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Viviana Lira breaks from traditional model behavior by adopting stoic, unsmiling poses. When photographing models, Lira also strays from typical photoshoots by collaborating with models on the outfits that they wear and the shoot location. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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UCLA student strives to shatter beauty standards in modeling industry

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“Too short,” “too skinny” and “too Latina” were words Viviana Lira heard from photographers that sought the stock characteristics of beautiful women for their shoots. Lira, a second-year art history student, found that few photographers wanted a look that wasn’t mainstream when she began her modeling career in high school.

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UCLA student strives to shatter beauty standards in modeling industry

By Julia Raven

Oct. 18, 2016 9:07 p.m.