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I will say I have been very pleasantly surprised at the support the body positive movement

IF YOU COULD TURN BACK TIME , WHAT WOULDN ’ T YOU DO ?
Hmmm ... well of course I do have regrets , but I don ’ t dwell much on them ; the point of the regret is the lesson you take away from it , not the wallowing in guilt or embarrassment . I would have wised up earlier about who has an evil heart in this business , I definitely let a few trolls use and abuse me in London before I learned to see through a certain kind of personality ( which is sadly all too common in fashion .)
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH TROLLS AND FAT SHAMING ?
Maybe I shouldn ’ t say this out loud , but I have been very lucky – I have had very few examples of fat shaming on social media . I can ’ t say the same for most of my colleagues sadly . On an interpersonal level I know that when people body shame or throw hatred at a stranger for no reason , they are deeply unhappy and self-hating inside . I will say I have been very pleasantly surprised at the support the body positive movement has gotten from the bodybuilding community ! I will admit I expected them to fat shame us more than anything , but the love and support I ’ ve gotten from super fit women just on the BodyLove Campaign alone has been amazing ! ( I participated in BodyLove by Silvana Denker in NYC during NYFW ).