THIS woman who was driven to become a six-stone anorexic by bullies has defied them by recovering from her condition and landing her dream of a career in fashion.

Fitness trainer, Em Haas (24), from New Jersey, USA, was only five or six years old when she started getting bullied at school. When family members began comparing her to her sister, the negative comments began sinking into her subconscious, leading her to restrict her food.

Em was a tiny 6st 5Ibs and UK size two when she was just 15-year-old. The more compliments she would get, the more it motivated her to lose more weight. She began skipping meals when she went out with friends, she lied to her parents about her food intake, and she became ‘obsessed’ with getting smaller.

After receiving a shocking diagnosis from her doctors that her body would ‘shut down’ if she kept going the way she was going, Em realised she had to get better. By the age of 17, she reached a healthy weight of 10st and UK size six to eight and was in the fashion industry for six years after, but has since left fashion to pursue fitness.

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