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While not a "survival" story in the medical sense, Dove’s "Real Beauty" campaign utilized the stories of women who survived the toxic culture of unrealistic beauty standards. By bringing in women who had recovered from eating disorders and body dysmorphia, Dove shifted the conversation from "you are ugly" to "you are enough." They replaced models with survivors, and sales soared not despite the raw stories, but because of them.