A woman who weighed 10st at the age of 10 has finally beaten the bulge by dancing herself slim.

Fed up of being the "fat friend" and mortified by her prom picture, Trinity Wills, 20, vowed to slim down and took to dancing to shimmy and shake away the pounds.

Trinity was double the average weight for a child of her age at 10 and her size spiralled further out of control as she got older.

It wasn't long before Trinity was tipping the scales at 17st 2lbs and struggling to squeeze into a size 22.

Trinity was embarrassed at the prospect of people watching her workout at the gym, so she started doing dance fitness DVDs at home - before choreographing her own routines.

Over four years mechanical engineering student Trinity dropped a whopping seven stone and now weighs 10st 5lbs and can slip into a size 10 with ease.

Trinity, from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, said: "I was too scared to go to the gym in case people laughed at me so I started doing fitness DVDs at home and then choreographing dance routines to my favourite songs.

"It made exercise actually fun and I loved shimmying and shaking and the pounds away. I'm so proud of how far I've come and I'm definitely going to keep dancing.

"I have lost weight but I have gained happiness - and had fun whilst doing it! Dancing is my passion - I'm obsessed now. I'll definitely keep it up."

A woman who weighed a whopping 10st at the age of 10 has finally beaten the bulge by DANCING herself slim. Fed up of being the 'fat friend' and mortified by her prom picture, Trinity Wills, 20, vowed to slim down and took to dancing to shimmy and shake away the pounds. Trinity was double the average weight for a child of her age at 10 - and her size spiralled further out of control as she got older. It wasn't long before Trinity was tipping the scales at 17st  2lbs and struggling to squeeze into a size 22.