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Beautiful at ANY SIZE!

Sitting at the dinner table with my brother, Gary, then five, I decided to play our usual game.

‘The fairies said I can have an extra chicken nugget,’ I whispered.

Grinning, he grabbed a nugget from his plate and put it on mine.

I was eight, and while my parents Helen and Steven fed us well, I was never satisfied.

When I hit my teens, my love for food didn’t stop.

Getting a part-time job in a local store, I’d splurge my wages on potato

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