After we began our My Curves, My Journey sequence, we wished the prospect for YOU to share your tales with all of us. In right this moment’s newest, plus measurement mannequin, Sheena Postell shares her journey of how she realized HOW to like her curves, regardless of her life’s experiences… 

Please learn on to listen to about Ms Sheena’s Self-Love journey! 

It took a very long time for me to essentially like myself. 

My journey started with loving my hair and ensuring that it seemed good all the time. That was the one a part of my physique that I might management.

I shortly moved onto vogue and for years it was simply ensuring I lined up the bigger elements of my physique. I wore easy colours however all the time had a contemporary pair of Nike sneakers. 

Reflecting again once I was youthful, the phrase ”UGLY” was spoken in my ambiance as phrases of endearment.

The sentences of relations expressing their surprises when my hips and thighs grew too quick. “Oh child lady, your physique is poking out,” “these abdomen stretch marks are rising” and “you may’t store within the child’s part no ‘mo.”

To cease the stares and permitting my ears to listen to these God terrible feedback, I’d cowl up my physique.

Pants in the summertime, t-shirts over my bathing fits and sneaking chocolate bars to erase the ache.

My mom was so involved and frightened that my physique would entice the fallacious consideration. She signed me up for bodily exercise packages simply to keep up my weight and measurement.

This was her “loving and defending me” from bizarre males that “might be interested in a younger girls’ physique.”

Due to her youth expertise, my youth expertise ended up with me “enjoying it protected” however she by no means knew that it was killing me.

I started to internalize these actions as a validation or dedication of my value… 

Was I that ugly that nobody observed something optimistic?

My physique actually made everybody round me really feel uneasy.

As I transitioned to an grownup, the phrase ”UGLY” modified from me listening to it to me saying it to myself.

Seeing my physique’s lumps, scars, and unevenness lowered my pleasure for me. I didn’t know learn how to love me, deal with me, and know what was good for me.

In grade college, I had main crushes on cute boys however nobody took me severe.

My real-life experiences didn’t begin till junior 12 months of highschool.

This physique as been with me all of my life and as an grownup, I nonetheless don’t know what it means to me.

At present, the phrase ”UGLY” has moved to be an adjective to me.

I’m an unpleasant particular person for not combating more durable for me. I’m horrible for not discovering who I’m first earlier than the world advised me who I’m.

I’m a horrible individual for not attempting to like my curves, my fats, my bumps, my scares, and my BEAUTY.

I WILL NEVER BE UGLY AGAIN.

I’ve made a declaration to myself. I’ve missed so a few years of studying, rising, and simply conquering my full skills. All as a result of I couldn’t see my very own magnificence. 

These days? I like myself a lot, that my confidence could be an excessive amount of for others to course of, and that’s okay. 

Never will I be ugly to myself once more.

Sheena Postell is a mannequin, an influencer and a social employee. A lover and supporter of all issues self-love and self-care. You will discover her on Instagram at @mspostell. 

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