Misfits
By: Charli Howard
Location: FIC HOW
Genre: Bio, Mental health, feminism
"Standing out is so much better than fitting in".
This topic sits close to home for me, I have watched a loved niece be devoured by this mental health disease, it truely was a heart breaking journey. I am ever thankful for her courage, the courage of her parents and brother and those who stood by and cheered them all on with unconditional love and patience.
Next year she marries a good man, last year she graduated as a nurse- she is a survivor, a woman of great courage, one whom I respect.
This story is not hers, but it is like hers....
So, how did a slightly bonkers misfit with anorexia, bulimia and anxiety decide to solve their problems? I became a model. As you do.
Charli Howard had always wanted to be normal - but for some reason, she couldn't quite find out how to do it. As a teenager, she felt like the only one who struggled with anxiety and self-esteem issues when everyone around her seemed to fit in. So she tried to embrace standing out: by becoming a model. Believing it would make her happy and envied, she set out single-mindedly to make it - and she achieved her dream. But the reality wasn't quite as glamorous as she'd hoped. The pressure on Charli to look a certain way took an extreme toll on her body and self-image, and no matter how thin she got, she was never thin enough.
When Charli, though medically underweight, was fired by her modelling agency for being too big, she decided she'd had enough. She used her platform for good and spoke out about the insane standards of the modelling industry, whose images influence young women and girls all over the world. Now, Charli is comfortable in her skin for the first time ever, working happily as a plus sized model in New York. Here, she shares her journey, from anorexic and bulimic teenager to happy, healthy twenty-something
Location: FIC HOWGenre: Bio, Mental health, feminism
"Standing out is so much better than fitting in".
This topic sits close to home for me, I have watched a loved niece be devoured by this mental health disease, it truely was a heart breaking journey. I am ever thankful for her courage, the courage of her parents and brother and those who stood by and cheered them all on with unconditional love and patience.
Next year she marries a good man, last year she graduated as a nurse- she is a survivor, a woman of great courage, one whom I respect.
This story is not hers, but it is like hers....
So, how did a slightly bonkers misfit with anorexia, bulimia and anxiety decide to solve their problems? I became a model. As you do.
Charli Howard had always wanted to be normal - but for some reason, she couldn't quite find out how to do it. As a teenager, she felt like the only one who struggled with anxiety and self-esteem issues when everyone around her seemed to fit in. So she tried to embrace standing out: by becoming a model. Believing it would make her happy and envied, she set out single-mindedly to make it - and she achieved her dream. But the reality wasn't quite as glamorous as she'd hoped. The pressure on Charli to look a certain way took an extreme toll on her body and self-image, and no matter how thin she got, she was never thin enough.
When Charli, though medically underweight, was fired by her modelling agency for being too big, she decided she'd had enough. She used her platform for good and spoke out about the insane standards of the modelling industry, whose images influence young women and girls all over the world. Now, Charli is comfortable in her skin for the first time ever, working happily as a plus sized model in New York. Here, she shares her journey, from anorexic and bulimic teenager to happy, healthy twenty-something
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