As a FAT woman who is involved in the FAT Blogger Community I come across positive images of FAT people all the time online. As a teenager and I never saw positive images of fat people ever! Being a woman who finds the female form to be a beautiful thing I came across the term BBW fairly quickly and found women who looked like me that were naked and was astounded at how beautiful they looked and SEXY.

Beautiful and SEXY are both things I never saw myself as because I am FAT and had been told through every media that this was not possible. I was interested in seeing myself naked and through other peoples eyes as art. Being able to get naked for a complete stranger was scary and still is to a point but the outcome is what makes it all worth it.





I have been nude for Katie Soze three times now and every shoot we do produces pictures that empower me as a FAT Female. Every stretch mark, scar, roll, lump and bump is on display for the world to see and yet I look at the photos of myself and see a happy confident me who is proud to show people what FAT looks like. It is in all of us and is has nothing do with the type of person you are or the way you live your life.

FAT is not a bad word. I am FAT and I am a woman. I have large breasts and a vagina but none of this tells you who I AM. Photography is a powerful medium that has been the major reason behind my journey of self love and acceptance and the fact that my pictures help not only me but others to love their own bodies is something so special and I could never even imagined when I started on this path.




Please take the time to really look at these images and see how they make you feel about what you see and about yourself. Please feel free to comment. The women in these images are amazing ladies that I am proud to call friends. Body issues are not just a FAT female issue. Everyone has them. Learn to love yourself and your body and be happy in your skin.

You can see more from this shoot and more from Katie at http://katiesoze.tumblr.com
These images are owned by Katie Soze and may not be reproduced without her permission.

I met the lovely Miss Katie Soze about 4 months ago through the website Model Mayhem. Its a place for Photographers/Models/Hair/Makeup Artists to share their work and find work. She sent me a message asking me to shoot with her. I loved her portfolio! Especially the girly pretty blurred time lapse shots. I would be her first FAT model. Check out her work HERE and HERE

When she contacted me to do another shoot I was more than happy to do it! Not really knowing what we were going to do I took along a few items to use.Such as the Chevron Swim Shorts from Simply Be, Collar from Romwe, scarf, hat etc. Katie picked what she liked and we just had fun and a giggle as she shot the pretty pictures below.

I have had quite a few messages from women of all ages and sizes saying how brave I am and how seeing me has helped them love their own bodies a bit more. I totally understand it because it was the same for me! By doing shoots that show my fat body I have learned to love my body and accept it. I am so happy that my pictures can help other women on their own journey of self love If I can make people who think negative things about fat people think twice about their ideas that can only be a good thing.

Hope you enjoy them! Any comment and feedback are welcome! Good & bad.