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Hi

I'm Terri, I'm 27 and I first heard about plus confidence in you group around 3 years ago when I was approached by the main creator of the movement at a train station in North London at 6am! On initial introductions I thought to myself who is this mad crazy lady!? Why is she trying to tell me I look amazing and my figure is acceptable. However after some research I realised she was actually for real. (She is still crazy though) At this point I was feeling quite low about my self-image and Anita was like a breath of fresh air, she almost took me under her wing and encouraged me to attend events around the plus size industry and showed me how to be confident again and proud of whom I was.
When Definition of Size was first mentioned to me I was adamant I couldn't get involved, I am not a model and have never done anything related to that kind of industry but again Anita was there encouraging and mentoring me into a situation that she knew I would gain something so valuable from. The project to me portrays the future for the plus size community; it shouts acceptance, love, encouragement and support. The project is different from anything else around, it's innovative and inspiring for young women and men to see confident, sassy, sexy women of a plus nature fulfilling their achievements, and undertaking in projects related to fashion which has so far been dominated by unrealistic women and perceptions. My journey has been wonderful, aside from the project Anita has been a great support to my journey and being included in such a fantastic movement has taught me how to accept myself and love me! I still have a “fat” day who doesn’t? But the point is when I'm happy with me I am equipped with the right mentality to make changes to my lifestyle if I choose and when I'm not happy I look at my amazing images and recall how fabulous I felt that day and everything else becomes unimportant again and I become super confident me once more.
Thanks for reading guys

 

Photographer: Irena Vondrasova

Hair: Luke

Make-up:Shelley Dawson

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TERRI LEE HUGHES

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