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| Victoria Christensen, who weighs 22 stone, has fulfilled a childhood dream by being crowned a beauty queen |
A girl cruelly nicknamed ‘garbage disposal’ at school has fulfilled a childhood dream by being crowned a beauty queen weighing more than 308lbs (22st).
Victoria Christensen, 23, grew up in awe of girls on television competing in the Miss America pageant every year and even had to witness her slim sisters regularly scooping regional beauty awards.
But now after suffering years of verbal abuse at the hands of bullies due to her size, brunette Victoria has finally decided to ignore her critics and pursue her dreams.
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| After suffering years of verbal abuse at the hands of bullies due to her size, Victoria has finally decided to ignore her critics and be happy |
Determined that her size wouldn’t get in the way of her beauty pageant dreams she entered Miss Plus America, a beauty pageant specifically for the larger lady.
And despite not winning the national title, Victoria was crowned Mrs.
Utah Plus America 2012 and with it gained the confidence boost to be proud of her curves.
She said: 'I used to watch the Miss America pageant as a child and wished I could be one of those girls.
'I had decided that I was never going to be skinny enough or pretty enough to do that so year after year I would watch them and continue to wish.
'At school people commonly called me fat and "fatty" - the worst was "garbage disposal" because people thought I ate too much.
‘But I don’t remember anything more than that because I’ve tried to let them go and remove any negative forces in my life.
