Not an ounce of pigment on the face. No false lashes or pencil lines, even less foundation and especially no glitter. Melissa Rauf went completely bare-faced to the Miss England finals this Monday, October 17. The first since 1928 and after the birth of the competition. Naturally beautiful, like the thirty candidates, she is nevertheless the only one who made this daring choice in the relentless universe of longings. This political science student hoped to lead young Britons to resist the beauty standards that are largely enforced by Instagram and TikTok.
“That means a lot to me because I feel like a lot of girls of all ages wear makeup because they feel obligated to.“, he confided to a British newspaper in August Regardlessencouraging his relatives to then accept flaws and imperfections.” because we know that true beauty lies in simplicity. »
Note, however, that the participants had to send their natural photo for qualification. Miss England 2019 by organizer Angie Beesley. encouraging women to show who they really are without hiding behind makeup and social media filters. But in the age of body positivity, aesthetic prescriptions still resist. And the beauty queen, who was celebrating her charm, had to bow to Jessica Gagen yesterday. Immediately described by the British tabloids as “ first redhead crowned with a rhinestone tiara.
Source: Le Figaro
