She’s one of the most popular stars of BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing, runs a thriving wellness business, is about to publish her debut book, and is happier than ever in a relationship with the man she calls her ‘rock’.
But just a few years ago, Dianne Buswell was in the grip of an eating disorder so severe it not only threatened to destroy her glittering dance career but had put her at risk of a heart attack.
When she looks back now, she finds it almost impossible to reconcile the exhausted and deeply unhappy young woman she was then with the healthy, confident person she is today.
Buswell, now 33, can scarcely believe how close she came to losing everything.
‘I still have moments where I go: “Wow” and I really do appreciate how far I’ve come,’ she says. ‘I feel very grateful for all of it. I just wish I could go back in time and tell myself to stop focusing on others. I used to watch the other people in my dance company and compare my body to theirs, not realising how good I was just the way I was.
‘Everything I do now is
