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Getting a nose job has become a pretty standard procedure. In the early 00s getting plastic surgery, especially a nose job was a talked about topic. Now getting surgery to make a nose smaller is pretty standard.
There is a downside to the plastic surgery becoming normalized, having a big nose is seen as not attractive. Thanks to contouring, angles and filters you can easily hide a large nose, but there is still a stigma attached to having a big nose.
Freelance journalist Radhika Sanghani is trying to dispell the stigma around having a big nose with the hashtag #SideProfileSelfie. “I’ve hated my nose for ages because I’ve always compared it to white beauty standards and the Hollywood look,” Sanghani told Glamour.
“But in recent years I’ve started to ditch that idea and actually love my nose for what it is. It’s been so freeing and wonderful that now I really want to inspire other women to get to a similar place.”
Breaking the big nose taboo with my new campaign on the #sideprofileselfie!! Let’s stop hating our noses for not being tiny, little snubs and learn to love them by sharing a #sideprofileselfie https://t.co/2WpuNQmqmY pic.twitter.com/hL6mZmYEwZ
— Radhika Sanghani (@radhikasanghani) February 20, 2018
She kicked off her campaign with a simple tweet and an article in Grazia explaining the campaign. “I grew up thinking that you can’t be beautiful unless you have a snub little ski-slope of a nose, like Kate Middleton or Mila Kunis – and I know other women have too,” Sanghani wrote. “There just aren’t enough larger-nosed ladies with stereotypically ‘hot’ roles in movies or ad campaigns to make us think an aquiline profile can be pretty.”
Sanghani wrote that acne prone skin, cellulite and stretch marks have all broken out of their stigmas and are now seen as normal and beautiful, but having a big nose hasn’t received it’s social media justice yet.
Her #SideProfileSelfie will help empower big nose woman and show that having a big nose is beautiful.
Since her tweet, many women have responded sharing their own profile selfie.
Always felt conscious about my nose but thanks to #sideprofileselfie it’s made love who I am ❤️ keep being you and don’t give into the beauty ideals. Thanks but no thanks Hollywood I will keep my big nose 🤙 pic.twitter.com/DM0qToe68n
— m i n a 🌿 (@minasjournal_) February 21, 2018
Great to see this on tv this morning ever since I was little I’ve had issues with self confidence due to my nose pic.twitter.com/6Rrn4FUhMe
— julie wiseman (@juliewi60221855) February 21, 2018
This is amazing. I got a nose job at 15 and felt ten times better about myself, but over 15 years later I still get self-conscious sometimes. I realize now that there’s no reason for this stigma!! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/GyfHPDphU3
— Kaci🖕🏻🤟🏻✊🏻 (@TheSweetSiren) February 21, 2018
I’ve never ever put a photo online of my side profile before because its made me self conscious everyday for as long as I can remember. But you know what, BIG NOSES ARE OKAY although tweeting this is scary 😳😁 #sideprofileselfie 🖤 pic.twitter.com/HbwtxqI1z2
— Molly🍂🦊🍂 (@mollydotw) February 21, 2018
“My theory is beauty standards have lauded small noses over big ones because they fit in with the idea of women being delicate, dainty and not taking up space,” Shanghani wrote. “But we’re not. We’re bold, strong, and we can take up as much space as we want, even with our bodies.”