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| #nomakeupselfie - Me, my daughter & dad xx |
“Cancer is out there so awareness needs to be raised and I think
the selfies are a great way to do it.
Karl Riley, 2014
(as quoted in http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/think-cancer-awareness-selfies-taking/story-20829056-detail/story.html#ixzz2wRTqtNqY)
Over the past 24 hours, what has saw as
one person's 2 minutes of harmless fun, has turned into a nation wide awareness
campaign for cancer awareness.
#nomakeupselfie now has its own
facebook group 'entitled 'No Make Up Selfie For Cancer Awareness and with over
150,0000 like and hundreds of uploaded photos showing women fresh faced and
wearing 'no make up'. However as men are feeling a little left out, the reverse
has happened and pictures of men WEARING MAKE UP have started to follow.
This shows the magic of social media
and how strong a message can be broadcasted across the different social media
channels. Following on from the recent 'neknomination' craze that hit
facebook last month, this latest craze has attarcted clebertites to foolow suit
an a spokesperson
for Cancer research UK commented saying:
“We’ve been asked quite
a lot overnight whether this was something started by us – unfortunately it
wasn’t. However we welcome anything that raises a cancer awareness, so we
certainly fully support the no make-up selfie campaign.”
However, there has been a series of negative
backlash to the campaign. Many say that selfie ‘s can’t cure cancer, so why
bother?
A selfie may not cure cancer, but this
craze has got you talking? Like it or loathe it, it has attracted a series of
donations that Cancer Research UK will benefit from as the saying goes, ‘Any publicity is good publicity!’
I have collected together a series of selfie’s
from some of my friends and family, so a BIG THANK YOU to you all!
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| #nomakeupselfie - Kelly |
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| #nomakeupselfie - Meg |
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| #nomakeupselfie - Laura |
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| #nomakeupselfie - Zoe & her mum |
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| #nomakeupselfie - Leanne |
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| #nomakeupselfie - jojo |
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| #nomakeupselfie MAN STYLE - Ricky Gervais |
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| #nomakeupselfie MAN STYLE - the lovely chris!! |
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A big thank you to all my friends and family for their permission in allowing me to use their photos!
to donate follow this link - http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/
or text BEAT to 7099 which gives a £3 donation!
