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•	In a 2006 AC Nielsen survey conducted to judge if current models were too thin, 94% of people in Norway, 92 % in New Zealand and Switzerland and 90 % in Australia said the models could do with more flesh.

•	Beyond Stereotypes, a 2005 study commissioned by Dove, surveyed 3,300 girls and women between the ages of 15 and 64 in 10 countries. They found that 90% of all women aged 15 to 64 worldwide want to change at least one aspect of their physical appearance, with body weight ranking the highest.

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My series "Be" follows three young women as they search for their adult identities. Trying to answer the age-old question of what it really means to be a woman, stripped of stereotypes, I created three fictitious situations based on each of their stories. My art explores identity through the telling of stories. I like to create stories and place my models in their midst, because I think our lives are made of narratives, and each narrative can and often does transform us; each situation transforms the way we see ourselves, highlights or muffles our doubts, our fears and our impressions of ourselves. *** Credits: Models Elisa Mora, Erika Mota, Claire.

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