BARING IT ALL
WOMAN'S OWN|November 02, 2021
Elle Seline, 31, is a beauty queen with a difference
FIONA KINLOCH
BARING IT ALL

Standing in front of the judging panel at the Ms Great Britain 2021 final at a Leicester venue, I felt wholly empowered. While my satin burgundy dress was on a par with the outfits worn by the other competitors, there was something very different about how I’d presented myself.

Without so much as a flick of powder, my bare-faced look of choice made me the first-ever woman to take part in the event without make-up. And, while having worn make-up every day for the past two decades made the prospect somewhat daunting, I hoped my move towards promoting beauty positivity would make the experience worthwhile.

Issues with my self-esteem first began when I was a teenager. At school, my thick eyebrows and the dark hair on my arms from my part-Mediterranean heritage saw me teased. The bullying took a devastating toll on my confidence and, more than anything, I just wanted to blend in with my peers.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة November 02, 2021 من WOMAN'S OWN.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة November 02, 2021 من WOMAN'S OWN.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.