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The Age of Beauty
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When do we stop being young? Do we stop being beautiful once we are no longer young?

Does our concept of beauty change as we grow? Did we aspire to look like our dolls when we were young, rebellious punks as teenagers, businesslike when we entered the workforce, and so on?

The Age of Beauty: Stories to View

I am 22 years old by Fanny Allié - France (film)
See Fanny Allié’s exploration of grandmothers’ feminine wiles. Can you be sexy at 82 just as you were at 22?

About my sisters by Ellie Brown - USA (photography)
Explore the passage from childhood to teenage years in this series of photos that looks at the body language, social interactions and grooming rituals of young girls.

Whatever happened to my youth? by Coryse Borg - Malta (essay)
Do our skin and hair products dominate more than just shelf space when we turn 30?

Read these and many more stories. What is your idea of beauty?

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The Age of Beauty
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joi carruth
United States
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Growing up I was alway seen a being the "ugly duckilng" I was surrounded by cousins that were classic Italian beauties [ dark eyes , long dark hair,olive complexion.] It was later in life that I realized that true beauty comes not from...
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"Finding Beauty" by Jennifer Siebel
United States
"I Am 22 Years Old " by Fanny Allié
France
"Living Beauty" by Xiang Jing
China
"Cheerleader" by Kimberlee Bassford
United States
"Sewing" by Alejandra Phelts
Mexico
"Super Blond" by Andrea Aragón
Guatemala
"The True Living" by Sabrina Ward Harrison
Canada
"Reflex: Reflect" by Chinkara Singh-Derewa
United States
"Whatever Happened to My Youth?" by Coryse Borg
Malta
"Health, Wellness, and Personal Power" by Jillian Michaels
United States
"Corsets for the Modern Women" by Autumn Carey Adamme
United States
"Corsets and Steel" by Kara L. Rooney
Italy
"Don't Grow Up So Fast" by Maria Isabela Arango
Colombia
"About My Sisters" by Ellie Brown
United States
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