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PLT: Behind Closed Doors

"I was told I wasn't plus size enough" - Sonny Turner

PLT: Behind Closed Doors

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🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

This week we're focusing on body positivity and the importance of owning our own bodies. Joining us this week is the gorgeous Sonny Turner. She explains how she's felt the need to 'prove she's plus size' over the years, struggles she's faced being mis-represented in the media, and how she became the incredible model she is today.

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome back to season 7 of PLT Behind Close Doors. I'm your host, Nataliri,

0:16.0

and it's the beginning of the year, and a lot of us would have set those new years fitness

0:19.6

resolutions, and maybe given up on them by now. If that's you, I just want to give you

0:24.4

a huge shout out and say, Hun, give yourself a break, you are perfect the way you are. This

0:30.3

week we felt we could all do some body positivity and self love inspo, and we couldn't think

0:34.9

of anyone more likely to bring this than the gorgeous Sunni Turner. So here she is.

0:40.3

Hi, Natalie. Welcome to the PLT podcast, babe, she's here. Finally, oh god. We're doing

0:49.4

this. It may be remotely, we might not be in person, but we're doing it babe. How have

0:54.1

you been? I mean, you know, ask that this can be as best as possible, you know, we're getting

1:00.6

through it. We're quite actually privileged that we can, you know, just isolate at home.

1:06.4

So can't complain. Oh well, it's so good to have you here. Thank you very much for joining

1:10.4

us. Now Sunni, you've seen firsthand how body image can spot debate in the media. And

1:16.4

one of the most recognisable things you've spoken about is having to prove your plus,

1:21.6

yeah, which is crazy. So let's just start there. What is all of that about? Just explain

1:27.0

that to me. Well, I feel like the fashion industry and then like the real world are completely

1:32.4

different in terms of how they view bodies. So I guess, you know, the 10 plus size is,

1:38.5

is, you know, is what the fashion industry uses to technically describe anyone who's

1:43.2

over a size 10, which we know in the real world, that any like a size 10 size, whatever

1:49.0

is not for size. But you know, the fashion industry has its own ways and you know, it has

1:53.5

its ways of dividing people and layering people. And I guess that's just one of them.

1:58.0

And I've seen you make so many like, I remember one of your TikToks that really sticks my

2:01.9

memory, a TikTok video that you made where you're literally holding up like your gene size,

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