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Charli Howard, a succesful model, always felt like the only one who struggled with anxiety and self-esteem issues when everyone around her seemed to fit in. When she was fired by her agency for being "too big", she decided she´d had enough. She spoke out about the insane standards of the modelling industry. Here, she shares her journey, from anorexic teenager to happy, healthy twenty-something.

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´Hilarious and a timely look at women and our bodies´ Juno Dawson

´Honest, rebellious and completely refreshing´ Fearne Cotton

Charli Howard grew up thinking that she wasn´t good enough. She wasn´t pretty enough. She wasn´t rich enough. She wasn´t thin enough. Fitting in wasn´t exactly easy.

Looking at the smiling girls in magazines, she came to the obvious conclusion: to be accepted, she has to be ´perfect´. She had to be a model.

But what magazines don´t tell you is that you can´t Photoshop your problems away (and they can Photoshop a lot).

So, when you´re the thinnest you´ve ever been, your agency fires you, and you´re battling anxiety and an eating disorder to boot, how do you get through it?

You get angry, go viral and discover that, after all that, you´re not alone. At least that´s what Charli did.

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A thoughtful, honest and articulate voice for teenage girls
The Observer

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Howard, Charli
Charli Howard is a model and body positivity ambassador. When she was fired for her size by her modelling agency, she wrote a powerful letter to her agents which went viral, and has used that platform to create The All Woman Project, a charity which goes into schools to educate about body image and mental health issues.

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