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Jacqueline Jossa hits back after being branded a plus-size model saying ‘I’m like size 12’
JACQUELINE Jossa hits back after being branded a plus-size model saying, "I'm like a size 12".
The I'm A Celebrity winner, 27, denied she was a plus-size model after she received messages from angry fans about the subject.
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Jacqueline - who has a clothing line with In The Style - said she considers herself neither "plus-size or a model".
Speaking on Instagram, she said: "Yesterday I got quite a few DMs of people saying to me, 'You're not plus-sized, why do you call yourself plus-sized. I'm much bigger than you, how do you think that makes me feel?'
"Understood. I don't call myself plus sized. I'm not plus-sized. I'm like size 12."
She continued: "[An article] said I am embracing my new plus-sized model body or whatever it was. One, I'm not a model. Two, I'm not a plus-sized model. I think they basically took what I said out of context from a story about four months ago.
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"So I basically responded to another article about four months ago saying, 'Oh I keep getting called plus sized. That's not something I thought I was or something that needed to be addressed'.
She then clarified her position on the phrase - and rejected being labelled it.
The former EastEnders star continued: "I don't see myself as plus sized, I'm not a plus-sized model.
"But if people want to call me plus-sized, then I'm fully here for it, because there's nothing wrong with being a slightly larger woman, or slightly smaller, whatever it is.
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"People just take things too seriously and people put words into your mouth. I don't ever call myself a plus-sized model nor do people I know. I'm not a plus sized model, of course I'm not. I'm not a model!"
She added: "I hate the word the plus-sized, I really do, I think it's really sh*t.
"I'm a size 12 and I don't claim to be something different. I am not ashamed of how I look. I like my size 12 body and I like my size 14 a***, it is what it f***ing is. I'm here for it.
"Would I like to be slimmer? Probably. Can I not eat pancakes for breakfast? No. Swings and roundabouts."
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The original quotes date back to July when Jacqueline thanked fans for their support when she uploaded some unedited images of herself in Ibiza.
She said at the time: "The truth is I don't care I'm not a model size eight. I did used to be. I absolutely loved being size eight but now I'm a size 12, sometimes size 14 in bottoms because of my big legs and bum.
"That's actually okay, because I've never seen it as plus-size.
"Everyone should feel comfortable in their own skin. It makes me feel really sad that there's people out there who think they can't post bikini shots because they have a few rolls or they're a bigger size than somebody else is."
She added: "I never really had a huge problem with being bigger. I really do just think you are who you are. I hate the word plus size, but if I am plus size I'm here for it."
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