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This is Emma and she is a 24 year old proud mum
of two.
She has always been self conscious about her body
even before she had children, but always had an
interest in alternative modelling. She found that
no magazines or companies wanted someone who
had stretch marks or baby weight and as a result,
it made her even more conscious about her body
and appearance.
Emma’s boyfriend encouraged her to find a
photographer and have some photos done, which
she did. She felt so much better when there were
compliments about her photos flooding in, even
though she thought that it didn’t look good.
After two years she found Wild & Sons and they
got her to do some promotional modelling for
them, which was the best opportunity as they
didn’t mind about her stretchmarks, as they had
a different approach and wanted beautiful women
who were real and unphotoshopped. Emma said
‘that gave me a confidence boost and gave me hope.
That is why you are reading this in Elite is because
you don’t have to feel ashamed about your body even
if it isn’t what you see as the “perfect” woman on TV.
There is no such thing as perfect, so I encourage you
if you feel like this, to get in front of a camera and
even bare flesh with nudity as you will feel better. If
you want to do modelling find companies like Wild
& Sons who look for real women to promote items or
their company, as you can earn a living and not have
to feel self conscious about your body.’
Emma will be launching an online blog and
community website for people wanting to follow
in her footsteps. She feels it is important to help
people be themselves with their own body. The
blog will be coming soon and is called Honest Skin.
Emma before her pregnancy (right)
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