Pretty Hard

Episode 21: Up & down. Soumeya’s Relationship to Beauty

Erika Geraerts & Ellen Jenkinson Season 2 Episode 8

Soumeya Beeow is a professional runner and model who recently featured in Fluff’s Lip Oil campaign. We were drawn to her willingness and openness to discuss the cultural differences surrounding beauty, growing up as a West African women in Australia, the growing number of people using skin bleaching creams, and the expectations, crossovers, and contradictions of the professional sporting and modelling space.