‘I’m a plus-size Barbie – I love pink as much as my hubby loves my curvy bod’
A lot of people are talking about Barbie at the moment – but for one woman, life is particularly plastic and fantastic.
Alyssa Marie Anderson, 31, is a plus–size woman who is obsessed with everything pink and girly.
She claims anyone can be a Barbie at any size, and her husband is a big fan of her bigger body.
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Alyssa "felt like an outcast" before she found the self–confidence to embrace her curves.
She said she "knows she's fat", but she loves everything pink and has filled her wardrobe with pastel tones.
The pink princess has also decked her house in pink and green furniture, and has a collection of 19 vintage Barbie dolls.
Alyssa, who wears a size UK 20, used to hide in black and dark clothes, but has now found the confidence to dress in colourful and bold outfits.
The professional make–up artist, from Long Beach, California, said: "For me being a plus–sized girl, Barbie was that beacon of beauty. Everyone wanted to be just like Barbie.
"I’m my own version of Barbie.
"Pink is the number one colour for me. My number one love.
“I have always loved being super girly and feminine.
"I still have a brain, I’m successful – I just look good doing it."
Alyssa said it was her husband Shay, 35, a HVAC technician, who helped her find self-love.
She said she put "pressure" on herself to look good for him, and she spent years trying to be the "ideal version" of herself.
But – Shay loved her exactly as she was – she just took some time to realise it.
"One day I said ‘why me?’" she added.
"He said I’m 100% the body type he’s always known he wanted.
"Some people like bigger bodies."
Now Alyssa "loves" who she is and what she sees in the mirror, and also embraces her love of colour and girly things.
Alyssa said: "As a plus–sized person I was told not to wear colours or be bold.
"I always loved colour. I existed in a world where I wore so many boring clothes.
"Now I wear what I want. I challenge myself to wear the things I wouldn’t have worn 10 years ago.
"I get so many compliments now that I have embraced who I am."
She loves everything Barbie, but also has an eclectic wardrobe and loves to wear gothic clothes.
"I love being girly and I love being a bada**," she continued.
"I’m a plus–sized Barbie."
Alyssa said she isn’t affected by strangers comments about her weight – despite people telling her to "hit the gym" and saying she's "overweight" and "not healthy".
She said: "I felt like an outcast for the way I looked. It helped with my wit.
"Strangers can’t affect my confidence.
"I know I’m fat. You’re not offending me by calling me what I see myself as.
"It’s never too late to love yourself. Everyone can be Barbie."
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