‘Love Your Thighs Day’: 7 Famous Black Women Who’ve Shared Their Struggles With Body Image - Page 6
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J.D. Jones
6. Brandy Norwood, 46
Brandy Norwood had fame as a teenage singer and actress starring in her own sitcom, Moesha. But during the ’90s, Brandy suffered from eating disorders.
She told Behind the Music in 2012, “I wanted to be so thin. That was my main thing. So I started not taking care of myself—not eating properly, not eating at all, diet pills, regurgitating, and all of these things that girls do. People don’t understand that being the hottest star or making the most money does not mean anything,” she shared. “I’m here to tell you I was making so much money—I was omnipresent—and I was the unhappiest teenager probably in the world.”
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