In a brave and exciting post, the model revealed her long-standing struggle with eating disorders and ended with a powerful message of completion and inclusion: "Throw away the weight, it destroys your life"
In almost perfect timing with the storm caused last week, a picture of singer Billy Aylish being crucified on social media for daring to walk around the city in daylight in a body shape that does not match that of the impossible Hollywood industry, last night (Monday) model Alexa Doll posted a revealing Instagram post on Instagram. Her long-standing struggle with her body image.
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Doll is a successful model who has previously participated in "Race for a Million" and "VIP Survival".
Her struggle with the eating disorders she has suffered from for years and the change she is going through is often revealed in interviews.
In 2019, a photographer and modeling agent, Adi Barkan (initiators and promoters of the Photoshop Law), also gave a series of lectures on the subject.
"As my weight dropped - so did my desire to live. As I lost weight I became a sadder person," Doll (27) opened the post Shalva with three pictures of her at different weights (53kg, 57kg and 60kg) ).
"As I lost weight I just wanted to lose more and more. As I lost weight I saw a fat and sad looking girl. As I lost weight my reality became more distorted," she said.
"Do you think to yourself that if you lose 5-6 kilos your life will be happy? All your problems will be solved? Because I was there and it did not happen. In the last decade my life has been a roller coaster," Doll shared with her 29,000 followers in her long struggle for weight.
"Emotionally and in terms of weight I never got my body. I never liked what I saw. I always let this little square that shows the numbers run my life. I would wake up in the morning wanted to be weighed, and hop, like Russian roulette. Only luck will determine. "Which day will I have a happy day or a black day," she added.
"It's just a shame no one bothered to tell me 10 years ago that this little number down there has no meaning. That this number is a lie, that this number varies from device to device, from day to day, from minute to minute. Maybe I would have saved myself years of pursuing the impossible. In a lie. And so will you, "Doll wrote.
Towards the end of the post, Doll shares the positive turn that has taken place in her life.
"And here I am today. In the last year I have been happy over my head, because I stopped chasing the number. I started chasing happiness, freedom, power. When I finally realized, that weight lies to me, that he did not measure anything, that he blinds me, I ended my relationship with him, and just like "In a destructive relationship, I learned to live again. Alone. I began to open up. I realized that only a healthy lifestyle would bring me happiness."
"What is my message to you? Open your eyes. Make a profound change in your habits in life, in your speech to yourself. Strive to be strong and healthy and not thin. And do me a favor? Throw away the weight. It therefore destroys life," Doll concluded the post with a request to her followers.
The brave and revealing post received more than 5,000 likes and hundreds of comments.
"Perfect," industry friend Dolly wrote to Doll, and Dana Zermon added, "Perfect and beautiful."
Many other surfers strengthened Doll's hands and expressed support for the empowering message she was trying to convey: "You are stunning and inspiring to a lot of girls in this situation," they wrote.
"Thank you for the courage and sharing. I also threw the weight away," others added.
Despite the support, there were also those who were less likely to believe Doll's words.
"You look amazing and convey very important messages," wrote a surfer, but added: "On the other hand, you are only concerned with external appearance and still weight. No matter what you say, the fact that you are considered today. I recommend continuing to inspire girls and other women without any post. "In your swimsuit or minimal clothes, because even in these sizes, there are girls who will never come and the look you present is very deceptive to me. Material for thought, beyond that it seems that you are a lovely girl and that you are really going through a deep and meaningful process with yourself."