Press
Operation Beautiful has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Network and The Today Show. If you are interested in interviewing the creator of Operation Beautiful, Caitlin, please contact her via her personal e-mail: operationbeautiful@gmail.com. Listen to Caitlin’s official podcast, too!
TELEVISION
- The Dream Share Documentary – January 2011
- Charlotte WCNC – November 12, 2010
- The Doctors – November 5, 2010
- The Today Show: 200 High Schoolers Give Up Make-up – October 21, 2010
- The Early Show: Teens Shun Makeup in an Effort to Redefine Beautiful – October 19, 2010
- The Today Show – August 5, 2010
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- Charlotte Today – August 26, 2010
- Good Day Philadelphia – August 5, 2010
- Oprah Winfrey Network
- Knightly News – March 2010
- Chicago NBC Morning News - September 23, 2009
- Orlando Fox News Segment – July 6, 2009
PRINT MEDIA
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Eureka High School club works to redefine definition of beauty – January 18, 2012
- Enthrall Magazine – Summer 2011
- Charlotte Observer – January 30, 2011
- BUST Magazine – October.November 2010 Issue
- BREATHE Magazine, September 2010
- American Cheerleader, September 2010
- Glamour, September 2010
- FIRST Magazine, August 2010
- Woman’s Day, August 2010
- Fitness Magazine, August 2010
- Tampa Bay Wellness: Interview with Self Esteem Booster
- The Pitt News: Pitt alumna has one mission, ‘Operation Beautiful’ (Lexie Bond, April 1, 2010)
- The Independent Florida Alligator: Operation Beautiful fights negative body image (Lyn Karmer, March 19, 2009)
- Girlfriend (Australia): Operation Beautiful (December 2009 Issue)
- Chatelaine (Canada): Have You Heard? (December 2009 Issue) – CLICK THUMBNAIL TO READ!
- Wienerin (Germany): Powerfrau: Caitlin Boyle: Die Mutmacherin (November 2009 Issue)
- CLEO Magazine (Australia): Operation Beautiful (October 2009 Issue) – CLICK THUMBNAILS TO READ!
- The Echo: Ending Fat Talk One Anonymous Post-It At a Time (Mara Olson, October 14, 2009)
- New York Daily News: Caitlin Boyle’s Post-it message, Web site, give women important message: You’re beautiful (Carrie Melago, July 7, 2009)
- Orlando Sentinel: Post-It revolution of positive messages for women goes viral (Linda Shrieves, July 1, 2009)
- News Press: Operation Beautiful invites others to write encouraging notes (Francesca Donlan, July 21, 2009)
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
- Matador.com: Operation Beautiful is in Effect
- Everyday Health: Caitlin Boyle, Self-Esteem, One Post-It Note at a Time
- College Lifestyles: Operation Beautiful 101
- Ohio University: The Post
- The Prowler
- The Quad News
- New Moon Girls
- Central Michigan Life
- MetroFamily Magazine, November 2010
- Yahoo!: Top 10 Inspiring Stories of 2010
- Sportsgirl (Australia): Operation Beautiful (September 30, 2010)
- American Observer: Feeling down? Operation Beautiful to the rescue (Khari Williams, September 28, 2010)
- The Daily Sound: Random Acts of Awesomeness (Leslie Dinaberg, September 24, 2010)
- SKIRT! Operation Beautiful (September 2010)
- College Candy: 5 Questions We Ask Everybody (September 2010)
- John Tesh Radio Show: Operation Beautiful and Fat Talk (August 25, 2010)
- Crossroads Charlotte: Community Connector: Caitlin Boyle (Aleigh Acerni, August 24, 2010)
- MSN The Daily Glo: The Daily Buy (August 19, 2010)
- We Aren’t Perfect: Operation Beautiful (August 18, 2010)
- The Wichita Eagle: The Power of a Positive Post-It (August 12, 2010)
- SELF.com: How to Put an End to "Fat Talk" (August 11, 2010)
- Glamour.com SMITTEN: Smitten Challenge: Leave a Positive Message on a Post-It In Your Home or Office or Starbucks Bathroom Today… (August 10, 2010)
- TODAY Books: ‘Operation Beautiful’: Just say no to Fat Talk! (August 5, 2010)
- It’s Your Health Radio with Lisa Davis (August 2, 2010)
- College Lifestyles: The Power of a Post-It (Karen W, August 2, 2010)
- Examiner.com: Operation Beautiful in Action (August 2010) Heidi Dalzell
- Shape.com: Be Inspired By This Blog: Operation Beautiful (July 2010)
- Examiner.com: How A Post-It Can Change Your Life (July 2010)
- AllyKatz.com: Interview with Caitlin Boyle (July 2010)
- BizyMoms: Top Bloggers: Food and Fitness (June 2010)
- Psychology Today: The Price of Beauty – Beautiful Me (Susan Albers, May 4, 2010)
- IHRSA: Operation Beautiful: Sticking It to ‘Fat-Talk’ (Patricia Glynn, April 28, 2010)
- The Courier-News: Helping teach girls that ‘pretty’ is on the inside (Julie Mullen, April 26, 2010)
- Mercury News: Word of Mouth: Operation Beautiful (March 31, 2010)
- Talon: Operation Beautiful Debuts at Jacobs (Nicole Laegeler, March 23, 2010)
- The Temple News: A Feel-Good Mission (Alexis Sachdev, March 22, 2010)
- Royal Purple: Operation Beautiful: Anonymous Post-Its encourage positive body image in women and men alike (Sarah Grannis, March 3, 2010)
- Jezebel: Recovery is Possible: On Fighting Anorexia and Winning (February 27, 2010)
- WomensHealth.gov: Spotlight on Women’s Health: Caitlin Boyle – Interview with a Self-Esteem Booster (January 1, 2010)
- Central Florida Future: Operation Beautiful holds seminar to show inner joy (Billie Hartl, February 25, 2010)
- Psychology Today: Comfort Cravings: Operation Beautiful (Dr. Susan Albers, February 25, 2010)
- WeTV: Operation Beautiful: Ending Fat Talk One Anonymous Post-It at a Time (February 17, 2010)
- The Beauty Bean: Beautifully Inspiring: Caitlin Boyle of Operation Beautiful shows us the power of a post-it (Alexis Wolfer, February 11, 2010)
- CU Independent: One Post-It At A Time (Kylie Horner, February 10, 2010)
- BlogHer.com: Can You Change Your Life With Positive Thinking? Yes. (February 1, 2010)
- Glamor.com: She’s Trying to Make Women Around the World Feel Beautiful–One Post-It Note At a Time (December 8, 2009)
- FitSugar.com: Operation Beautiful: The Mission to End The Fat Talk (December 7, 2009)
- Bombshell Bride: Operation Beautiful’s Note for Khloe Kardashian (December 7, 2009)
- Youth Are Awesome: Warm Fuzzy Websites Part 3 of 4: Operation Beautiful (November 27, 2009)
- Matador Network: Show Us The True Meaning of Beauty (Candice Walsh, November 18, 2009)
- iVillage: OperationBeautiful.com: Our Kind of Ego-Boost (Kayleen Schaefer, July 30, 2009)
- DailySpark: Operation Beautiful: Random Acts of Inner Beauty (July 7, 2009)The Examiner: Caitlin’s Tips on Reversing Fat Talk (Mila Lowery, July 1, 2009)
- Salon.com: This is Not a Trick Post; You Are Beautiful (Kate Harding, July 1, 2009)
- True Slant: Operation Beautiful: One woman’s Post-it Note Empowerment (Katie Drummond, June 24, 2009)
- The Examiner: Leave a Note, End "Fat Talk" (Mila Lowery, June 25, 2009)
- Jezebel: Personal Insecurities, Public Places (Megan Carpentier, June 24, 2009)
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This ROCKS my socks!
Love it- this site is truly amazing, and an inspiration to all!
Go Caitlin, Go Caitlin!
You amaze me!!
You’ve done a fantastic job with this mission, Caitlin! Loved your news clip, too….
I love what you are doing, it’s fantastic. I emailed 3M because I think they could help defray your costs with some advertising/tie-in somehow. Maybe they could print some special post-its with your site on the bottom? I wouldn’t want to take away the handwritten message, I think that’s what’s so compelling. Thanks for coming up with this idea, it’s utterly spectacular.
Lovely!
Simple and Brilliant!
I tweeted about this and woke up to more RTs (re-tweets)
You were in my newspaper today! Dayton Daily News inside the Life section. I was so excited! :]
Such an amazing idea and so go good for the self esteem of women everywhere!!
So proud of you and this site and all the women bringing joy to other women!
i even posted one in my moms bathroom too
I’m going to do this even if my school has strict rules and will probably nag about it, It will be worth it.
I came by this site, completely by accident, thinking it was just a question on Yahoo Answers. I read the front page(home) and i got totally inspired. See, i’m a writer. Not professional or anything (actually, ha, you’d probably laugh if you knew how old i was), but this totally just gave me an epiphany, so i was wondering if this is copyrighted or anything, like, if i wrote a book and it mentioned this or had a similar idea, would i be sued?
I think what your doing is great, it really is. Thanks~
danica your beautiful it dosnt matter how old you are if you love to wright then wright i cant speak for catlin or any one else but the mission is to spread the message so write
Danica -
A trademark for “Operation Beautiful” is currently pending approval.
I love the idea of OB. My girlfriend is incredibly self-conscious, and I figure this can help cure that.
Would it be creepy that I’m a guy and I’m doing this? >> [I'm not gay]
James
No! Not creepy at all! Amazing:) Its so great that you want to do that for your girlfriend. I would admire any guy that would participate in OB.
This is a lovely idea! I’m a flightattendent for a Dutch airline and I fly all over the world. I’m going to post these notes in the lavatory’s of the aircraft so these messages will travel the globe!
I got a t-shirt from dove.com( the soap comany) that reads: “you’re beautiful, pass it on.” Every woman that sees it smiles:)
I’m in the UK, and me and my friends are going to join this!
Thank you Caitlin. This is a great idea and what a nice way to start a friendship.
Who every came up with idea is bloodly brillant!!! :p This was such lovely way to make people feel good about themselfs!! Way to go Caitlin <333
-Kars
My daughter came home from her new school and said something had happened to lift her spirits and make her day.
A boy posted a note on her back… it said YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL and then the name of this website so I looked into it.
THANKS for putting a smile on my daughters face and inspiring these kids to positively interact with each other!
I saw several notes in my dorm bathroom at Middle Tennessee State University and it makes me feel so good to know that someone took the time to make another person feel good about themselves. I’ve had the feeling that I am not pretty enough and comparing myself to very pretty girls but when i met my boyfriend ( we are planning to get married soon!) I began to push that feeling of not being beautiful enough away. He keep telling how beautiful i was everyday even when i didn’t expect it. Now i do not compare myself to other girls because i now he loves me for me. Girls that do not have a bf need to have someone to say they are beautiful because they are. Thank you for inspiring others like me to feel BEAUTIFUL!
I don’t really like the idea of letting everyone about it … I think it would be best if they just find out for themselves by recieving a note…. It’s a great idea but if everyone knew about it then it wouldn’t be as special….
I am soo going to start this in my school. I’ve already told my friends about it.
I would really like to talk to a few girls on here about their experiences with Operation Beautiful. I am writing an article for school and any help would be appreciated. Please feel free to e-mail me at amybuchanan93@webster.edu. You may also message back on here, if you are interested. Thank you!
Wow, your website is such an inspiration. You can take or leave this suggestion, but what about having an ‘Operation Beautiful’ playlist? Uplifting music for inspiration to girls feeling down about themselves. I know I personally have one, but this website is such a haven for young women, having one on here may make a difference in someone’s life.
i like this idea!
wow, i think this is the most amazing idea ever, but i saw this on the site (wittyprofiles) and i decided to do this so yesterday i put a sign in the girls bathrooom at my school that said ” you are beautiful, just look at yourself ” .. i went back in there today… and there was a note right next to it that said, whoever posted this thank you so much, your amazing! it made me feel good!
(:
What a fabulous idea! I am going to start doing this in my area!
This is awesome! Way to go out there and start this amazing act of kindness! I love the facts that you have on your website. Keep those coming, they will help me when I talk to girls who are feeling insecure, and frankly they will help me too. I plan on putting notes up too!
This site makes me feel good
i love it.. who would have thought something so easy and simple would have such an impact on people.. this site makes me happy
you guys were in girlfriend AUstralia too
this is amazing! the word is getting out! women are feeling better about themselves everywhere!
I love this idea girls of every age need to have more self confidence in themselves because they are all beautiful, i started this at my school because i was tired of hearing girls put themselves down and i also managed to sneak one on my girl friends mirror and she told me it helps her every morning. You guys are great keep it up you have supporters in WYOMING
GO CAIT!!!!!!!!!
CAITLYN-
You Are My Hero
-Sam
This is the best idea I have ever heard of, I just finished putting post-it’s all over the restrooms at my school. (:
Wow. This is a brilliant idea, and such the right thing to be doing!
Go girl (guy) go!!!
So simple, just perfect.
Excited to spread the word!
Be well,
Alyette
I love this idea and am a BIG supporter. A few months ago, my friend’s mirror was written on my black marker. It read, “UR Beautiful” I almost wanted to CRY!!! (:
Thanks, you’re making a difference!
Hey, is this a world-wide thing? Cos I live in England and think this is a fantastic idea, but I have never seen any of these notes in England.. xxx
we’ve had lots of notes from england! keep posting and maybe you’ll find one, too!
Great! This is such a fantasic idea!! I cant wait to get posting
x
Do you think it would be good if I put one in an elevator?
Because then boys would see.. what could I put for boys and girls?
unisex ones are awesome! boys need love too.
Just write “You are Aesome” or “You are Hot” something like that…
We are ALL beautiful! : ) Thank you for the inspiration.
ive done this before but i didnt realize it was an actual organization!! im so starting it at my school maybe ill put them on the back of the toilet doors
Thank you for making the world a better place.
My mom gave me some cute postits today!
UNC Pembroke in Pembroke, NC also participates in this during national eating disorder week feb 21-27.
i saw people leaving sticky notes in the bathroom and it made my day.
I found out about this on from the magazine Glamour when i was on their website. it’s so inspiring and i’m going to put up notess
Such a good idea! I left a sticky in the bathroom at school the other day and some freshmen girls walked in and were like “why did you stick that to the mirror” and I just replied “because, it is important that you love yourself.” They didn’t really know what to say and I felt bad, but it is true
Very inspirational … may G’d bless you for your efforts.
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