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I have created this Campaign, Beyond Her Body, to relate to the pressures women face due to the toxic social media, often feeling the need to be perfect. I aim to celebrate the female form in all of its rawness and authenticity, powered by the negativity that is often shared online. Sharing facts and statistics alongside the images adding depth and understanding to the campaign. 
This campaign aims to reach and resonate with women of all ages, backgrounds, and identities, making them feel truly seen, valued, and empowered. In today’s world, where social media plays such a dominant role in shaping our self-image, the female perspective is too often filtered out or distorted. Platforms are saturated with content that presents women through the lens of the male gaze, idealised, sexualised, and edited to fit narrow and often harmful beauty standards. This skewed representation creates pressure, shame, and insecurity, especially among younger women who are still forming their sense of identity.

As a woman growing up in the 21st century, I’ve witnessed firsthand how damaging these portrayals can be. Time and time again, women are torn down, criticised, or overlooked simply for being themselves. My campaign exists as a counter to that narrative, a space where authenticity is celebrated and the female gaze is reclaimed. It’s about representing women in their rawness, power, and complexity, without the need to conform or perform to male expectations.

Through this work, I hope to not only challenge the toxic standards perpetuated by social media but also to spark conversation, create visibility, and offer hope. I want women to know they are enough as they are. That their value doesn’t lie in how they appear to others, but in how they exist for themselves. This campaign is more than imagery, it’s a movement toward acceptance, empowerment, and real representation in the media.



   




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