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Media coverage for the National Association of Travellers' Centres and the Voice of the Traveller magazine can be found below.

"Beauty has no Boundaries" Calendar

In 2007, NATC launched a competition across Ireland to find 12 young glamorous women aged 17 to 24 to promote a more positive image of the Traveller community. The group posed for the calendar - entitled "Beauty has no Boundaries" - with the help of some of Ireland's top stylists. The initiative was sponsored by the Voice of the Traveller magazine.

Glamour bunch tackle stereotypes
BBC News, 25 April 2007
An attempt to break down prejudices against Travellers is being made with the publication of a new calendar.

Calendar of beauties hopes to break down anti-traveller stereotypes
The Daily Mail, 26 April 2007
Travellers in Ireland, often stereotyped and much maligned, have come together to promote a new image. Aiming to break down long-standing prejudices, a competition was launched to find 12 young glamorous women to represent the next generation and pose for a calendar.

Glamour shot takes Ireland's travelling women out of the caravan
The Times, 28 April 2007
It's not the image that normally comes to mind of Travellers in Ireland - and that's the point. Tired of being stereotyped as menacing, suspicious and living in caravans on scrappy city wasteland, a calendar featuring 12 glamorous women has just gone on sale.