Synopsis
Three youngsters each try to change the accepted norm of beauty - from pushing the modelling industry to increase diversity to learning to love themselves for who they are.
- Programme: My Life
- Episode: Changing the Face of Beauty
- Channel: CBBC
- Broadcast year: 2018
- PSHE | Tricky Subjects
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