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Great video: The inspiring story of Melanie Gaydos


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  1. The What's Underneath Project
  2. Melanie Gaydos: A long journey to yourself
  3. Modeling as a therapy

The What's Underneath Project

Model Melanie Gaydos suffers from a hereditary disease called ectodermal dysplasia. She has no hair, her teeth and nails are missing. Her complexion is also changed. But she does not want to change. She has learned to like herself as she is.

The young woman in the video is happy with herself. But that was different for a long time. Melanie Gaydos did not always dare to show herself so open and completely natural. For today's model suffers from the disease ectodermal dysplasia. This disease causes Melanie to grow hairless. Her teeth, nails and skin are also affected by the disease.

Melanie Gaydos: A long journey to yourself

As a result, Melanie Gaydos had to undergo between 30 and 40 operations at a young age. She always wore wigs and did not show what she really looks like. Her family did not support Melanie. In an interview with StyleLikeU she talks about alcohol abuse, insults and maltreatment as well as suicidal thoughts.

As a child, she always believed that she would not live to see her 18th birthday. Maybe she would be killed by an accident. The idea of ​​killing herself came later to Melanie Gaydos. Fortunately, this never happened.

For modeling, the young woman found three years ago. Her friend, a photographer, brought her closer to the fashion world and encouraged Melanie to start modeling.

When Melanie meets other models, it is always associated with stress. Often you do not know what to do with her, do not know how to handle her. It is a difficult topic - we do not just look at the young woman in the video. We also hear it when her voice breaks when she speaks. But it's the others who are the problem, not Melanie. That's what the brave woman keeps saying.

Modeling as a therapy

The modeling loves Melanie. Here she can openly show herself as she is. For them it is like a kind of therapy. Beauty defines Melanie Gaydos as a feeling. With a happy laugh she says at the end of the video: "I like myself the way I am."

The result is the touching video interview with model Melanie Gaydos as part of the What's Underneath project by StyleLikeU. The idea behind the project: Selected people are asked about their style and their view of the world of fashion. They take off their clothes.

Style has nothing to do with what we wear. It's about making us feel good in our skin. It's about our thinking. A profound message that is worth taking seriously. Here is the video interview of Melanie Gaydos in full length.

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