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Dec 2021
39m 30s

Body comments, online trolls, plus sized...

DANAE MERCER
About this episode
How do you handle someone commenting on your body? What if that person is a stranger on the internet? What if it's your mom? And what is the plus-sized modeling industry really like? Today's guest talks us through it all. Meet Denise Mercedes, the amazing model and influencer with over 1.4m followers on Instagram, and 3.5m on TikTok. Denise is the creator ... Show More
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