Nicole Clark
Director of Cover Girl Culture
A former Elite International fashion model turned champion for young girls and their self-esteem, Nicole gets in the face of the media and advertisers calling for responsible media for our youth! Through her travels as a model, she gained valuable insights into the inner workings of the fashion & advertising worlds. Now she steps forward with her new documentary to share her knowledge with girls and women around the globe. Also the author of two acclaimed children’s books that teach emotional intelligence The Oceans of Emotions and Adventures in Dreamtime, Nicole has been writing and creating material to empower children and teens for several years.
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Great to LISTEN LIVE today!
Thanks Gals! Great company while I purged the wardrobe.. ( well .. ‘started!’ )
What a fabulous media project Nicole! You’ve given so much of your time & energy to this your passion. I hope you will be rewarded beyond measure for such giving of yourself to change this world we live in!
Woah! THAT was a surprise! re your Hubby’s response to the girlie pics.. how subliminally our men-folk are affected too! without ever consciously reading the magazines which others pour over… We sure need to train our young people to look ever so astutely at ALL that they are bombarded with!
Great work! All the best with the next doco!
Blessings!
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Thank you Sandy for bringing Nicole onto this series. The interview was so eye-opening. I wish her the very best for her work and that her film and message reach a wide audience! I do hope that the film gets subbed for other languages as this seems to be a global problem (as you also said in the interview).
Through Nicole’s website I also got to a another site dealing specifically with the increasing oversexualization of young girls (“So sexy so soon” which is also the title of a book). Unfortunately, here in Germany, I have also noticed this trend in very young girls to dress really “grown-up” at an inappropriate age, a behaviour which is generated by magazines and children’s advertising.
I really liked the end of the interview where you speculated that once women and girls stop being obsessed with how they look they can work on the real problems and issues in this world ( an argument which also came up in Rosie’s interview, I think.).
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Thank you Ulli and Aunty Carrot for tuning in and for your kind words. I do hope to have Cover Girl Culture translated and available for other countries…some day soon.
Sad to hear that girls in Germany are affected as well. This is truly a global issue.
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Nicole,
Really enjoyed listening to your presentation. You have persevered against a very strong tide! I am now following you on FB . I would definitely buy a shirt that says It’s the deeds, not the duds!! Great message!
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Hi Cindy,
When I do I will let you know for certain. Maybe a pin would be great for girls since pins are popular here in the US.
Thank you! I will have to see about getting womens tees made.
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What a wonderful mission you are on!! I was so impressed with your presentation and that you were able to go from being a model, with all the money and glitz that entails, to a champion for women being themselves. It made me so sad to hear the quote that models are only “coat hangers for our clothes”. What a shocking revelation for young girls who surely must have begun their careers thinking they were really special.
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Yes, Peggy, one day I hope the industry will evolve into a thoughtful, caring and inclusive business that embraces ALL their customers instead of excluding them (in order to increase levels of insecurity to sell products).
Thank you for your support and message. -Nicole
Keep voting with your dollar and your voice will be heard.
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Great interview Nicole,
It is so true about making the girls grow up too soon & be sexy. My granddaughter was made to wear make-up for her callisthenics competitions. They said it was so their faces could be seen, but I must admit I disliked it even more when my granddaughter made the comment ‘It makes me more beautiful’. I immediately told her she was really beautiful just as she was, without makeup. I loved your slogan ‘ It’s your deed, not your duds that make a difference in the world’. I thought that people could put it on teir tees using a computer &U printer, till you can get the tees made. Just a thought, as they could get it out there right now if they did that, as long as you didn’t mind. All the best with your second movie.
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Sally Hall Reply:
November 14th, 2010 at 5:43 am
Forgot to tell you that my granddaughter is only 7 yrs old.
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