Watch the plus-size model who is encouraging people to feel comfortable in their own skin
[rumble video_id=v1lzl3 domain_id=u7nb2]
A 25-year-old plus-size model, Toronto, Canada, is encouraging people to feel comfortable in their own skin.
Julianna Mazzei, also known as Jewelz, was bullied for her bodyweight while growing up and was dumped by her boyfriend for being unhealthy.
However, she has accepted her imperfections and is now confident enough to show off her body in revealing clothes.
She Barcroft TV: “I feel sexy in my body and I feel like everybody should. There is nothing like feeling beautiful but the main reason I do it is to remind women that they can feel beautiful to that you don’t always need to see one standard size in model modeling for lingerie or for cars.
”
“I definitely think that we have to reclaim the word ‘fat’ as positive. As a negative word for so many years, it is about time we take it back, and realise that it is not a bad word, it is not a bad thing and it shouldn’t be shaded in a negative way.”
Jewelz said that she was bullied at her school and hated going to school. People would call her Fatty, tub of lard, and whale and mock her.
People used to say that she couldn’t wear patterns such as stripes or polka dots and this made her more introvert.
Jewelz said: “Until I was 23 years old, I hated myself. Through finding inspiration online, and coming to terms with who I am and what I need to do, I knew I needed to start accepting who I was, I knew I was good in the inside but I felt who I was on the inside didn’t make up for what I looked on the outside.”
Now, Jewelz has learned to feel comfortable in her own skin and is inspiring people through her social media accounts.
She said: “Since I found body positivity I haven’t stepped on a scale. A scale doesn’t define who you are and it doesn’t define your health what so ever so. I definitely think that I live an active lifestyle and I think that that’s the term that people should definitely use.”
She has been modeling and often posts pictures in bikinis and lingerie. She receives many negative comments sometimes but it doesn’t affect her now.
She says: “I encourage body positivity by putting myself out there, by showing other people that you can love yourself at any size and be positive is for everybody.