behind these false representations. However, more and more organizations are bringing this issue into the light. In this critical thinking piece I will discuss the pros and cons of extreme Photoshop manipulations. I will give research on the ethical standpoint of advertisers and the psychological effects when we see these ads. Lastly, I will provide personal testimonies of people influenced by these advertisements and reveal what companies are taking a stand against this “Extreme Photoshopping.” 26

So what’s wrong with a little Photoshopping? On the bright side, Photoshopping allows editorial publications to reach its standards to perfection. This is similar to other editing processes. “In the same way that an article passes through the hands of multiple editors, a photo experiences a meticulous retouching process in order to represent the best version of itself. And like the words in a written piece may change during the process, the colors, textures, shapes and other details of a photo may be altered without losing what that image is at its core” (Chen, “Op-Ed: In Defense of Photoshop: Why Magazines Should Photoshop Their Models”). Alice Chen in Catwalk to Campus shares an example of how more people can relate to the side of editors keeping their creative freedom. “Are magazines not doing what we do every morning when we pick out an outfit, swipe on our makeup and style our hair? We present ourselves to the public each day in what we’ve prepared as the best versions of ourselves, just like magazines publish their work every month having honed each page — text and photographs alike — to perfection as they see fit” (Chen, “Op-Ed: In Defense of Photoshop: Why Magazines Should Photoshop Their Models”).

Taking away Photoshop from these magazine editors is taking away their ability to edit their own content. Some feel very strongly on this issue. “It is a shame for any publication to self inflict such limitations on its own editorial voice” (Chen, “Op-Ed: In Defense of Photoshop: Why Magazines Should Photoshop Their Models”). If a change did occur and Photoshop was taken away from these publications, would this line be pushed any further? “Will the next campaign demand that models stop getting their makeup done professionally, because that’s a distortion of what the average woman can obtain?” (Chen, “Op-Ed: In Defense of Photoshop: Why Magazines Should Photoshop Their Models”). With this research one can see that magazine publishers have standards and a reputation to uphold, that other occupations can edit their work in a similar “best-self ” process, and it is their right to edit their own material anyway they see fit. With every argument there is always more than one side. As many people believe and studies suggest that seeing these false representations of the “ideal” men and women can dramatically lower his or her selfesteem. Researchers Krayer, Ingledew,

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and Iphofen (2007), in their article Social Comparison and Body Image in adolescence: A Grounded Theory, investigate individual effects of social comparisons and describe, “Numerous experimental studies have shown that body dissatisfaction was increased by viewing or reading appearancefocused material or being exposed to peer messages about thinness” (Krayer; Ingledew; Iphofen, “Health Education Research”). In summary, when we view these images of the “perfect” man or woman in advertisements, it may lower our self-esteem and our own opinion of how we see ourselves. Why is it that people have a lower selfimage of themselves after they view these images? Many have an opinion of why this is but Krayer, Ingledew, and Iphofen believe it to be the social comparison theory. “This theory encompasses three types of appraisals: self-evaluation, selfimprovement and self-enhancement. Self-evaluation comparisons are used to gather information about one’s own standing in relation to others in terms of attributes, skills and social expectations (e.g. How do my muscles compare to my peers). Self-improvement comparisons are employed to learn how to improve a particular characteristic or for problem solving (e.g. How could I learn from her to be more attractive). In times of threat or uncertainty, self-enhancement comparisons protect self-esteem and self-worth and allow the individual to maintain positive views about the self. Self-enhancement mechanisms identified in the research literature encompass discounting information as not relevant to the self and describing the other as inferior or less advantaged on a particular attribute one feels superior on” (Krayer; Ingledew; Iphofen, “Health Education Research”). These individuals conducted a study on how these altered images being fed to us through the media affects adolescences. They interviewed several girls and boys and some had to negotiate and deal with the societal expectations that these transmit. “Yeah, I do [think about dieting] sometimes. I wouldn’t really, but … I would like to be a bit slimmer, but if you are like this size, then that’s it. I’m not going to diet or nothing because people think I’m fat or something like that. ‘Cause it’s just,

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‘cause you feel like big when you’re just normal against like a little skinny model or something like that, so. No I would not really change much” (Krayer; Ingledew; Iphofen, “Health Education Research”). This study also showed that girls in general felt that shape and weight should not be so important but acknowledge that sometimes it can be a struggle to not compare themselves to the images they see. “This was especially true if they generally felt unsure about themselves: “‘Cause they [people in the media] are always thin and have perfect skin and stuff. They should really have people of different sizes. (…) ‘Cause it makes me feel self-conscious, ‘cause I see all these pretty people. It would be better to have a range of people. I don’t think there is a point in trying to lose weight, really, but it might make me more confident. (…) It’s sometimes I feel a bit rotten and that’s when it pops up (Girl, age 13)” (Krayer; Ingledew; Iphofen, “Health Education Research”). Young children are not the only ones being affected by these images but adults too. “Not only are we comparing ourselves to advertising images, but the images we see

depict unattainable and highly sexualized beauty. Jean Kilborne, a researcher in the forefront of women’s media studies, clearly articulates the negative messages that are being given to women through advertising in her video, Killing Us Softly: Advertising’s Image of Women. The American Psychological Association, likewise, published a Task Force Report on the sexualization of girls in the media and found that “…Girls and young women who more frequently consume or engage with mainstream media content offer stronger endorsement of sexual stereotypes that depict women as sexual objects… They also place appearance and physical attractiveness at the center of women’s value” (Sullivan, “The Photoshop Controversy: Exploring Authenticity in Advertising and the Use of Social Media to Influence Young Women”). Many people are aware of the media’s negative impact on our lives and some people are taking a stand against these photo manipulations. “In France, legislators have pushed for a law that would require a disclaimer for

any digitally enhanced photograph. The Australian government recently a n nou nced pl a ns for a si m i l a r footnoting policy, and Britain’s equalities minister Lynne Featherstone called for a “Kitemark,” or warning label of sorts — a proposal that has impelled hundreds of Girl Guides (U.K.’s Girl Scouts) to sign a petition in support (Fortini, “In Defense of Photoshop: Why Retouching Isn’t As Evil As Everyone Thinks”). Creating boundaries that are fair for everyone doesn’t come easy and without a back and forth give and take. I understand both sides and I would have to agree with putting a disclaimer in the footnotes of these advertisements saying that Photoshop was used. This way, editor’s still get their creative freedom and the viewers know that those images are not realistic expectations of what the perfect man or woman should be. o

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hope you finish off your read with inspiration in your heart. I hope these stories and words inspire you to live a more BeautyFull life filled with new purposes and ambitions. You can impact the individuals you interact with day-to-day, the people you may meet throughout your life, and leave this world better off then when you arrived here. Now is always the right time to make a difference. Tell the people in your life that they are BeautyFull. Recognize them for

their good deeds and great attitudes. If you know someone who is BeautyFull, let him or her know. There are way too many times that pass by where good actions are overlooked. If you know a Beautyfull person who is kind, compassionate, is always there for you, or for any other positive reason tell them. It doesn’t matter how. To start the BeautyFull movement, we need your help. The social media outlets are the largest form of communication and has the avenues to

reach the entire world. Let’s change the world. Use #BeautyFull to let someone know that their good deeds did not go unnoticed. Let’s inspire the world to focus less on outward appearances and more on outward actions. This global movement is possible, but first it starts with you and me. Life is too short and too uncertain not to have the people in your life know how much you appreciate and love them.

A special thanks to...

I want to recognize and thank everyone who made this magazine and campaign possible. Thank you for sharing your stories, experiences, and feelings with us. Thank you for positively impacting individuals in your communities and people throughout the world. You are truly BeautyFull. Read left to right, top to bottom: Arlina Roman, Kayla Folven, Stacy Beery, Vanessa Ficsher, Danielle Dugan, Nichole Herrmann, and Pam Herrmann.

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