What is plus size for me it’s an industry term? It’s where I know that I am welcome and have a place to shop and if we didn’t have the label ‘plus size’ then I would continuously walk in and out of stores looking for something. It’s something that has been out there as’ plus size, you’re different, you’re a separate category’ but I’m just a style blogger that happens to be plus size. That’s who I am. I’m plus size, deal with it. It’s like, I want to rock a body-con dress that’s, like, sexy with thigh highs just like Deepika Padukon did but I can’t go out and find that in my size, it’s not easily accessible. I did not feel like I was challenged until started shopping for my wedding. Sample sizes in bridal wear are like a size0, size 12. I didn’t get to have the boutique experience that most brides get to have and it wasn’t the same. I have had concerned about being trolled on expressing opinions about plus size and their body. And they think that me existing in my skin is a cry for you to help me. I don’t need your help. The misconception is because you’re plus-sized, you need to be told how to live your life. What to do, how to live, how to feel, how to be, because something’s not right. You’re bigger than everybody else. There was a point where I’d stopped eating meat. People would say, ‘Oh are you losing weight? You look really good.’ I look good all the time! When I look at the fashion events I host and I see someone that looks like me, it means the world to me. Growing up, not seeing anybody that looked like me in fashion events pissed me off. When you don’t see anybody that looks like you, you automatically think you’re not good enough. I see so many things now and I’m like wow, I wish when I was 14, 15 and 16, that I had the things that we have now. I think it’s really important for young men and women to see representations of themselves, whether it’s racial, whether it’s size, whether it’s ability. If we continue to talk about what our bodies mean and having the best body for us and not anyone else, I think we’ll all be in a better place.