We are beautiful too, say women from immigrant backgrounds

Name: We are beautiful too, say women from immigrant backgrounds
Uploaded: 2015-09-10T00:01:43.000Z
Duration: 2 min 28 s
Description: Over 20,000 messages have been posted under a hashtag used to share selfies by Arab-American women - and others from immigrant backgrounds

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Who decides what beauty is?

BBC Trending meets the young women from Arab-American and other immigrant backgrounds, who are sharing selfies to say that while their looks may not be mainstream, they are also beautiful.

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10 September 2015