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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 GratzkeIsabella Oliver

Rachel Nas

Fashion All in one- London

I-Glow Fashion Style

Real Life Sneh Rupra

Stephanie Varda

Design team Jorge PalaciosNicole White

Contributors List

Editorial Team Chief Editor - Vivian Moyo

Senior Editor -Frank BediakoEditorial Assistant - Steven McClay

Editorial Assistant -Ridah Malik Editorial Assistant - Jennifer Sadler- Venis

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Editors Note Nikki Graham’s My Anorexia StoryA Brush With Reality Eating Disorder The Natural make up blog Bullying AdvertZowella- My Beauty Blog Summer Fashion Catalogue How Should We Be Eating High School MusicalAdvert Why Celebrities Have Low Self EsteemSelf ConfidanceTeen Accessories Latest TrendsDear Body You Rock Advert

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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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Nikki Grahame’s My Anorexia Story

I n May of 2006, Nikki Grahame f irst 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 BookSince 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 StruggleNikki’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.

A Brush with REALITYYoung 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 arefake. 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 bloggerAs 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.”

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’.

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

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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ZoellaBEAUTY 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 BeautyNow 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 occasional ly 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.

how WE. . . . . . . . . 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.

SHOULDBE EATING

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 HudgensThe 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

ANNiVERSERYThe 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 Ad l ington

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 Wi l l iamsa 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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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 l ife of our music, fashion and beauty idols. Many celebrities are i l l-equipped to withstand insults about the way they look or in regards to their personal life. We need to realise that we should l ike stars for their talent, for what they are selli ng, 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 notstraightforward – 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?

Not all thin people are happy and not all fat people are miserable. Confidence and diet are l inked – what goes in influences is what comes out.

Embrace yourselfnot celebrity advice.

Teach yourselfDon’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.

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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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