Culture

Family

Nature

Science

Subscribe

The Fine Print For This ‘Pretty Amazing’ Contest For Girls Makes Me *Facepalm*

In March 2012, Seventeen magazine launched its second annual Pretty Amazing Contest which offers a $20,000 scholarship to girls who have done “pretty amazing” things like raising money for the National Eating Disorders Association. Sounds great, right? Nope. Check out the fine print. No wonder the National Eating Disorders Association needs money. Jerks like the…

By

Rebecca Eisenberg


Congrats to SPARK Summit and the #KeepItReal campaign for their recent victory in getting Seventeen to agree to stop altering the models in their magazine. Progress!

Add to Google News

Tags

More for You

friendship loss, friendship, grief, wedding, wedding
Relationships

Man shares how not getting a wedding invite made him end a 10-year friendship, and it struck a chord

procrastinate, procrastinating, procrastination, cause of procrastinating, how to stop procrastinating
Science

Psychotherapist explains a possible childhood reason you always procrastinate, and how to fix it

police, traffic ticket, traffic stop, pulled over, amputee, distracted driving
Culture

Woman ticketed for driving with phone in her ‘right hand’ has a huge surprise for police officer

a person holding up one foot and a woman drinking a glass of water in bed
People Skills

22 ‘oddly specific’ life hacks that could save you time, money, energy, or sanity

teaching, teachers, education, teacher shortage, teachers quitting, kids, students, elementary school, high school, teachers of tiktok, teachers of instagram, happiness
Education

Real teachers share the heartwarming ways they ‘stay in love’ with teaching

Get stories worth sharing delivered to your inbox.

By subscribing, you accept beehiiv's Terms of Use & Privacy Policy. Our site's Privacy Policy applies.

Advertisement

Featured

All Featured Stories →
Hoover, AC/DC, Brian Johnson, commercial
Pop Culture

Newly resurfaced clip of AC/DC singer Brian Johnson singing a Hoover vacuum TV jingle is somehow perfect

Mark Wales
Ryan Lecour, family, Landslide, Fleetwood Mac
Wholesome

3 sisters sang ‘Landslide’ as kids. 9 years later, they sang it at their dad’s funeral.

Cecily Knobler
cash, $100 bills, woman with money, flashing cash, fan of cash
Finance

If America equally redistributed its billionaires’ money overnight, how much would you get?

Tod Perry
cat distribution system, stray cat, kitten
Pets

A flea-infested kitten tried to hide in a Hy-Vee parking lot. Then the Cat Distribution System kicked in.

Annie Reneau