What are your best qualities?
I would say my best qualities are definitely my sunny disposition and my great enthusiasm for life in general. I am a very positive person, which I feel comes naturally to me, but my favorite quality about myself is definitley making people laugh, it’s what I hope people remember about me the most.
Do you have any undesirable qualities?
I am very codependent. I hate and don’t do well being alone. I like things my way and to be in control, and I expect a lot from people.
What do you love the most about your body?
The thing I love most about my body is that it’s generally a healthy functioning working and able body. It allows me to dance, swim, create art and hug loved ones. It carries me around the world and lets me experience life. I love my freckles.
What is one part of your body you're working on loving more?
I’m working so hard on loving my stomach. As you can see from my tan lines, it’s the only part of my body that I never, ever show and I think that’s silly. But years and years of brainwashing from society takes time to heal and unlearn. This photo shoot has been a huge step for me in my body positive journey, a year ago if you asked to take a up close photo of my stomach I would have laughed and said you are insane! Today I feel like I want to celebrate and apologize to my tummy for being so mean to it and constantly wishing it away when all it’s every done for me is digest yummy food and wine and protect my vital organs. Thank you tummy!
Tell us the story about how you earned your stretch marks…
I have always gained and lost weight throughout my life from being in the yo yo dieting death trap vortex. I would starve and binge, so gaining weight rapidly is what gave me my stretch marks. I think it’s important to show the women of the world that you can have strength marks on your body that has nothing to do with pregnancy.
How did those around you make you feel about them?
No ones has ever mentioned them or pointed them out to me, but I am extremely lucky to surround myself with lovely humans who don’t pick me apart. It’s always been me who has been the meanest to myself about my marks.