Meet the PP Founders - Katie

Hello lovelies,
My name is Katie. I am 42 and come from Derby.  I am lucky enough to be married to my best friend (sorry you may need a sick bucket).

I am a size 24 and have multiple rolls and bulges and I am slowly learning to love myself.

In April, last year I was lucky enough to be part of a photoshoot with over 100 plus sized women and this day has changed my life and my attitude Towards myself for the better.

I have always been a big girl. Growing up I was always the big one in the class and have had many an insult thrown my way.  I have always had my own style though and never really followed fashion. 

Just as well really, as 30 years ago, there were nowhere near the amount of plus sized clothes available to youngsters.  I was a size 18/20 from the age of 12 and most fashion shops only went up to a 16.

I have been on various diets and mad exercise programs but I have never been very successful.  I have never liked the way I looked and used to feel less valid than thinner girls. I have spent a good chunk of my life wishing I looked like someone else.

But all of that changed when I walked into the room on the day of the shoot. Never before have I seen so many absolutely beautiful women. There were all shapes and sizes and several of us were the same dress size but looked nothing alike at all.

They made no apologies for who they were or how they looked and why should they? They were absolutely scrumptious the lot of them!!

It made me think....  Maybe I am Pretty? Maybe the people who paid me compliments weren't humouring me or taking the Pee.

Why are we so quick to believe any horrible words spoken to us? But never listen to the nice words.
The support and genuinely touching comments that I have received when I told friends, work colleagues and Facebook friends that I was modelling was amazing.

My husband has always told me I am the most beautiful woman in the world and although I am not going to believe that I am ready to start liking myself and eating well and looking after my body because I want to.  I am worth it.

On this day, I met some true lifelong Friends.  Some of the most courageous and amazing women.  We got together and decided to create Positively Perfect. We all agree that people need to like themselves more. It doesn't matter what colour, creed, gender, height, age or size you are, you owe it to yourself to be kind to you.

We all need to speak to ourselves as we would speak to others.  We wouldn't tell our best friends that they are disgusting because they can’t fit in their jeans or that they are ugly because they are not a perfect size 12. So why tell yourself that you are?.

Today is the day to start loving yourself.

Katie
aka KitEH. Founder Member, Model, Vintage Lover & Glitter Queen.