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Watch the special one hour premiere of the Beautiful Unique Girl show that combines creative teaching and personal experiences with performance art for a compelling approach to the issues facing teen girls today.  Introducing Heather Boersma as the host and offering sneak peaks of a variety of women who will share their stories throughout the season, the Premiere Episode highlights the topics of Bullying, Identity, Gossip, Depression and Intimacy.  Beautiful Unique Girl is being aired on Hope TV Monday’s at 4:00 pm CST.

Host Heather Boersma offers teaching on the topic of bullying out of her own personal experience.  Nikki, Sangeetha and Chelsea share their stories of being bullied and how they came to accept the healing truth of the way God sees them.  In a courageous interview, Bethany speaks of her regret of having been a bully: how she tried to make things right but realized she could not undo the pain she caused to others.  The Bullying Episode includes portions of drama and performances by singer songwriter Kaylyn Holmes and by soul singer Flo, a Western Canadian Music Award winner.  

In a beauty-obsessed and beauty-confused world, host Heather Boersma explains that women cannot do anything to add or detract from God's image inside of them which makes them shine and makes them beautiful.  The Identity episode includes interviews with Raelynn (a model who challenges society's standards of beauty and chooses instead to surrender to the purpose God has placed in her heart) and Kaylyn (a singer/songwriter and former BUgirl intern who discovered that the music that was always present with her is actually something beautiful that God uniquely placed inside of her).

The Bible says that the tongue has the power of life and death; that the spoken word can either lift up or destroy another person.  Host Heather Boersma uses Jesus as an example of a true friend who offers unconditional acceptance, and she encourages girls to invest the time to develop deep and lasting friendships.  Tannis shares about a time when her choice to gossip devastated a group of friends, and how she learned to be a better kind of friend.  Tasha shares how a friend's intervention became a life-line for her.  The Gossip and Friendship Episode includes Voices from the Street, as well as performances from a high school drama group.

Host Heather Boersma reminds girls that they deserve to be treated with respect in a dating relationship.  Joe and Samantha talk about the importance of relaxing and getting to know the other person.  Kristy and Lorrie each dated to cover feelings of loneliness and insecurity, but eventually discovered that no person can ever fill the void; only God can.  Marissa encourages girls to set up healthy boundaries for dating, and recognizes that true love is more about giving than getting. 

The Dating Episode includes performances by a high school drama group and by slam poet Cassidy-Anne Siemens.

The world often says, "Do what feels good..."  The church often says, "Don't do it at all..."  Host Heather Boersma presents a more balanced approach to intimate relationships.  In a moving poetry performance, Shamin shares that true intimacy is not just a physical act but the process of being fully known and accepted.  Tasha shares how she allowed others to pressure her into regrettable choices about sex and pregnancy, and tells of her journey from shame to forgiveness and peace.  Samantha and Joe emphasize that love does not pressure, and that God's grace is greater than the mistakes we make.  The Intimacy Episode includes a performance by singer/songwriter Kaylyn Holmes.

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** This show contains mature content regarding sexuality and related issues.  We recommend watching this episode with someone who can help you process the content in a healthy manner.

Four women share their personal stories of coming to know Jesus.  Shamin shares how God uses everything in her past - including the abuse, prostitution and drug addiction - to make her powerful in ministry today.  Bethany confronts her past of bullying others in order to move forward in her relationship with Jesus.  Raelynn contrasts the glamour of her job as a professional model with the deep insecurities she faced until she surrendered her life and career to God's purposes.  And Lorrie tells of struggling with purpose and belonging until she learned that giving her life to Jesus is like coming home.

** This show contains mature content regarding sexuality and related issues.  We recommend watching this episode with someone who can help you process the content in a healthy manner.

Three women share their personal faith journeys. Tasha was 15 when she believed only suicide could right the balance for the wrong things she had done ... until she let God's truth replace the lies.  Tannis, only 13 years old, was eager to be baptized and live for Jesus ... until she realized following God meant losing her father's approval.  Kaylyn hated herself as a teenager and built walls to protect herself ... until she found acceptance at a church youth group and began to understand that God's acceptance meant she could let the walls down.

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** This show contains mature content regarding sexuality and related issues.  We recommend watching this episode with someone who can help you process the content in a healthy manner.

Host Heather Boersma addresses this episode's dual themes.  Regarding family breakup; to know that God will redeem the hard things we're experiencing today.  Regarding forgiveness; to know that Jesus replaces the weight of our guilt with an invitation to adventure.  Sangeetha experienced depression when her parents divorced but learned that God was her father and friend even in times of loneliness and chaos.  Bethany realized that asking God to forgive her also meant asking for forgiveness from others.  And Tasha lived with shame until she learned to trust God with the things she had done.  With performances by singer/songwriter Julie Iverson, and a medley of real women defining real beauty.

Host Heather Boersma encourages girls who have depression not to be ashamed of it,or to be defined by it.  Rather they are defined by God who says they are fearfully and wonderfully made in His image.  Talia experienced the intense pain of depression from the time she was a child and describes it as "a wolf that is always trying to take you down." Professional treatment and holding fast to the truth of God's unconditional love are key to her on-going mental well-being.  The Depression Episode includes performances and reflections by visual artist Cyndi Whiteside; and by singer/songwriters Kaylyn Holmes, Jaymie Friesen and Marissa Koop.

Host Heather Boersma explains that God gives each of us talents and abilities, not so we can benefit personally but so we can faithfully use them for God's glory.  Cyndi invites God to use the art that was always a part of her to impact people in ways only God can do.  Samantha wants to know she is the best model and actress she can be, but places more value on knowing who she is in Christ.  Kristie is passionate about dance because she loves the way it transcends language to speak to people at a heart level.  This episode includes performances by singer/songwriter Charmaine Champion, Masterworks dancers, and Slam Poet Cassidy-Anne Siemens.