There have been many broadcasts where Maggie Raworth has been make-up free, because hazardous natural disasters like fire and floods don’t wait for any glam.
No one cared to comment on her appearance then. But when the journalist sat down barefaced to interview Australian photographer Cait Miers barefaced, viewers had a lot to say.
The segment was to shed light on Cait’s ‘Laugh Lines Project’, a global portrait campaign challenging traditional beauty standards by capturing 1000 women barefaced.
It all began when Cait listened to countless women “apologise for their faces.” Now, she is on a mission to show all the “cracks” and the “creases.”
Ahead of time, Maggie promoted the interview on Instagram and the support has been overwhelming. Followers called Maggie an inspiration, either for themselves or for young women who will no doubt feel the pressure of beauty standards soon.
Despite the love, Maggie believes her barefaced moment shouldn’t be a “big deal,” as she told nine.com.au. She is right, this should be the norm. However, we just aren’t at this stage yet because of spaces like social media breeding the need for perfectionism.
She is not the first to forefront this ideal, and she won’t be the last.
Many celebrities are embracing their natural features on camera, including Pamela Anderson and Alicia Keys.
Hitting closer to home, former actress and model now farmer, Rachel Ward unintentionally ignited her own movement against aging and beauty after online trolls cruelly picked her apart. This occurred after Rachel posted a video in December 2025 from her farm – no makeup or filters.
“Why are we giving ourselves these expectations to maintain youth, and what is perceived as attractive? It’s so great to not weigh into that anymore,” Rachel told The Weekly.
“Maybe if I was 40, I would mind the comments, but now I’ve so left any kind of attachment to youth and beauty behind… It doesn’t touch me because it’s not important anymore.”
Following in her footsteps was Packed to the Rafters actress Rebecca Gibney, 61, who shared her ‘reality’ after scrolling through “perfect photoshopped” images on social media.
“Scrolling [through] social media all I see is bad news, AI rubbish or perfect photoshopped lives. Then I came to images of @rachelwardofficial and I breathed a sigh of relief,” Rebecca wrote.
“I’ve followed Rachel for a while and @thegoodfarm.shop and it’s just so lovely to see real faces and real lives so I thought I might add my unfiltered sun damaged face and my funny old cowl lick fringe and fine over processed hair to the mix.”
Not long after that, former Home and Away star Debra Lawrence, 69, shared her unfiltered and make-up free selfie.
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