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Miss England finalist becomes first in pageant's history to compete without makeup
A Miss England finalist has become the first ever beauty queen to compete without wearing any makeup in the pageant's nearly century-long history.
Melisa Raouf, a 20-year-old college student from south London, moved forward at the pageant's semifinals on Monday after opting for a barefaced look. Now, she'll compete in the finals this October for the crown.

"It means a lot to me as I feel many girls of different ages wear makeup because they feel pressured to do so," Raouf said in an interview with the UK's Independent newspaper.

"If one is happy in their own skin we should not be made to cover up our face with makeup. Our flaws make us who we are and that's what makes every individual unique," she added.

Raouf said that, though she started wearing makeup at a young age, she decided to eschew tradition for the pageant.
"I never felt I met beauty standards. I have recently accepted that I am beautiful in my own skin and that's why I decided to compete with no makeup," she explained in the interview.

In May, Raouf posted a selfie on Instagram from the "bare face" round of the competition, writing that she was "embracing blemishes and imperfections."


Angie Beasley, director of Miss England, told CNN in a statement on Friday: "We introduced the Bare Face Top Model round in 2019 as most contestants were submitting highly edited images wearing lots of makeup and we wanted to see the real person behind the makeup."
According to organizers, Raouf plans to go bare-faced again at the national final in October.

"We wish her the best of luck in Miss England, it's a very brave thing to do when everyone else is wearing makeup but she's sending out an important message to young women," Beasley added.

Imperfections? Oh right, the one leg is longer than the other.

Photo of the field at the Third Battle of Ypres (also known as the Battle of Passchendaele), October 1917. The photo shows Australian soldiers Gunner James Fulton and Lt. Anthony Devine of the 10th Field Artillery Brigade of the Australian 4th Division near Chateau Wood, Belgium. The battle took place from July to November 1917 in which roughly 125 British/French/German divisions were engaged. It is estimated between 600-800k casualties resulted. The physical landscape of Flanders region has been permanently altered by the meat grinder that Passchendaele was.

So that old show from the History channel, Ancient Aliens, is on Netflix now. Showed it to my kid to try and explain pseudoscience and such, also because it's just fun stuff to chat about. The fluffy haired guy from the meme template was on, my kid loves weird internet references, so I was like hey it's that guy, this is the show where that meme came from.

Blank stare. Showed him a bunch of examples of the meme template in use. Not a clue. "I think that meme died a long time ago dad." Hahaha, man it made me feel old.

*protip: show your kids those cheesy history channel shows so they learn to spot bullshit.

The deafening silence of Democracy; you could hear a pin drop; only one loud row of MAGA remains.

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So that old show from the History channel, Ancient Aliens, is on Netflix now. Showed it to my kid to try and explain pseudoscience and such, also because it's just fun stuff to chat about. The fluffy haired guy from the meme template was on, my kid loves weird internet references, so I was like hey it's that guy, this is the show where that meme came from.

Blank stare. Showed him a bunch of examples of the meme template in use. Not a clue. "I think that meme died a long time ago dad." Hahaha, man it made me feel old.

*protip: show your kids those cheesy history channel shows so they learn to spot bullshit.

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I refuse to be embarrassed when my meme of choice was sooo July.

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How To use an old phone as a home security camera for free
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Awesome. I've been wanting something and I can't install a safe here. This will do nicely.

Sweet mama of bad things! Not one but two Bark Scorpions. They are the dangerous and extremely painful ones. And I was barefoot in the house.

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I was thinking about this all day... and now I see I'm not the only one...

couldn't resist..