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Operation Beautiful was created to help end self-negative talk, claiming that anyone can be beautiful no matter what shape or size they are. In today's society, there are many definitions of beautiful and sometimes it can be overwhelming trying to fit into that mold. More and more young women (and men) struggle with self confidence and over-criticize themselves. Operation Beautiful participants post sticky-notes randomly in public with sayings such as "You are beautiful just the way you are" or "Stay beautiful" to encourage people to accept themselves for who they are.

Meet Caitlin
Caitlin Boyle, 27, of Charlotte, North Carolina, is the founder of Operation Beautiful. Caitlin started Operation Beautiful because going through her own experiences of fighting Fat Talk, she realized the actions like Operation Beautiful have a powerful positive effect on people.

Participation
There are mainly two ways to participate in Operation Beautiful:

Public
Caitlin started participating by posting stickey-notes in public restrooms (at the gym, the grocery store, etc.). Participation consists of posting positive and encouraging sticky-notes anywhere that other people will see them. Some places for example are public restrooms, books in libraries, in locker rooms, dorm room doors, on friends' lockers, or on parked cars.

Online
Another way to participate in Operation Beautiful is to take a picture of your encouraging note and send it to Caitlin at OperationBeautiful@gmail.com. Caitlin takes the photos that she receives and posts them on her website. It takes about three weeks for the photograph to show up. If a photo is sent to Operation Beautiful, it then becomes property of Operation Beautiful and can be used on the site or in other media.

Presentations
Caitlin gives speeches on Operation Beautiful and its mission, and explains facts such as how more girls suffer from bulimia and anorexia than breast cancer. She also has her own motivational speaking website: www.caitlinboylemotivationalspeaker.com. On Caitlins motivational speaking website, it tells about the book she wrote for Operation Beautiful, how to contact her personally, and events about Operation Beautiful. Caitlin has videos online for Operation Beautiful, has had articles printed about what she's doing, and has even been on television in the news for Operation Beautiful.