DR LEEMA JABBAR
Leema grew up trying everything in the book to remove or hide her body hair, but when she noticed her own daughter was going through the same fate, she decided to write a children’s book as a resource to help normalize body hair from a young age. Check out her interview here and our book review here.
KEVELLY
A strong believer in loving one’s self, Kevelly is another new participant to the project proving that femininity and arm hair can go hand in hand.
Read her interview in Español.
SELENA
After having removed her arm hair for most of her life, Selena had an aha moment and decided it no longer served her to do so.
KELSEY
Athletic Kelsey opens up in this 3 part interview filmed in 2018 about what it was like growing up having been “bit by the hairy bug” and how she eventually chose self-acceptance and confidence about her arm hair.
JEN
As a trending beauty and fashion vlogger, Jen has her finger on the pulse of hot topics on the web today. While shooting with us during for our 2016 Purple Hippo Vintage photoshoot, she discusses how the internet can aide self-confidence and comes clean about 2 things that used to make her self-conscious.
Jen again interviewed with us as part of our body hair round table in February 2018 discussing the many impacts of body hair bullying.
Daniela
As a holistic health & fitness practitioner, Daniela gets that our most valuable gift is a healthy body. Daniela chats with us during our 2016 Purple Hippo Vintage photoshoot about her body image and how her body hair forms a natural part of it.
ANDREA
Andrea is no stranger to a camera being in film and television and as queen on the pageant stage. She discusses modeling with us at our 2015 fashion shoot featuring Sakhuja custom-made designs.
Markana
As a professional fashion model, Markana is fully aware of the demands that society places on her looks, and discusses her experiences with body image during our 2015 fashion shoot featuring Sakhuja custom-made designs.
We spoke to Markana in 2016 as she shot in vintage clothing for our Diversity feature, and again in 2018 as a part of our bullying awareness feature.
TiFFani
New to modelling with no previous experience, Tiffani joined our 2015 fashion shoot featuring Sakhuja custom-made designs and shared her story about how her forearm hair was a focal point for bullying in her youth.
We got together again with Tiffani in 2018 as part of our body hair round table discussion on how body hair is a relatable bullying experience.