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Feb 2022
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"Illness Influencer" Belle Gibson

AUBREY GORDON & MICHAEL HOBBES
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In 2015, Belle Gibson was an Australian "eco-preneur" with a vegetarian cookbook, a blockbuster wellness app and a terminal cancer diagnosis. Today, she's one of the most hated figures in the country.

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