Participate
Send your own Operation Beautiful Note to Caitlin at OperationBeautiful@gmail.com, and it will be posted on the site. If you have a blog, be sure to include a link! It takes about three weeks for a photograph to show up on the site, so be patient! 
Write a motivating note on a post it and put it up in a public place– such as on a bathroom mirror, in the gym locker room, or even on a random car’s windshield. If you want, you can write the web address www.OperationBeautiful.com on the bottom so other women can find the site!
If you send me your photo, it becomes the property of Operation Beautiful and may be used on the site or in other media.
PLEASE RESPECT THE OPERATION BEAUTIFUL TRADEMARK. For legal reasons, Operation Beautiful cannot endorse other sites that are "Chapters" of Operation Beautiful. Thank you.
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It’s Friday and I have has a terrible week and this made me realise I need to stop sweating the small stuff and realise how amazing we all are ………… I am going to start leaving notes whereever and whenever I can to support the campaign
Although i see the heart in this, I must say that i disagree with it a little bit. although every person is beautiful in their own way and you are trying to reach people who “fat talk” what about those who truely do need to lose weight? Americans are obese. People dont care about themselves enough. and this is sort of just encouraging people who are over weight to just except that. and i think its wrong. I believe that Americans need to be told that fit is the way to be. not skinny, slim, slender. Fit. what we need is more athletic looking models. I’m just putting it out there that someone who is overweight who reads one of these may look at themself and say, hey! im good the way i am. I dont need to change. when for the best of thier health, they should. Think about it.
i think its possible to love yourself and accept yourself as a person and still make healthy changes. also, speaking from experience, its really hard to change when you dont believe in yourself. for the people that are obese, getting skinny will not make them happy, but dealing with the emotional issues that surround their weight and getting healthy will.
LISTEN ANN!!!! UR RONG PPL SHOULD POST THOSE LOVLEY BEAUTIFUL LETTERS IN DIFERENT PLACES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT SPREADS THE LOVE AND I DONT THINK U KNOW why were doing this even if ppl r over weight they still r beautiful and i dont get ur point !!! im gana start puting notes up on the middel skol bathroom walls ANN!!, U SHOULD 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =((((( ITS SAD U DONT GET THE LOVE CATLYIN SHOWED THE WORLD !!!! =((( JUST POST EM AND I THINK THEY WILL MAKE U SMILE!!! =))) OPERATION BEAUTIFUL ROX!!!!
Hi !
I really love this idea .. I’m from Austria and I’m going to start doing this, too (:
You all are doing a great job – keep going!
Love, Barbara
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Hey! THis is great! I started it at my school, but I did it a little different. We gave them to everyone, not just girls. It was really fun and the guys enjoyed it too!!
This rocks!
Ann-
While I completely respect your opinion I think that it is vitally important for girls to except themselves. Because, until you see yourself as worth it and amazing and beautiful inside, you’ll never care about the outside because to you it won’t matter what you look like. I think this is an amazing idea and I know that some days, you just need a little reminder no matter if you wiegh 100 pounds or 500. We’re all human and we all hurt regardless of our waist size.
Hope you have an amazing day.
I love this! I put one that said: If you look up the definition of beautiful in the dictionary, it should have your picture.
This is an awesome company. Thanks Op Beautiful!
I absolutely love this idea. I’m definitely going to start doing this and posting other meaningful, inspiration things all over. I LOVE helping others whenever I can.
Two of mine:
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e268/Angela_loves_hermit_crabs/100_1978.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e268/Angela_loves_hermit_crabs/100_1971-3.png
What a fab thing to do. I wish i hada found this site ages ago. Gonna start doing this on Wednesday!
Healthy changes come easily when one finds beauty and love within and around oneself. Simply enjoy the Nature’s beauty around us to capture the beauty within – go on to say ‘I am beautiful’.
Happiness for me today is knowing that I have a beautiful friend, who has forwarded me the Operationbeautiful.
I’ve always struggled with self-esteem. As a kid, my father was verbally abusive and always told me that I was fat and ugly and worthless. Since I heard this from the time I was 5 up until I stopped seeing him at the age of 9, I have always struggled with my self image and issues of weight. I never really was truly happy with how I looked, until today. tomorrow I plan on writing notes in the washrooms on my campus, and hoping other girls my age will also finally realize that God created each of us beautifully. The site has changed my opinion of myself is ways that you can never imagine! thank you.
This is truly amazing. Something so simple as posting a kind note can turn someones day, or even their life, around.
i am gonna spred to da world post its may save globle depression
i stick
operation beautiful is the KEY to un lock inerbeauty
lets smile XD XD
smile pretty
Hey, does anyone know when exactly the book is coming out and what it’s going to be called? (I know it’s next year, but does anyone have more specifics?)
yes
the book will come out in august 2010 by gotham books. trust me, it will be heavily promoted on the site when its released 
i actually started doing that back in 2003 or so. its SO neat to see someone else thought of the same thing! how awesome!
I just posted on facebook – not exactly anonymous, but my friends deserve to be told that they are beautiful, too! I will be posting anonymously at “Curves” when I work out this evening. What a fantastic way to inspire and brighten someone’s day!
Hello!
I found the following note:
“Treat your nody nice! You Don’t want these beautiful! operationbeautiful.com” inside of my Cosmopolitan magazine this weekend. It was taped to an advertisement about how to lose weight.
Thank you! This is a great, great movement you’ve got started here and I will go around leaving these very inspirational notes everywhere I go now!
Tamara
Boston, MA
I went out today with family, just running here and there, do a little shopping.
I brought somewhere between 15-20 post-its with me. And, walking behind them some, stuck them here and their. A lot got posted on magazines.
Just thought you should know <3
i was reading about operation beautiful in a cleo magazine yesterday and i love the idea. your idea is amazing, i live in New Zealand and i have started doin the post-it note thing too, with your website written on it so more and more people will find out about this.
I JUST STARTED RIGHT THEN!!!!
i left a note on my sisters bed so she will find it when she gets home!!!
Simple yet BEAUTIFUL idea
I LOVE that. Ya know it’s funny because I’ve started something similar to this I have sticky notes of encouragement all over my bedroom but, now, I’ll do it in public places TOO!!
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This site is great! I plan to participate too! Though, I can’t help it…I need to address one post, it was someone claiming that they were concerned about overweight people thinking that it’s “ok” to be heavy if they see these messages… really… it is key to love yourself and see the beauty you possess, look at it as potential, or self worth… because people who don’t fit the ‘norm’ body styles are worthwhile, and beautiful too… and caring about yourself only leads to doing what is best to take care of yourself… don’t you think?
we completely agree with you, kate
I started this project a few weeks ago at my high school. Iv talked to my friends about it and asked them if they have seen the notes. Each girl that has seen the note said it made them feel so good just knowing that they are beautiful no matter what anyone thinks. They have no idea who posted them, but everytime I hear someone talk about the notes and how it makes there day. I always smile =)
wow this is such a great idea i love it sooo much i will deffinetly start at my school because i know i hate being put down my idiots!!!
I actually used to do this in the bathrooms in high school and in the bathroom that I shared with my suite mates last year. I’m so glad that someone else had the idea too! I love it! I walked in to a bathroom on campus yesterday and saw a bunch of these notes on the mirrors (With the website at the bottom) and I started to cry because I was having such a rough day. It was a nice feeling to know that someone cared enough to do something like that. : )
even though im a dude,
this is awesome, Love Is The Movement<3=)
Hi, i would like to say something, the eyes that are glancing over this, they belong to a face that is beautiful!
This is the nicest thing i’ve seen in ages.
I saw one in a lift i got in today, and one when i was in the bathroom. And i am just full to the brim with happieness. Love this idea.
Definitely going to join in myself.
My Assistant Principal and a couple of girls in my grade went into our library one morning and filled it with little slips of paper that said “You’re Beautiful.” They even hung a huge banner above some of our computers that says it, and it’s still up there! It was an awesome day, ’cause people started wearing the slips, and everyone was telling each other that they were beautiful all day. Huge props to Sarah, Nicole, and Mr. Been!
I put a few up@ school . My english teacher saw it and recognized my hand writing. She pulled me aside after class and said that she was a post-it-er also.
I started today, with a post-it on a mirror at my school. It felt really good, and I’ve decided to take a post-it-bloc with me wherever I go to spread the word!
I shall start this tomorrow. A lot of girls at my school need this and I’ll give it to them.
I’m very inspired by this website. I think its a wonderful thing. I am going to fill a book of pink post-its with messages like this and post one in every public place I go. Thank you so much for starting this!
<3 hillary.
This is an amazing idea & amazing site. I have been trying to get everybody to do it !
I was sitting on my computer and totally bored, so I went to mysterygoogle.com and typed in “I’m bored” and it sent me here, totally made my day
I want to start this at my school now.
This is terrific! I wish I had stumbled it upon earlier. Like younger women, older women desperately need affirmation too. I can’t wait to start this wonderful practice at my workplace Monday. I’ll let you know how we old New England yankees respond. I have a feeling the reaction will be positive. Great stuff!
I go to a Catholic school and one day during lunch someone put a post-it on every girls desk and they have done this for four days and I think it is absolutely amazing. Mine said “A smile shows your true beauty! SMILE!” “Your Beauty is unsurpassable” “You are beautiful just the way you are! You deserve to believe it.” and “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Be the Beholder!!” Thank you for what you do because those notes made my day so much better!!!
I’m gonna start doing this too!! what a great way to brighten a day!
Olivia, you just made me smile! Thank you! You’re beautiful too.
I found out about this project today, and I’m about to start joining in. Love it!
I love this idea.. Something so simple as posting a note can turn someones day around
I want to start this at my school now <3
Laura, Germany
lovely notes left by stangers
.. got my first today
Yesterday, i found out this website on wittyprofiles.com they posted a quote sayin you are beautiful in every single way.” and under it it had operationbeautiful.com so i checked this site out. today, i went to see new moon and i went into the bathroom and posted a couple of post-it notes. then i went to rite afterwards, and posted some in the make-up section, and in the hair-dye section.
i love the idea of this website so much, i made a forward about it and sent it to all my friends to spred the word!
I have stumbled across a Twitter account that supports Operation Beautiful (she doesn’t not claim to start- she just is spreading the love)
http://twitter.com/BeBeautiful_
this made my day on friday, and today.
cant wait to go to borders and leave a bunch of these notes in the dieting books. too bad school’s on break so ill have to wait until monday to put some up.
I’m going to start this from tomorrow. I have my post-it’s ready, and they’ll be going up around college ASAP. Can’t remember how I found it the first time, but am back here again and determined to start it in college
I was walking through school yesterday (Monday, 11/23) and I saw one on a locker. Later that day I saw even more. Now they’re all over!! I saw one, and was glad that someone was doing this. I know too many perople with low self-esteem. Thank you!
today i was at school, and i wasnt very happy after some of the texts people i didnt know kept sending me.
then when i went into the restroom i wasnt paying attention, but when i looked up at the mirror, a yellow sticky not was there saying “SMILE! your beautiful!” and i started to smile with a little giggle.
that little note made my day. after thati kept the note with me and whenever i thought about the people who made me unhappy, or i thought of something that put me down, i opened my agenda and saw that note. :] i may not know who wrote it to me, but they are fantastic and made me smile when i thoguht i couldnt. i am completely going to pass this on!
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