Jaime-Lee ditches make-up to spread the word

The 26-year-old from Treeton, who will compete for the Miss Universe Great Britain title in July, ditched the mascara and lipgloss for seven days from yesterday (Tuesday) to try and encourage other young women to go au naturelle.

Jaime-Lee — who runs the Faulkners Beauty Salon on Brinsworth Road, Brinsworth — said: “I regularly go make-up free as I do a lot of sports including scuba diving. However, for work and socialising I probably haven’t gone totally make-up free for this length of time for a good few years.

“The whole thinking behind the Miss Universe Great Britain challenge is the celebration and empowerment of young women and sometimes that means us stepping outside of our comfort zone and doing things we may not do on a regular basis.

“Over the next couple of months I have a few events planned to help raise funds and awareness for the competition’s chosen charity, Strongbones, which helps children across the UK who have diseases of the bone. In the past the competition’s fundraising has provided sports wheelchairs to budding paralympians, provided sacks of Christmas gifts to children’s cancer wards and funded fairytale parties in Hamleys and Harrods.

"As a Miss Universe GB finalist I have been set a challenge to go makeup free for seven days . Some of my friends have said they will donate to the Miss Universe GB chosen charity 'Strongbones Children Charitable Trust' if I successfully do the full week. Which I know I will! Haha! As I'm no stranger to going make up free I wanted to take this opportunity to try and encourage other young women to embrace their natural look and be confident in themselves. 

As a Miss Universe GB finalist I have been set a challenge to go makeup free for seven days . Some of my friends have said they will donate to the Miss Universe GB chosen charity 'Strongbones Children Charitable Trust' if I successfully do the full week. Which I know I will! Haha! As I'm no stranger to going make up free I wanted to take this opportunity to try and encourage other young women to embrace their natural look and be confident in themselves. 

"As a Miss Universe GB finalist I have been set a challenge to go make-up free for seven days. Some of my friends have said they will donate to the Miss Universe GB chosen charity Strongbones Children Charitable Trust if I successfully do the full week, which I know I will. As I'm no stranger to going make up free I wanted to take this opportunity to try and encourage other young women to embrace their natural look and be confident in themselves."

Paula Abbandonato, national director of Miss Universe Great Britain, said: “It’s quite a challenge as a daily make-up routine is very much the norm for lots of young women.”