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Alesha Dixon, Jamelia and Konnie Huq go behind the gloss in 91Èȱ¬ Three's beauty season
91Èȱ¬ Three goes behind the gloss with a collection of new programmes challenging conventional notions of beauty.
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With young people feeling under increasing social pressure from the images of beauty and perfection they see around them, this thought-provoking season questions what it means to be beautiful – and exposes the truth behind the apparently perfect images seen on a daily basis.
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Leading the Beauty Season is the groundbreaking new series Britain's Missing Top Model.
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This six-part modelling competition explores the reasons why disabled people appear not to have a role to play in the beauty and fashion industries.
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The series features eight women with disabilities competing to prove to a panel of industry experts that they have what it takes to be a mainstream fashion model.
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Ouch!, the 91Èȱ¬'s award-winning disability website, joins forces with 91Èȱ¬ Learning to bring the rarely discussed topic of disability within the beauty and fashion industry into the spotlight.
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The aim is to raise awareness about disability and increase the profile of disabled people in the media. There is more information at bbc.co.uk/missingmodel.
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The Beauty Season also features a series of high-profile empowering documentaries presented by well-known young female stars that challenge mainstream notions of beauty and highlight the serious social pressures young people feel under to conform.
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Alesha Dixon challenges the culture of re-touching and the power of air brushing and examines how this might contribute to fuelling women's need to seek body perfection in Alesha: Look But Don't Touch.
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Konnie Huq looks at the horror stories behind every day beauty treatments that can go wrong, while Shazia Mirza asks whether we have different concepts of beauty in multi-cultural Britain.
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The season also showcases films by new directors around entertaining, thought provoking topics that range from celebrity use of body doubles, the ambitions of a pre-teen beauty queen, to pop diva Jamelia who delves into our obsession with human hair extensions in a journey that takes her to Eastern Europe and India.
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Danny Cohen, Controller of 91Èȱ¬ Three, said: "This bold season aims to explore the pressures young people feel under to conform to mainstream and deeply engrained perceptions of beauty.
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"Through Britain's Missing Top Model and the documentary experiences of women like Alesha we want to open up the debate about what it means to be beautiful in a world in which we are continually bombarded with images of apparent perfection."
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Programmes in the season
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In Alesha: Look But Don't Touch, Strictly Come Dancing and Misteeq star Alesha Dixon looks at the 21st century perception of beauty and takes the bold step to convince a magazine to put her on the cover for one edition using no digital enhancement whatsoever.
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Comedian Shazia Mirza asks who and what defines beauty and looks at the incredible lengths women will go to achieve it in Am I Beautiful? As Shazia explores the myriad of cultural takes represented in the UK today, the programme asks whether one size really fits all women or if perfect features really exist, irrespective of women's African, European or Asian background.
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Konnie Huq's When Beauty Goes Wrong examines the every day beauty treatments we inflict on ourselves, and the possible disastrous consequences we risk in doing so.
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Jess: My New Face introduces 17-year-old Jess, who was born with a facial disfigurement. Following major surgery which completely transformed the way she looks, Jess goes on a journey to find out why she felt so compelled to change her face.
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In Addicted To Changing My Body (working title) fashion journalist Louise Roe goes on a journey to discover why women have boob jobs not just once but, in some cases ,again and again. She meets four women in their twenties who have gone under the knife to get the perfect pair of boobs.
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First time directors
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The Beauty Season also includes three films from three new directors, developed through 91Èȱ¬ Three's New Talent strand, Fresh – an innovative way of spotting the next generation of documentary film makers.
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Maxine Watson, Executive Producer, said: "Last year we asked new directors to submit ideas around the theme of beauty.
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"Three emerging directors were selected, and we're delighted to be premiering their work as part of 91Èȱ¬ Three's Beauty Season.
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"We're immensely proud of what they have achieved, and we think the 91Èȱ¬ Three audience will love their fresh approach to filmmaking."
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Jamelia discovers the truth behind the booming human hair extension business in Whose Hair Is It Anyway? (working title) – Jo Hughes' hour-long documentary in which the British pop star travels Britain, Russia and India to meet the women at the roots of our obsession with perfect hair.
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Rowan Deacon's film Body Doubles (working title) delves into the world of celebrity "body part modelling". We meet the models, the agents and scouts who scour the country looking for body bits that celebrities can call their own.
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And in Sasha: Beauty Queen At 11 (working title), Dani Davis meets 11-year old-Sasha just as she is about to realise a long held ambition to become a pre-teen beauty queen.
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Notes to Editors
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The season will be screened on 91Èȱ¬ Three in July 2008.
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For more information on Fresh, go to:
www.bbc.co.uk/newtalent/film/fresh.
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Production credits
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Whose Hair Is It Anyway? (w/t) 1 x 60'. Executive Producer: Morgan Matthews at Minnow Films. 91Èȱ¬ Commissioning Executive: Maxine Watson.
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Body Doubles (w/t) 1 x 60'. Executive Producer: Todd Austin at Prospect Pictures. 91Èȱ¬ Commissioning Executive: Maxine Watson.
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Sasha: Beauty Queen at 11 (w/t) 1 x 60'. Executive Producer: Matt Webster at North One. 91Èȱ¬ Commissioning Executive: Maxine Watson.
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Britain's Missing Top Model 6 x 60'. Executive Producer: Richard McKerrow at Love Productions. 91Èȱ¬ Commissioning Executive: Harry Lansdown.
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Alesha: Look But Don't Touch 1 x 60'. Executive Producer: Mark Soldinger at Firecracker Films. 91Èȱ¬ Commissioning Executive: Maxine Watson.
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Addicted To Changing My Body (w/t) 1 x 60'. Executive Producer: Alannah Richardson at Betty. 91Èȱ¬ Commissioning Executive: Harry Lansdown.
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When Beauty Goes Wrong 1 x 60'. Director: Yemisi Brookes at 91Èȱ¬ Entertainment. 91Èȱ¬ Commissioning Executive: Maxine Watson.
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Am I Beautiful? 1 x 60'. Producer: Carl Johnston. 91Èȱ¬ Executive Producer: Liz Molyneux at 91Èȱ¬ Manchester.
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Jess: My New Face 1 x 60'. Producer: Victoria Greenly. 91Èȱ¬ Executive Producer: Sam Anstiss. Ìý
Britain's Missing Top Model: KA
Other programmes: Front Desk
Season enquiries: KC2 Ìý
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