Rebecca Brown (vlogger)

This article is about Vlogger & Internet personality Rebecca Brown, from The UK. For other people of the same name, see Rebecca Brown.

Rebecca Jane Brown (born 4 December 1992 in Chelmsford, Essex, England) is an English vlogger and YouTube personality. She has been active on YouTube since 2006 when she started videoblogging at the age of 13, under the name Beckie0. In 2009, Rebecca started posting content about her disorder, Trichotillomania (a compulsive urge to pull out one's hair). Since then she has gone on to become a well known spokesperson for Trichotillomania, appearing on BBC, ITV and Channel 7 to discuss her condition and spread awareness.[1] In 2011 Rebecca Brown was nominated for Mind's Digital Media Award for her online work, and won The Speaking Out Award.[2]

She has taken a photo of herself every day since the age of 14, which she says has come to record the progress of her hair loss alongside other events of her life.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "The six-year hair pulling selfie". BBC News. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mind media award 2011 winners". mind.org. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Harvey-Jenner, Catriona (3 July 2014). "A photo a day: Watch this moving video of one girl's battle with trichotillomania". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 9 November 2014.

External Links

Personal YouTube Channel (Beckie0)

Trichotillomania YouTube Channel (TrichJournal)


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