10/11/2025

YouTube to the United Nations: Nikki Lilly on Facing Difference, Confidence & Changing the World.

This week on The Silly Little Girls Club, host Samantha Cusick speaks with Nikki Lilly, BAFTA-winning presenter, Junior Bake Off champion, author, YouTuber and fearless advocate for people with facial differences.

At just 20, Nikki has built a global platform for representation and face equality. In this powerful conversation, she shares her journey of growing up with AVM, navigating nearly 100 operations, using makeup and YouTube to reclaim confidence, and speaking at the United Nations to demand change.

We cover:

πŸ’₯ Life with a facial difference and the reality of AVM

πŸ’₯ Finding confidence and community online through YouTube

πŸ’₯ Why representation, allyship and advocacy really matter

πŸ’₯ Makeup as empowerment, therapy and rebellion

πŸ’₯ From Bake Off to the UN: the power of showing up

✨ Connect with Nikki:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikkililly_/

YouTube:  @nikkililly  

Face Equality International: https://faceequalityinternational.org/

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πŸ’„ Season 3 of The Silly Little Girls Club is proudly sponsored by Sephora

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