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<\/p>\n"Fat" is a word we often hear thrown around as an insult \u2013 but these women want to change that.<\/p>\n
Body positive babes are reclaiming the taunt that's been hurled at them for years.<\/p>\n
They are "fat and proud" \u2013 and refuse to bow to the pressure of trolls by covering up their curves.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Gym babe shares posed and unposed bikini pics as she's 'proud of both'<\/b><\/p>\n
Check out the inspirational ladies below…<\/p>\n
Meagan, from New Jersey in the US, has never had so many compliments since she starting showing off her "belly and big arms".<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old, who wears size XXL clothes, describes herself as "fat and proud".<\/p>\n
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She said: "I feel I can wear anything. I wear tank tops \u2013 I'm proud of my big arms. Now I show off my legs.<\/p>\n
"I show my belly and my fat rolls. It's so empowering. I have never seen so many compliments.<\/p>\n
"People say 'I love what you're wearing'. I don't seek validation in that but it's nice…<\/p>\n
"I want to see people coming to terms with the word fat and people to stop seeing it as a bad thing.<\/p>\n
"I want people to stop seeing fat as meaning unhealthy and skinny meaning healthy."<\/p>\n
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The 29-year-old, from Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, was taunted over her size when she was at school.<\/p>\n
And she felt self conscious about her body for years before stumbling across the self love influencers on Instagram.<\/p>\n
She told Daily Star: \u201cI got to my lowest point and I came across some body positive\/ fat acceptance accounts on Instagram and it all blew my mind and I was in awe of these people that was saying a big \u2018sod you\u2019 to beauty standards and fat phobia."<\/p>\n
Now, Courtney's mindset has totally changed.<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cI can totally understand why people see it [fat] as a negative, it\u2019s been used that way by most for a long time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t see it as an insult personally, it\u2019s a descriptive word, fat isn\u2019t a bad word and I fully reclaim power of it back.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Dani, who describes herself as a \u201cfat activist\u201d, is tired of people making assumptions about her size.<\/p>\n
The Australian influencer says society expects her to be \u201cdepressed\u201d because she isn\u2019t stick thin.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cI\u2019m good at being a bad fatty.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt being a mentally healthy, fun loving, awesome, bad ass bitch who just happens to not want to compromise her mental health in trying to achieve a goal which will fail because diets DO NOT WORK…<\/p>\n
"I apologise if our society has messed you up regarding what is appropriate to police around bodies.<\/p>\n
"Don't worry society screwed me up to, but I got free from that bull***. You can too!"<\/p>\n
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A plus size model who brands herself a 'fat, hot babe' slammed her haters \u2013 saying they're just 'jealous and insecure'.<\/p>\n
Rosie Jean, from the US, confidently describes her 6XL figure as 'sexy and beautiful' \u2013 and she's using it to make money on OnlyFans.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old feels extremely comfortable in her own skin and ridicules people who poke fun at her over her weight.<\/p>\n
She told Fabulous: "My mere existence as a fat, confident, pretty woman threatens so many types of people and their perception of themselves.<\/p>\n
"They hate themselves so much they cannot fathom how I love myself. And frankly, that\u2019s a failure of their own self-awareness, not a failing of mine."<\/p>\n
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The influencer loves nothing more than showing off her bod in sexy outfits and helping other women get inspired by fashion.<\/p>\n
And while some keyboard warriors call her "fat" as an insult, she doesn't take it as one. <\/p>\n
London told The Sun: "To me, the word \u2018fat\u2019 is nothing but a descriptor.<\/p>\n
"I am fat, I am chubby, I am overweight and I am bulky and I am big boned."<\/p>\n
She wants people to think of "fat" as just a word \u2013 rather than something that's seen solely as good or bad.<\/p>\n
"I am fat in the same way I am a human being," she added.<\/p>\n
"It is a part of who I am. That is something that I embrace and love."<\/p>\n