The first no make-up selfie Facebook page was started in Stoke-on-Trent
No Make-up Selfies have been dominating social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter and it possibly all began from the living room of an 18-year-old from Norton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Fiona Cunningham had the idea of creating the Facebook page after being inspired by the response to American actress Kim Novak who attended the Oscars bare faced.
The mum of one saw an opportunity to capture people’s imaginations and use it benefit charity: “After seeing nothing similar on Facebook or Twitter, I thought there was something in it that it could raise awareness of cancer and how girls do not need to wear make-up.”
Fiona, an Open University student, set up the page, Official No Make-up Selfie For Cancer Awareness , at around 1pm on Tuesday 18th March 2014 and by that evening the page had over 1000 messages and when she woke up the next day, it had over 20,000 likes!
Fiona Cunningham's offical no make-up selfie for caner awareness page
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社交網最近掀起一股素顏自拍風潮，除了以示現代女性敢於以自然真面目示人外，這項自拍活動其實還是為癌症慈善機構籌款，短短個多星期已籌得800萬英鎊（逾1億港元），空前成功的活動背後原來是由一名18歲年輕媽媽推動。
英國斯塔福德郡坎寧安（Fiona Cunningham）育有一子，受美國女星金露華（Kim Novak）素顏出席奧斯卡頒獎禮啟發，本月18日決定在facebook開設專頁，鼓勵人們不化妝自拍，把素顏照上載社交網，同時捐錢支持英國癌症研究機構。
想不到一呼百應，反應熱烈，在fb獲得26萬人點「讚」，不斷有人上載素顏照和捐款，不少男士們也扮鬼扮馬拍照支持善舉。英國癌症研究表示對活動如此成功「意想不到」。
英國《每日郵報》
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