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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 – pictured smiling at the age of eight – 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: “Did you know that educating girls for six years or more consistently improves their prenatal care, postnatal care and childbirth survival rates later in life?�

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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 – celebrities, politicians and members of the public – who shared their old school photos to mark International Women’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 haven’t already signed the #UpForSchool Petition,

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