Plus Size Model Used To Be Teased For Her Curves

Lizzie Haines, who was named the plus-size model of the year by lingerie firm Curvy Kate, feels incredibly happy and proud of her curvy figure now. But it hasn’t always been like that. When she was younger her peers used to demoralize her with cruel remarks about her body making the girl feel ‘fat and frumpy’ and wear baggy clothing to cover her shape.

She said:

I was a later bloomer. When my boobs came in, boy did they come in. There is a sort of stigma. It seems acceptable that people can talk about your boobs. People would yell at me in the street. I was brought to tears. It can be really destructive. There is a fine line. I have never dressed provocatively. I never showed off my cleavage. Most of the time I got attention I was covered up. The clothes I had to wear did not fit well. Everything hung from my boobs, which made me feel really fat and frumpy.”

I wouldn’t walk with my back straight because it looked like I was showing off my boobs and being arrogant so instead I slumped and walked with my arms across my chest.”

Now, at the age of 31, the self-employed wedding photographer is confident parading her size 14 body and 32H bust down the catwalk. She has beat 400 other contestants in the annual Star in a Bra competition and got her crown.

Lizzie Haines said it was just a whim that made her enter the competition, but she surely has no regrets of doing that.

She said:

I entered the competition on a whim last year. It was a turning 30 crazy act. I just thought what the heck, I’ll go for it. It’s been really great. To begin with it was really surreal. Standing in your pants was not something I thought I would ever do.”

Lizzie Haines received 64,000 votes and was awarded with the Plus Size Model of the Year accolade at the 100 per cent people Plus Size Awards 2011.

Talking about how much it meant to her to win the competition Lizzie said:

At 31, it is a real level of acceptance. I have no idea where it will take me but 2011 has been a year of highs.”

The story of Lizzie’s success tells us once again that we should love ourselves no matter how we look. Lizzie had had hard time hating her own body but she finally realized she could no longer live like that. We should learn the lesson from her mistakes.

Of course I am in no way trying to say you should eat like a horse and spend your whole day in front of TV. Work on your body, think of a healthy diet and do sports, you will even feel better. But never ever let anyone bring you down. Love and respect yourself.

One more thing to mention here… I would like to warn everyone of you who teases and bullies a person in your class, school or whatever: he or she can become someone much more important and influential than you and you will feel proud of the fact you’ve been acquainted. Think of that, life puts everybody in the place he or she deserves.

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