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Supermodel Christy Turlington Burns has become the latest celebrity to share their old school photo on Throwback Thursday to encourage people to support the #UpForSchool campaign.

Christy Â鶹APP“ pictured smiling at the age of eight Â鶹APP“ has a particular interest in ensuring the 31 million girls currently out of school around the world get an education. She is the founder of , a charity dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother.

On her Instagram posting, she wrote: Â鶹APPœDid you know that educating girls for six years or more consistently improves their prenatal care, postnatal care and childbirth survival rates later in life?Â鶹APP�

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A photo posted by Christy Turlington Burns (@cturlington) on

Mar 12, 2015 at 8:42am PDT

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Christy joins a host of people Â鶹APP“ celebrities, politicians and members of the public Â鶹APP“ who shared their old school photos to mark International WomenÂ鶹APP™s Day, raise awareness of the millions of girls missing out on education and ask people to stand #UpForSchool. It is a youth-led campaign that demands world leaders keep their promise to get all children into school and learning.

They included Shakira, Heidi Klum, Priyank Chopra and Lang Lang. and read our .

And if you havenÂ鶹APP™t already signed the #UpForSchool Petition,

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