Watch the plus-size woman who spins around a pole despite her 260lb frame
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A 25-year-old plus-size pole dancer has become a new Internet sensation. Eda Marbury is winning the Internet as she spins around a pole despite her 260lb frame.
Eda, who has been dancing for two years, told Barcroft: She said: “I was in denial about how much weight I had put on and how I looked. When I walked into the pole dancing studio for the first time I weighed 330lbs and the entire room was covered in mirrors. It was quite a shock.”
Eda battled with anorexia for eight years and her husband, Terrik, helped her overcome the disorder.
She then started gaining weight and her weight reached 330lbs.
She then decided to join all-women Pink Lemon Studio near St Louis. After a few classes, she was confident enough to climb the 11ft pole.
She said: “I was not good when I first started. I was afraid to take my feet off the ground. It took me a year and three months to climb the pole because I’m afraid of heights.”
Eda has lost 65lbs. She said: “Eventually I’d like to be under 200lbs. I was never built to weigh as much as I do.”
“I felt more confident and I have friends. The way I dressed changed, I started to care a little bit more about what I was wearing and how I would do my hair. Before I started pole I wouldn’t wear make-up, I didn’t like to take the time to look after myself.”
“It’s nice to take the five or ten minutes to take time to make myself a special occasion.”
Her husband says: “Her pole dancing is sexy to me.
I know a lot of people don’t like it and a lot of people talk bad about it and frankly, I don’t care. It makes her feel sexy, it makes her feel happy and that’s what I like about it.”
Eda added: “I’ve come so far in the past two years. I feel way more confident, way more sexy, way more beautiful. I feel like I’m worth it. I never thought I would be capable of the things I have achieved.”