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ALT The video preview is an illustration that shows Ukrainian students sitting in the dark without electricity or heat. The title is "Moving Stories from Ukraine"
ALT "Nude is more than one color: Teen's Diverse Style shoe line tackles the perception as white skin as the default shade," is written on a pink background. There is a quote by Sydni Dion Bennett, the subject of the story. Her quote says, "My desire was that people like me wouldn't have to spray paint their shoes to match their skin color." There is a photograph of Sydni Dion Bennett in a long, cream-colored pageant dress. It was 2018, and Sydni was the first African American to win Miss Illinois Teen USA. But as she prepared to represent the state of Illinois on the Miss Teen USA stage, she struggled finding nude-colored shoes. Finally, there is a large picture of a high-heeled pageant shoe that matches the dress, but it does not match Sydni's skin.