“WE LOVE OUR BODIES”

I love my body because it gave birth to my daughter and gives me life every day. Every bump and scar is part of the portrait of my journey. As I’ve gone from a size eight to 20, I’ve learned that inner beauty shines through and matters more than dress size. When you feel confident, you can be beautiful at any size.

‘I’M CHUNKY, FUNKY AND TOTALLY AWESOME!’
Hannah Golding, 30, a PT and beauty pageant contestant from Wiltshire, runs workshops to champion women of all sizes.

I fell into an emotionally controlling relationship as a teen and believed my boyfriend when he told me I wasn’t good enough unless I was small. By 2010, I was a size eight, desperately seeking his approval. It was only when we broke up, and I entered my first pageant in a bid to boost my confidence, that I realised my