I'm celebrating the release of my new book with a giveaway! To enter to win an autographed copy of Girls Inc. Presents: You're Amazing! A No-Pressure Guide to Being Your Best Self, just tell me what makes YOU amazing! Contest ends at 12 a.m. ET. Good luck! Claire

Hey BlogHers! I am giving away an autographed copy of my new book, Girls Inc. Presents: You're Amazing! A No-Pressure Guide to Being Your Best Self. To enter, exercise your bragging rights and tell me what makes YOU amazing (and do it before July 7th!). Get all the details here. Claire -- 5 Resolutions to Transform the Fashion and Beauty Industries clairemysko.com  

This week we're bringing you two personal essays from Allison Keiley, who writes about eye-opening moments when her relationship with her body came into focus. Read today's body zen installment and check back tomorrow for part two.

If you don't recognize Velvet D'Amour's name, you surely remember her famous walk down the runway for Jean Paul Gaultier. Velvet is an outspoken advocate for beauty diversity in the fashion industry--a job that is keeping her very busy these days. Read the interview.

Today is Turn Beauty Inside Out Day, a national initiative launched in 2000 by New Moon Magazine and coordinated by the non-profit organization Mind on the Media. This is a collaborative effort to foster participation, discussion, and awareness of girls' images in the media. Girls and boys (not to speak of women and men) need a definition of beauty that focuses on who they are and what they do, not on how they look. Here's how you can celebrate: