“Every woman is pressured to look a certain way. Depending on where you are professionally & socially a woman has to look a certain way or else risk judgment by society. I get judged everyday because of my weight. I have learned that if one tries to please everyone all the time you end up very miserable. Magazines & the media especially in the developed world celebrate skinny Caucasian women. I have developed a thick skin because it is a fact that I am in an industry that judges you because of your physical attributes – you may be attractive to one designer & another designer prefers a different look. It’s part of life. In addition as a woman from Africa I have faced a lot of judgment because of my weight. Dressing up in sexy fitted clothes is frowned upon. Wearing a swim suit is an abomination of major proportions. If a slimmer woman of the same age wore the same outfit or swim suit it’s accepted. Why are we so ashamed of our bodies just because we are plus size??” – Esther Nakitende
Quote from Memoirs of a Princess Blog.
Esther Nagawa a.k.a Esther Nakitende is a mother of three and a Ugandan born plus size model, who lives in Toronto Canada.
She was born in 1980.
About Esther Nakitende’s hair, someone once told her she was blocking her view with her hair, she calmly replied, “I am the view”.
