High school girls hold 'no makeup day'

Students promote 'true beauty.'

By Parenting Magazine Nov 28, 2012 4:29PM

Middle and high school can be tough years for teenage girls and their developing self-confidence.

Three girls from New London High School in Wisconsin recently started a campaign to boost the spirits of their peers and get them to embrace themselves. Created by juniors Caitlin Schmidt, Cambria Fitzgerald and Jenna Mytton, the True Beauty Campaign began as an assignment for their enterprise marketing class and developed into much more.

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Their mission: to make all girls love their natural beauty instead of chasing some impossible standard of beauty. True Beauty’s most recent function was No Makeup Day, held at school on Nov. 15. Some 300 girls at New London pledged not to wear makeup for the entire day, and 100 boys pledged to support their efforts.

It was a schoolwide event, inspiring girls of all grades to let their natural beauty shine through. Girls were given stickers that said “Bare-Faced and Beautiful” and the boys were given stickers that said “I Dig Confidence.” They even sold T-shirts and bracelets to raise money for future events.

These girls have figured out what it means to be beautiful. Now, their confidence is inspiring the rest of the New London adolescent community.

How do you teach your children to embrace their natural beauty?

Photo: Courtesy Fox 11 News

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Nov 28, 2012 11:40PM

That is awesome!! I wish all high schools everywhere - especially the US - would hold such a day.

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WOW10

Nov 28, 2012 11:49PM

I applaud this effort! Wow! Millions of Americans will watch the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show next Tuesday, while thousands of young women wish they looked like the models. It is unattainable, while being smart in school, generous, and caring towards others doesn't cost you a dime (diamond bras?, boob jobs, plastic surgery, etc.). Nice job girls! :)

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Harley Guy317

Nov 28, 2012 11:51PM

I have never really liked all the makeup girls wear, I've always said less is better so my hats off to the girls for having the guts to do it and the boys who are man enough to support them.

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Sambony Jones

Nov 28, 2012 11:58PM

my parents just didn't allow me to wear makeup till i was 16. by the time i was old enough to wear it, i was so far behind my peers in my ability to use it, that it seemed like a futile effort. as an adult, i feel more confident and beautiful without makeup, because i spent so much of my life without it. this is an awesome thing, i hope it becomes more widespread, it would benefit a lot of girls