Ciao Bella,
We have been „chasing” each other for a while with Rita as
since I started blogging, she has been an active member of the community.
Funnily, I remember her Facebook profile as I always check new members – to get
at least a picture of the ladies (or men) who recently joined – and having a good
visual memory, I remember those Beauties’ profiles who actively comment and
put "like" on my page. We emailed with each other earlier as she invited me to Árkád
shopping mall fashion shows where finally plus size models rocked the runway
too.
The moment we met I was sure she had mistaken me for someone
else – as a slender, tall smiling girl stepped to me to say hi. Of course,
speaking of fashion – a size 12 is fitting to plus size model image! At the
beginning of our conversation to break the ice I shared my personal story as I
felt she needed a bit more time to open up for me. The ice broke easily and she was telling me
about her son (my first shock here) when I felt the need to ask about her age
(second shock) as she looked so young with the naughty sparkle in her eyes: 32
years old!
„A real woman looks
like how she feels herself”- said Rita and I drew the conclusion, she must feel
really OK. She is pure sophistication with bloomy skin, big brown eyes and a
wide smile filled with picture perfect teeth – and she constantly radiates her
peace of mind. I was in a positive trance to listen her deliberate words as she phrased her sentences. I got the feeling that words carry big
importance when she speaks. She really made me smile when described her empathy
which makes her into tears even when watching a cartoon. We all know how it
feels and empathy is a wonderful feature – you listen to the other, you pay
attention and step into her shoes, taking her heart’s each and every beat. This is such a great plus in a woman which
can not be learnt and must be appreciated!
Before telling you her first steps as a plus size model, I
share an interesting fact about this Beauty. During the last couple of years
she lost 35 pounds (16 kg) and her body went through a complete transformation
due to paleolit diet which shuts out cereals. As a child she was always bigger
in height and in pounds like her peers and she still holds painfuly a memory of
a little boy who bullied her frequently. She felt fat and useless but her
family gave great support to survive school years.
Due to the support of her environment, in 2012 she enrolled
to a plus size model agency course at Molett Models and started to believe that
as a curvy girl she could get into the spotlight, too. Being a model is not her main source to pay the
bills but as a hobby it gives tremendous confidence to her. She loves rocking
the catwalk and getting compliments, especially those from fellow women.
For some health reasons she does the paleolit diet and lost
some weight but one thing did not change: her soul remained the same of a curvy
lady who weighs over 175 lbs (80 kg).
Some of you may ask now how is can happen as surely she sees
the change in the mirror and receives feedback from her environment about her weightloss. I admit I was surprised
too when she told about her shopping habits: still she grabs a size 16 UK
trousers and realizes in the changing room that she needs smaller indeed.
Listening to this made me firmer in my belief: everything is decided in the
head! If you feel too fat – your environment will see a chubby girl in you. But
if you believe that you are an attractive woman – your confidence will shine
and your weight will be the last thing which people will notice about you!
Rita boost her confidence by posing as a plus size model –
she was even put in a shop window of underwear brand J Press in a busy shopping
mall! I see the big smile on her face when she tells the memories as some
ladies ran into the shop to tell her how much confidence and power she gave by
posing there with her curves and rocking those underwears!
Her style is the sophisticated elegance – those pastell
colours she wore at our meeting fitted perfectly her mediterranean tones.
I saw her empathy, her simple kindness and humbleness as
those PLUSes she has within and when I asked her opinion what plus can make a
woman beautiful, the answer arrives quickly: „I think a smile and confidence
make every woman beautiful! Further I’d add positiveness and power which are
really great values in a woman – as a fragile body can hold incredible strength
within! We stand on more feet and fulfilling various female roles
simultaneously!”
If you would also like to share your story with me, drop me an email cupcakeandpearls@gmail.com and we discuss further details!
xoxo
Susie
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