A love letter to the ‘Persian nose’ [Video]

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Growing up the child of Iranian immigrants in rural England during the early 2000s, Nickie Shobeiry always felt different from her peers.

That feeling only grew when as a pre-teen she became more aware of what she calls her “Persian nose.” 

Shobeiry recalls trying to hide her feature behind “tragic looking bangs” and thinking, “Wow, things would be so great if only my nose was straight.”

But there was another solution staring her in the face, one Shobeiry says her parents wouldn’t have so much as …