article_snippet: Marie Southard Ospina explains that Marie Southard Ospina now likes to 'counter a lot of the rules' that plus-size women are told to follow, particularly when it comes to fashion, which means Marie Southard Ospina favors tight-fitting dresses and skirts, as well as bold prints and other things 'that aren't necessarily designed to make you more invisible'.
article_snippet: Marie Southard Ospina adds that people have been 'taught that fat is an inherently bad thing', so when people see a larger woman in clothes that show off Marie Southard Ospina body, people are opposed to her body.
article_snippet: Marie Southard Ospina recalls being relatively thin as a child, but says Marie Southard Ospina started gaining weight when Marie Southard Ospina was about nine-years-old.
article_snippet: Marie Southard Ospina remembers being bullied in elementary school and describes how Marie Southard Ospina family members would make comments about how Marie Southard Ospina needed to start doing sports.
article_snippet: Marie Southard Ospina says Marie Southard Ospina gained a lot of weight back in Marie Southard Ospina later years of high school
article_snippet: and when Marie Southard Ospina started college Marie Southard Ospina was a size 14 - but Marie Southard Ospina still wasn't eating healthy.
article_snippet: People just didn't seem to look at my size,' Marie Southard Ospina says of the people Marie Southard Ospina met in Spain. '
article_snippet: ** is so big or Marie Southard Ospina needs to lose some weight.'
article_snippet: Marie Southard Ospina describes him is a 'thin, pretty guy' who has never been directly attacked for him body, yet him has 'a lot of problems with how beauty is perceived' and is 'really into body positivity'.
article_snippet: Marie Southard Ospina notes that Marie Southard Ospina feels her prettiest when Marie Southard Ospina and Marie Southard Ospina partner wake up in the morning and Marie Southard Ospina is fresh-faced.
article_snippet: Marie Southard Ospina admits that Marie Southard Ospina has gained weight in the past 18 months, but it is not something that bothers Marie Southard Ospina anymore.
article_snippet: I’m the fattest I’ve ever been, but I’m also the prettiest I’ve ever been,' Marie Southard Ospina says.