Tagged with:Appearance

  • #PortraitPositive: Beth & Olivia’s Stories

    20 Sep 2018

    Portrait Positive is a groundbreaking project to challenge ideas of beauty. 16 models with a visible difference, including several born with a cleft, had their portraits taken by world-renown photographer Rankin and were featured on Steven Tai's catwalk for London Fashion Week 2018.

  • Can’t take my eyes off you

    16 Sep 2016

    OK, so let’s be honest, being stared at isn’t great and when someone stares, it is, above all, an invasion of privacy.

  • ‘My Face’ – A new show on Channel 4

    28 Jan 2016

    Channel 4 are putting together a new show with the help of Remarkable Television which is looking to build confidence and give tips and advice to people with a condition that affects their face. Whether you’re struggling with your self-esteem, brimming with confidence or feel somewhere in between, Remarkable Television would like to hear your story!

  • No Body’s Perfect

    5 Jan 2016

    Reef Television are looking for contributors to participate in a BBC documentary exploring identity fronted by a well-known disabled artist and an internationally renowned photographer.

  • Appearance Matters 7

    16 Dec 2015

    Researchers at the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR) at the University of the West of England are organising Appearance Matters 7, a leading national conference focusing on appearance.

  • Emotional wellbeing

    18 Nov 2015

  • Jennifer

    From Cleft Clinic to Catwalk

    14 Jul 2015

    Jennifer, who was born with a bilateral cleft lip and partial cleft palate 18 years ago joined two others in modelling designer, Jasper Conran jeans.

  • Sue and her big brother in 1941

    By word of mouth

    4 Jun 2015

    Sue was born in 1938 with a cleft lip and palate, and has been kind enough to share her story with us, including her struggles with speech and confidence growing up in a time when there was very little awareness of cleft.