Carlotta Bertotti: the courage not to hide

Carlotta Bertotti she is 22 years old and for 10 years she has had a secret, hidden in the right half of her face: a bluish-gray birthmark called Nevus of Otawhich, from the age of eight, occupies a part of his face, including the sclera of the eye.

For ten years he tried to cover it with the make-up and wore a lens special to feel “normal”, just like the others. People’s intrusive looks didn’t allow her to live peacefully and she continued, until the last year of high school, to undergo exhausting make-up sessions.

At 18, shortly after the high school exams, Carlotta decides to don’t hide more. Simply, she stops wearing makeup. First showing himself to his friends, then to the whole world, choosing to appear natural on his Instagram profile. Today Carlotta is a model and university student, but above all she is a model body positivitywith the always honest and transparent story of his path of self-acceptance.

On the occasion of Women’s Day, with a video, has chosen to communicate his message: «There are no right choices or wrong choices and the choice I made when I decided to wear make-up was not a wrong choice. I hid myself for the need to leave the house and be able to lead a normal life. Even today, the choice to show and tell me without makeup is not a bad choice. In the end the only right choice is the one that makes us proudday after day, of the person we are».

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Source: Vanity Fair

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