I have been waiting to do this
post until I managed to collate a few photographs together of me on the catwalk
for Plus North. I only have a few here
which I have managed to grab from other people, but I love them all. If I get more at a later stage I will add
them on.
Courtesy of Becca Simmons |
Image Courtesy of Yours Clothing
It was one of the most amazing
experiences of my life walking down the catwalk for Yours Clothing, Curvissa
and Evans and is certainly something I will never forgot.
There is one thing that I have
been waiting for to happen since Plus North ended which hasn’t happened
yet. I hope it never does. The come down.
Plus North has boosted me so
much, in so many ways that I feel like one person walked into Plus North and
another walked out.
For one thing; getting
changed. I had four outfits to model on
the day. There was a side room to get
changed in with all the other models, or the disabled toilet if you wanted more
privacy. I hadn’t got changed in front
of people like that, even my best friends for more years than I can even
count.
Inspired by the other girls who
were just happily getting changed all around me, I threw off my inhibitions and
by the second outfit (changed into a millisecond as I was number 12 and 14 on
the catwalk!) I didn’t give it a second thought.
The other thing that I have kept
with me since Plus North is that I no longer worry about what strangers think
of me. I am me, this is the way that I
look and if people don’t like it, they can go to hell. The first thing my best friend asked me when
I called up after the day event was “Please tell me that you were
yourself?” She knows only too well the
front that I normally put up in public.
I am so used to being judged,
silently or verbally by strangers about the way that I look that when in public
there is always a self preservation wall that I put up. That wall was torn down within the first ten
minutes of being at Plus North. All
thanks to the AMAZING people there.
The sparkle that I felt when
modelling has stayed with me. I even
smiled at the cute guy walking down the street this morning. Unheard of for the girl who always looks down
at the floor.
I cannot wait for next year.
You little hottie!!
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I truly believe every women regardless of size should do a catwalk show! The boost it gives it amazing. I don't get many confidence wobbles now but if I do I tell myself that I walked in front of a room full of strangers! If I see people eye me up and down now I look them straight in the eye, it knocks them off guard, it's great! No one has the right to judge anyone, and just because we're plus size doesn't make us any less of a person. In fact I think we're more understanding because of the crap we get from other people! I love being me and no one is going to take that away from me!!
ReplyDeleteAw this post has really made me smile. I'm so happy for you! I'm so happy to hear how happy you are, and how confident the experience has made you in yourself! :) You look fabulous in these photos and your confidence really shows in them! Go you! xx
ReplyDeleteAwww, that is SO lovely to hear! x x
ReplyDeleteYour beaming, beautiful smile in every photo says it all. Well done, Sis! I am so proud of you and so happy that you are reaping the benefits.
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