Paige Billiot: From Hiding Her Birthmark to Cover Modeling IT Cosmetics

Born with a port-wine stain birthmark across half her face, Paige Billiot was told her whole life to hide it. Today, she's the cover model for IT Cosmetics, the founder of Flawless Affect, and an ambassador for the Vascular Birthmarks Foundation. In this week's episode, Paige sits down with Corey to tell the real story behind the headlines. The childhood bullying. The LA casting rooms that told her to "cover it up." The Hollywood apartment where she snapped the first photo that started a movement. The moment she stopped wanting to be anyone but herself. This isn't a story about a birthmark. It's a story about what happens when you stop running from the thing that made you a target, and start using it as the thing that makes you undeniable. In this episode, Paige opens up about: → The constant stares, the strangers who asked her mom "what did you do to her?", and the day she realized she wasn't going to be allowed to disappear. → Why she came to LA chasing acting, and the casting directors who got offended when she walked in. → The "fuck it" moment in her Hollywood bathroom that became @flawless_affect, then ABC, GMA, Yahoo, and Pop Sugar. → What it actually took to stop covering her face for the camera and start leading with it. → The "Flawless Effect" — her own psychological framework for becoming the person you want to be, starting today. → The Mattel Birthmark Barbie, birthmark emojis, and the bigger movement she's building. Plus the question we ask every guest: "What would you say to your younger underdog self, knowing you're on this side of the journey?" Paige's answer is short, fierce, and the kind of thing you'll be repeating to yourself in the mirror for weeks. These aren't pity stories. They're proof stories. Subscribe and start collecting your own. 🌟 Connect with Paige: • Instagram: @flawless_affect • Flawless Affect: https://flawlessaffect.com 🎙 Subscribe to Underdog Stories for new episodes every week. 🌐 More from Corey: www.CoolBeansComedy.com 📸 Follow on Instagram: @MyCoachCorey + @CoolBeansComedy | TikTok: @MyCoachCorey + @CoolBeansComedy Underdog Stories is produced by Cool Beans Comedy. Directed by 6-time Emmy-winning Suzanne Luna with producer Jack Sullivan.