The Gold Coast Bulletin

EMBRACING THE SKIN YOU’RE IN

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“I HAD to admit size 10 was a distant memory, donate those clothes to charity and begin a new friendship with myself as a size 16.” The speaker is Selina Macdonald, best known for her work with Procon Leisure as an organiser for so many of our pageants. Love yourself and the world will follow suit is a popular catch phrase and Selina has found it to be true. “I’ve been very fortunate to be a plus-size model in my mid-40s for Sonia Stradiotto. The moment I stopped fighting my shape, embraced the number 16 and started respecting my real self was truly liberating.The support has been amazing and I truly believe that females in general have turned the corner in determinin­g what is ‘normal’.”

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