Blog Giveaway : You’re Beautiful T-Shirt and 2 Books
GIVEAWAY CLOSED!
These days, young girls are feeling the pressure of our society’s stereotypical view of beauty. The majority of girls (seven in ten) feel they do not measure up in some way including their looks, performance in school and relationships. The added pressure results in some girls with low self-esteem engaging in harmful and destructive behavior that can leave a lasting imprint on their lives. As parents, we can play our part to help by educating our children that there is a wider and healthier definition of real beauty.
In response to the self-esteem crisis, Dove Self Esteem Fund was launched to bring self-esteem programming to girls across the country and to encourage everyone to make a difference in the lives of girls. With a goal to reach 5 million girls globally by 2010 through its self-esteem programming, let’s help Dove by supporting and promoting a wider definition of beauty, either through your blog or through educating your children.
Moms and mentors can start boosting a girl’s self esteem right now by visiting www.campaignforrealbeauty.com to download the following free self-esteem building tools:
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True You and Mirror, Mirror booklets
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Interactive exercises
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Workshop Facilitator Guide DVD
WIN : We are in need of your support! Please help us spread the word about this campaign by:
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Posting about this campaign and leaving your post url in our comment below (3 entries) OR
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Share with us your thoughts about this campaign (one entry)
One winner will be chosen using the Random.Org number generator to win the following items:
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1. One “You’re Beautiful Pass It On” t-shirt AND
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2. Two books - titled “Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters” by Courtney E. Martin AND “Life Doesn’t Begin 5 Pounds From Now” by Jessica Weiner [Jessica Weiner is an architect for change that is the voice of Dove's workshops all over the U.S. and Courtney Martin is an active speaker at Dove's Self-Esteem Fund Tour.]
Giveaway closes on 25th November 2008. Open to International readers.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:45 am
I think this is an awesome campaign. We need to realize that we are worth more than what the scale says.
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November 12th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
wow, this is a great campaign…way to go dove!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I am so happy that Dove is doing this. I love their videos and the way they are reaching out to girls. . . I’ve worked with kids for about twenty years now, and counseled so many beautiful girls who want to be different than the way God created them. We need to tell them they are beautiful just the way they are!
November 12th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I just love Dove’s campaign. Building up girls self-esteem and making them realize that they are beautiful.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:19 am
Now I’m loving Dove even more
With three teenage daughters, I’m definitely blogging this!
November 13th, 2008 at 2:19 am
this is a great thing to do…dove is so awesome…
please enter me
November 13th, 2008 at 10:49 am
What a wonderful cause!
November 13th, 2008 at 11:48 am
I love Dove for this! We need forces that will backlash the impossible beauty standards created by the media.
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November 13th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
This is a a great cause. I love it when blogs unite!
November 14th, 2008 at 1:53 am
Love the positive and empowering message
November 14th, 2008 at 2:22 am
What a great campaign. Way to go Dove….
gkstratos@yahoo.com
November 14th, 2008 at 2:28 am
This is such an amazing campaign…so important for girls to hear this!!
November 14th, 2008 at 6:42 am
I think it is so important for girls of all ages to have such a powerful and positive message. Beauty comes in all shapes sizes and colors!
November 14th, 2008 at 7:17 am
This is a great giveaway! I’ve wanted to read Courtney’s book for ages (I follow her on feministing.com)
November 14th, 2008 at 7:47 am
The Self Esteem Campaign of Dove’s is so very important and necessary for our young daughters!
November 14th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Definitely worth a cause to teach women young & old, that we ALL are beautiful no matter what!
November 14th, 2008 at 10:46 am
I discussed the Dove campaign with my psychology of women class. They are all impressed with it! The books look great!
smchester at gmail dot com
November 15th, 2008 at 6:22 am
Great campaign. We are all beautiful.
November 15th, 2008 at 8:21 am
such a great message for our girls..
November 16th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
I think that this campaign is fantastic, we need to show our daughters that life is more than what they look like or how much they weigh, it’s about how great they are on the inside!
November 17th, 2008 at 7:17 am
This is definitely I want my daughter to learn at an young age!
November 18th, 2008 at 4:18 am
This is a great message to send out to girls. It’s the inside that counts, and we all tend to forget that:)
jceko77@yahoo.com
November 21st, 2008 at 1:13 am
young kids today need a ton of encouragement and praise for their bodies and selves, what a great campaign to help them achieve healthy self-esteems!
November 21st, 2008 at 10:42 am
I have three boys and one daughter who is the baby and is 12 years old. I talk to her all of the time and worry also. I would really love to win this, thank-you.
tamben7996(at)aol(dot)com
November 23rd, 2008 at 1:05 am
This is a fantastic idea. As a high school teacher, I highly recommend these activities. I have a daughter who is 12 and I plan to use them for her.
November 24th, 2008 at 3:34 am
Great Idea.. We as women and our children do not remember on a daily basis that we are beautiful.
November 24th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
This campaign is a phenomenal idea on Dove’s part! Im eager to support them more now!
dansan826 at yahoo.com
November 25th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Great Campaign. I have two pre-teens and this is such an issue with girls and trying so hard to be like the TV women.
November 25th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
This is wonderful! I think that girls and women should be happy with themselves and that our culture should begin to emphasize that more!
November 25th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
This is an awesome campaign. Marketing has made it seem like ideal is rail thin. Marilyn Monroe would be considered fat! But, not so long ago she was a sex symbol! Whatever you are you are beautiful!
November 25th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
I think that this campaign is the best thing I have ever heard about. It is so great that a company like Dove realizes that girl’s in today’s world face a lot of challenges and is doing something to help.
Julie
November 25th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
I’m a big fan of the Dove Campaign.
November 26th, 2008 at 1:53 am
what a great campaign there is nothing more important than self esteem..there are too many negative messages out there about what beautiful is..beuty truly begins on the inside not the outside thats the message people need to get
November 26th, 2008 at 6:49 am
This is a wonderful campaign!
November 26th, 2008 at 6:52 am
I’ve always enjoyed Dove’s commercials and ads. Great idea!
November 26th, 2008 at 7:00 am
I’m def. a fan of Dove’s campaign. …Beauty does come in all shapes and sizes! Everyone is beautiful! Thank you Dove for reminding people of this!
November 26th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
this is a wonderful as a mother of 3 girls i do like this campaign the message is wonderful