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| How Perrie from Little Mix is helping me learn to love my freckles | How Perrie from Little Mix is helping me learn to love my freckles |
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| Perrie Edwards has been praised after proudly showing off her freckles on social media. | Perrie Edwards has been praised after proudly showing off her freckles on social media. |
| The Little Mix star, 25, told her Instagram followers she used to hide them but now wants to embrace them. | The Little Mix star, 25, told her Instagram followers she used to hide them but now wants to embrace them. |
| Gianna Holmes, 22, says having freckles has impacted on her confidence but Perri's post "definitely helps me". | Gianna Holmes, 22, says having freckles has impacted on her confidence but Perri's post "definitely helps me". |
| Her twin Daniela, who also has freckles, says she's "proud" of the singer for sharing her photo and hopes it can help her sister's insecurities. | Her twin Daniela, who also has freckles, says she's "proud" of the singer for sharing her photo and hopes it can help her sister's insecurities. |
| Gianna and Daniela both have freckles on their arms, face, chest and legs. | Gianna and Daniela both have freckles on their arms, face, chest and legs. |
| "I'm not too keen on them and not too confident about having them," Gianna told Newsbeat. | "I'm not too keen on them and not too confident about having them," Gianna told Newsbeat. |
| "I see myself differently to everyone else and compare myself to everyone who doesn't have freckles. | "I see myself differently to everyone else and compare myself to everyone who doesn't have freckles. |
| "I'm always trying to cover them up with foundation, concealer and everything else." | "I'm always trying to cover them up with foundation, concealer and everything else." |
| Daniela on the other hand says she's never had a problem with freckles, but thinks Perrie's post is really important. | Daniela on the other hand says she's never had a problem with freckles, but thinks Perrie's post is really important. |
| "I instantly sent it to Gianna as soon as I saw it, saying it could help with her insecurities about them, and help her feel positive, happy and embrace them. | "I instantly sent it to Gianna as soon as I saw it, saying it could help with her insecurities about them, and help her feel positive, happy and embrace them. |
| "We also had friends and family tagging us in the picture as they know how Gianna feels. I'm very proud of Perrie for putting it on Instagram." | |
| Lizzie Mawson is a model. She thinks Perrie sharing the post with her 8.2 million followers is important. | Lizzie Mawson is a model. She thinks Perrie sharing the post with her 8.2 million followers is important. |
| "So many of those followers will be young girls going through high school struggling with their appearance and body image issues. | "So many of those followers will be young girls going through high school struggling with their appearance and body image issues. |
| "Freckles are a feature that don't get talked about enough. It's so easy for bullies to pick on things that seem rare or different. | "Freckles are a feature that don't get talked about enough. It's so easy for bullies to pick on things that seem rare or different. |
| "Perrie posting this will give young girls and boys the confidence to not cover them up with an inch of foundation." | "Perrie posting this will give young girls and boys the confidence to not cover them up with an inch of foundation." |
| Lizzie's thoughts are echoed by Nicholas Sinclair, 22, who's also a model. | |
| "It's like they're a commodity now: Freckles are in. | |
| "The industry has changed my views on freckles, and now I see it more as art and something to embrace, rather than a 'what's that' sort of thing." | |
| 'Something positive' | 'Something positive' |
| Gianna says Perrie has inspired her to try and change her relationship with her freckles. | Gianna says Perrie has inspired her to try and change her relationship with her freckles. |
| "It's definitely something positive and something to embrace. I need to stop caring so much. | "It's definitely something positive and something to embrace. I need to stop caring so much. |
| "It's something that will come in time, I'm having to care less each time, it'll come. | "It's something that will come in time, I'm having to care less each time, it'll come. |
| "But seeing Perrie putting it out there definitely helps me as well as a lot of young women who aren't so keen on them." | |
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