A depressed mother-of-three who tragically lost her daughter Maribella in labor, says she finally found happiness after ballooning to 616lbs – and becoming an overweight pin-up girl.
For years Christina Paez, from Medford, Oregon, binged on cakes and chips until she was bed-bound through obesity and crippled with anxiety about her size. But after stumbling upon a group of fat admirers who loved her super sized body, the 39-year-old’s life was transformed.
Thanks to a diet of hamburgers, greasy Mexican food, crisps and ice-cream, Christina’s weight gradually climbed. And when she did venture of out of the house, scathing comments from strangers on the street chipped away at her self-esteem. ’I've had total strangers hurl abuse at me all my life. People call me fat and tell me to take myself off the streets because I’m so gross. It kills you inside to hear these things,’ she said.
Christina says her self esteem issues go as far back as her childhood where she was teased for being big for her age, weighing 196lbs. She said: ‘Growing up I was picked on for my size. I developed early, by the time I was 13 I had the body of a 20-year-old. Even though I tried to stay active by running and lifting weights, I was still called pig and Shamu the whale. ’I thought of myself as a fat blob — nobody can love me. I had no self esteem.’ She said: ‘I used to be active and make sure I took my kids out on trips regularly. But after losing Maribella I became so depressed I stopped wanting to do anything. I became dependent on my kids to look after me.’
However, Christina’s lifeline in the form of the internet and online communities made her look at herself in a new light. It was after being contacted by DJ and video producer ‘Dr’ Scott Winter, she was introduced to the world of Big Beautiful Women (BBW) modelling.
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