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Ever since I was little, I’ve been larger than other 【小题1】 (girl). For a long time, this really 【小题2】 (bother) me. People would stare at me because I was “big” and I hated the way I looked. My anxiety drove me 【小题3】 (try) every means possible to lose weight, 【小题4】 (include) dieting and weight-loss pills, but this brought me nothing but pain and poor health. Everything changed 【小题5】 one day I came across the success story of a plus-size model, Tess Holliday. Although she’s larger than most other models, she’s really attractive and has the 【小题6】 (confident) to be herself—even in an industry full of beauty stereotypes. Her story changed 【小题7】 (me) ideas about what it means to be 【小题8】 (beauty). I realised that my health, mental and physical, is 【小题9】 most important thing. Now I exercise a couple 【小题10】 times a week but just to keep fit. I mean, isn’t it better that I’m large and happy, instead of skinny and unhealthy?