Model's powerful domestic violence photographs
Brooke Beaton called police to report being assaulted by her boyfriend. But before her injuries faded she had professional photographs taken, to make her partner live up to his actions.
Beaton's alleged abuser gave her two black eyes and a bruised shoulder which were on full display when she arranged a photo shoot with photographer and childhood friend, Tiffany Thoelke.
Thoelke was touched by Beaton's courage and took the photographs and posted them to Facebook with the hashtag #SilenceHidesViolence.
Beaton looks up in one of the photos as tears stream down her face, the 27-year-old seems hurt, but unbroken.
Another image shows the mother's bruised shoulder as she looks directly into the camera defiantly.
The part-time model claims she was assaulted while in the passenger seat of her boyfriends car.
Her partner of four months became angry and punched her repeatedly in the face followed by choking her.
"I ended up at a gas station about five miles [eight kilometres] away from where we were," Beaton told the Argus Leader.
"He was wiping up the crime scene with a paper towel from the gas pump."
MTV's Teen Mum 2, said her blood was splattered on the ground and all over her mobile phone.
Her boyfriend, a friend of hers for eight years, was arrested for domestic aggravated assault and interference with emergency communication, when he wrestled away her phone.
Did you know 1 in 4 women experience violence from their partners in their life time?
— SilenceHidesViolence (@SHV_WVU) September 24, 2013
Beaton has asked for her alleged attacker's name to not be mentioned.
Since the movement was posted to social media, thousands of responses have flooding in, showing support for women suffering in silence.
"Brooke, days later, decided she was going to speak out and stand up, with courage and confidence. She was going to be the voice for the countless other women who didn’t and don’t have one." Theolke posted to Facebook.
Beaton went to a restaurant to celebrate her daughter's sixth birthday.
As she sat with her daughter and her eight-year-old son, she found that her waitress had neatly written a message along the edge of her receipt.
"I bought your beers,' it said. 'I saw you on F.B. I've been there."
The waitress then approached Beaton and told her: "One thing I never did was tell my story like you have."
"You're very courageous and very brave."
"You're putting a face out there that nobody is ever going to forget."
Applause & Admiration for Brooke Beaton for taking action against #DomesticViolence http://t.co/SQPrp43r0U #SilenceHidesViolence #SwimWithUs
— Daniella Maison (@Ladymaison) August 29, 2015
The two women will continue to help millions of people affected by domestic violence every day.
If you or someone you know needs help or is suffering from domestic violence, don't suffer in silence call the 24 hour Domestic Violence Line on 1800 65 64 63.