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Amanda's Breaking Free Journey

I have been working on breaking out of my shell for what feels like forever. Living in a body that is not considered society’s standard of beauty ...

Ethiana's Breaking Free Story

From a young age, I always struggled with my body image and hated how people constantly told me how tiny I was. I have always been an active girl b...

Laura's Breaking Free Story

It started back in 2017, when I got heavy into fitness and decided I wanted to transform my physique. When I did the research to see what I needed...

Alisha's Breaking Free Story

I always remember feeling very uncomfortable with my body. From a young age I was constantly concerned with covering up, and whether what I was we...

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Elizabeth's Breaking Free Story

"Growing up in Hawaii, one of the things I had a love-hate relationship with was the small size of the community because "small" also meant it inc...

Amanda's Breaking Free Story

Growing up, I was always that skinny girl. Although, I felt everyone had a judgement against them in some sense. You’re too skinny, you’re too cur...

Natasha's Breaking Free Story

"Growing up I was always incredibly insecure. I remember when I was young and noticing how much smaller all the girls in my class seemed to be comp...

Samantha's Breaking Free Story

“Ever since I first heard of the launching of Xel Swimwear I was immediately obsessed. I have never personally been the one to flaunt around in a ...

Cieara's Breaking Free Story

"I took a leap of faith when I bought my Xel Swimwear suit since I’d previously never felt comfortable wearing a bright red piece of swimwear, or ...

Hannah's Breaking Free Story

"Social media can be very misleading. I have had a continuous battle with body image and have always been self-conscious of my body – particularly ...

Abigail's Breaking Free Story

"Confidence is something we all struggle with and it doesn’t come easy to feel free and beautiful every day. I honestly always struggled to feel co...