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August 6, 2012 by: Gina

Being Ugly in a Culture of Pretty: Bloggers Not Exempt

Filed Under: just for mom Tagged With: beauty, Nadia Ilse, plastic surgery

This morning I read an article in “The Nation” called “The Upside of Ugly” by Jessica Valenti.  In it, Valenti tells the story of 14-year-old Nadia Ilse, who received $40,000 worth of cosmetic surgery.  The company that sponsored her surgery is a charity, Little Baby Face Foundation, performs surgeries on kids with facial deformities.  When I think of facial deformities, I think of cleft palates, or

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Filed Under: just for mom Tagged With: beauty, Nadia Ilse, plastic surgery

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