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age, certain measurements, certain skin color then it was up to us to change it. I believe it is our duty to the women of the present and the women of the future to change the rules. We have the power to change society’s view of beauty through diversifying the film and modeling industries. That’s what the #noBODYbutmine Campaign is here to do. Our goal is to empower women by breaking down the barriers and showing the world that we need age, size, and race diversity in film and fashion, that diversity is not just a suggestion but a necessary missing element and that that element is beautiful. There is a huge gap in these industries where women over the age of 25, over a size 2, or of a minority background are being passed over. I gathered a group of actresses and models to demon- strate how beauti- ful and empower- ing diversity can be. The face of our campaign is teen model Julianna J, a Native American/ Caucasian actress, body posi- tive model, and Youtuber. Native Americans represent less than 2% of the world’s population and are hugely unrepresented in the fashion page 33