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ELAINE GEORGE

“To be Blak, it’s about what’s inside. I’m grateful for what that’s given the girls now, because it is a sisterhood”

“Modelling wasn’t what I aspired to do, but I didn’t realise the effect it would have for years to come. I did it then went away and have now done 29 years [as a child protection officer]. If you asked for my name in child protection, everyone knows me, but even my boss didn’t havebefore. She said, ‘Why don’t you tell everyone?’ I said, ‘It’s just something I did,’ but it’s nice to see the young girls coming through with Cindy [Rostron] and Charlee [Fraser] – it’s good to see that someone else is picking it up.

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