Susan Davis at about 8-years-old, 1976 -- "old nose and buck teeth." At age 12: "I managed to gather a bunch of photographs of myself. I stabbed myself through the face in every one of those photographs with scissors or a knife -- I don't remember exactly -- stabbing and stabbing and stabbing." (Courtesy Susan Davis)

Figuring Out Beauty for Herself

Susan Davis at about 8-years-old, 1976 -- "old nose and buck teeth." At age 12: "I managed to gather a bunch of photographs of myself. I stabbed myself through the face in every one of those photographs with scissors or a knife -- I don't remember exactly -- stabbing and stabbing and stabbing."

Credit: Courtesy Susan Davis