When Whitney was in high school she loved to dance. Her dreams came to a stop when she suddenly gained 100 pounds in a year. At the time she didn't know she had a condition called Poly-Cystic Ovary Syndrome, which caused the rapid weight gain.
In her depression, the weight gain continued. Whitney stopped dancing but worst of all, she stopped loving herself.
"I quit my life. I dropped out of my dance class. I almost failed out of school," Whitney says. "I felt like my body did not give me permission to do the things I wanted to do."
Like news anchor Katie Fehlinger, Whitney dealt with ridicule from bullies who told her fat people were "lazy", "stupid", "worthless" and "talentless." Then she did something that to many would seem unthinkable: She returned to the dance studio. She declared with pride that she was a "fat girl," and when she posted a video of herself in the studio, millions of people fell in love with her.
"You can be fat and beautiful," says Whitney. "You can be fat and funny and smart. Fat and talented. Nobody thinks these two things can be juxtaposed together."
Now Whitney dances in the streets. She embraces her big, beautiful body and tells others to love themselves no matter what and dance like no one else is watching!
See her triumphant story below, and please SHARE her incredible message: Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes!
Fat Dancer: Campaigning For Body Positivity by BarcroftTV
