Former anorexic blasts image-altering apps and warns they give a false idea of perfection
Megan Jayne Crabbe wants to promote body positivity
A WOMAN who battled anorexia has warned how dangerous apps which alter appearance are, posting pictures of herself digitally changed by one which make her feel “sick”.
Megan Jayne Crabbe, 23, is from Essex and proudly calls herself a “recovered anorexic” on her website .
Now she’s taking a stand against apps which let people alter the way they look, insisting being able to digitally slim your thighs or shrink your waist is horrifying.
“A few clicks. That's all this took,” she .
“5 minutes on a 'Perfect Body' app to make myself the size I always wanted to be, the size that fills our TV screens and magazines, the size people die for.
“5 minutes to drop 3 dress sizes, grow a few inches, shrink my waist, lift my breasts and slim my thighs.
“It even made my face thinner and brighter. A few clicks.
“I used to dream of this, pulling myself to pieces and moulding my perfect body.
“Now the fact that this stuff even exists makes me sick.
“Some people might see a harmless app, I see more lies, more manipulation, more lessons that shrinking ourselves makes us closer to 'perfect'.”
Megan explains this ‘perfect’ body she was able to get online isn’t real, so there’s no way it should be held up as an ideal.
She encourages people to accept their flaws and embrace what makes them unique.
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It’s a message which has gone down a storm with her followers, as the post has already racked up over 8,000 likes.
Megan regularly posts about her recovery on her blog, revealing that it took her a long time to accept her body the way it is now.
“For a long time I truly believed I was the only recovered anorexic turned chubby girl in the world,” she explained.
“The one who nearly died for thin and now couldn't even stick to a diet.
“It seemed as if all life would ever be was cycles of starvation and disgust with myself when I couldn't keep it up.
“For a long time I truly believed I wasn't worth saving, I wasn't worth a thing.”
Things are better now, which she puts down to her determination to be body positive.
Megan now preaches the message on her Instagram account, where she is also honest about her body.
As proof, she posted an image of herself for an underwear advertising campaign alongside one of how she looks in her day-to-day life.
She captioned it: “Because if you're gonna see the posed, polished, professional version, I'm sure as hell gonna make sure you see this one too.
“Embracing my belly rolls, celebrating my softness.”
