Braceface Season 2 Episode 8 Skin Deep

Sharon's thrilled when Dion asks her to model in the school fashion show . However, when Nina makes a few catty remarks to her Sharon starts feeling insecure about her body and goes on a diet. During rehearsals, she befriends the kind, funny, overweight stage manager, Harrison. But when he asks Sharon out, she's taken aback, and invents a boyfriend to get out of it. What's wrong with her - why this hangup about fat? Sharon passes on Harrison as a boyfriend, which is probably her loss. But Harrison's own self-acceptance inspires her to dump the diet and look at herself in a more forgiving light.