Vitiligo, breast cancer, pregnancy: Body image through works of art

This is my body, so what?

Maureen Diament

02 Jun 2014

updated the 6 October 2015 à 23:59

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monokini 2.0
“Who says you need two?” Fashion designers, photographers and women who have undergone one or two mastectomies have teamed up to make the monokini 2.0 project. The goal: “We want to show that you can be complete, beautiful and sexy even if you only have one breast, or no breasts at all.”

Discover the monokini v2.0 series
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Chantelle Brown
Canadian model Chantelle Winnie, 19, suffers from vitiligo, a disease that causes skin depigmentation of one or more areas of the body. Instead of hiding her differences, the young woman has made it an asset to her career, which was also met great success.
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Dermography
Dermographism is present in 3-5% of the population. When a slightly sharp object or fingernail is scraped along the surface of the epidermis, a white, slightly raised imprint is left behind, a painless manifestation that disappears in a few minutes. Generally, it heals spontaneously. Meanwhile, the American artist Ariana Page Russell has chosen to make her body a work of art.
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The 4th trimester bodies project
The stories of women who have experienced sometimes difficult, and sometimes easy pregnancies who have all left their mark. It is a photo project “to capture the inherent beauty of the changes of our body associated with pregnancy and breastfeeding.” The joy of living in a pure state.

Find out more about the 4th trimester bodies project

Be it a skin disease, pregnancy or cancer, a few brave women have chosen to flaunt their bodies without complexes about their body image – and to inspire others though these works of art.

Damaged or mutilated, their bodies could have become a source of complex. Through art projects, these women have learned to accept their differences and be proud. Beautiful images that show, once again, being beautiful is, above all, to feel good about yourself.

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This is my body, so what?

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