The BBC has announced it will broadcast a host of short films created by Aardman Animations which have been voiced by viewers from across the UK - including a father and son duo from Paisley.
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A woman with albinism who was "picked on" and fetishised at a younger age for her pale skin, grey eyes and blonde hair is now a model featuring in Vogue and London Fashion Week.
Alaina Nwosa, 20, a law student at Birmingham University originally from Ware, Hertfordshire, was occasionally teased at school for having albinism, an inherited condition that affects the production of melanin, the pigment that colours the skin, hair and eyes.
Alaina finds being a black woman with albinism "challenging", especially because she "never saw anyone else with albinism" in the media and pop culture so, when she was 17, she began sharing her experiences on social media to be "that representation" and help others "identify themselves".
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But when she entered the dating world, she found that people would “fetishise” her, which she thinks “impacted the way (she) went about dating” in the future – now, she often finds she is defensive.
At age 19, an inclusive talent and model agency, Zebedee, approached her and she has been modelling through them ever since – she thinks if she saw someone like her doing so when she was younger, it would have been a “great way to motivate” herself.
Alaina told PA Real Life: "There was a comment that I got (on my Instagram) from a mother and she had a daughter with albinism, and she said she shows her daughter my videos and suddenly, it's like a full circle moment.
"I've always wanted to be somebody that someone can look up to or identify themselves with." Growing up, Alaina was teased for having albinism from time to time.
"In my late years of primary school, I think a lot of people picked on me it was nothing too crazy, but
The BBC has announced it will broadcast a host of short films created by Aardman Animations which have been voiced by viewers from across the UK - including a father and son duo from Paisley.
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Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong was joined on stage by Hole icon Courtney Love as his side-project covers band The Coverups performed an intimate show of rock classics in London tonight (Tuesday February 27).Following the announcement of the two surprise gigs in the capital last week, the band – famed for their impromptu gigs with renditions of rock and punk staples – took to the stage at The Garage in Islington before a crowd that included Sex Pistols‘ Glen Matlock as well as Blondie‘s Clem Burke and comedy legend Frank Skinner.“How are you guys doing?” said Armstrong, arriving on stage. “We’re The Coverups, we play cover songs.
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