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‘I was going to transition or I was going to end my life’: Dunedin influencer turns lessons learnt into beauty business

$Dunedin influencer Sammy Crawford, who has more than 200,000 followers on Instagram and goes by \\u201CSammy Vanity\\u201D online,\\u00A0has launched a beauty brand, True Soul Beauty. Photo: Supplied$

$Dunedin influencer Sammy Crawford, who has more than 200,000 followers on Instagram and goes by \\u201CSammy Vanity\\u201D online,\\u00A0has launched a beauty brand, True Soul Beauty. Photo: Supplied$

Dunedin influencer Sammy Crawford, who has more than 200,000 followers on Instagram and goes by “Sammy Vanity” online, has launched a beauty brand, True Soul Beauty. Photo: Supplied

Tim ScottReporter

Friday, October 30, 2026

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