STROLLING around the supermarket wearing micro shorts and a skimpy bikini top, Adele Hobkinson knows people are staring at her, but she doesn’t care.
The 41-year-old mum-of-three, who is wearing a bum-bag around her size 22 waist, simply smiles and waves when one customer points and mutters under their breath.
Adele, who is 5ft 5in and tips the scales at 19st, knows with a BMI of 45, she is clinically obese – but she is proud of her curves and determined to show them off.
Adele, from Nottingham, tells The Sun: “People call me an obesity time bomb, but I don’t care.
“Forget fit-fluencers, I’m a fat-fluencer – I am promoting body positivity.
“I’ve reclaimed the word ‘fat’ and am so proud of my curves, so why wouldn’t I show them off?
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“I love going shopping in my micro-bikinis, boob tubes, low-cut dresses and flesh-baring mini skirts.
“In this warm weather I take this hot body and cool off in the frozen-food section or air-conditioned stores.
“I am showing the world what a real body looks like, free of filters and make-up.”
Adele’s ‘fat-fluencing’ has seen her amass a staggering 600,000 followers from all over the world.
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9Across her social media platforms, including Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, her cheeky videos showing her going to the supermarket, McDonald’s, the petrol station or strolling down the street wearing revealing outfits have attracted over 2.5million likes.
Adele says: “We’re told to accept everybody, and I want to show plus size women they shouldn’t be ashamed of their bodies.
“When I pop into a shop for milk or a chocolate bar I am comfortable and living my best life.”
While some women praise her, not everyone has kind things to say.
“I love it when people try to troll me in person or online,” she says.
“Some people have called me a pig and a disgrace, while another said my boobs look like Spaniel ears.
“I love the trolls because they actually bring more fans to my page and help me spark debate and be a body positive advocate.”
Adele, who has been with her long-term partner, retired aerial installer Andy, now 52, for 19 years, says she never wears a bra, preferring a colourful bikini top.
And she has a collection of 25 tops to choose from to house her 42C boobs.
Adele claims men often ogle her in the street, while women praise her for being proud of who she is.
“I have fun with my outfits and am dead proud of my body,” she says.
“My fat-fluencing and body confidence is so successful I get spotted when I am out, and fans ask for selfies and autographs.
“I get marriage proposals from men daily.
“I see skinny women and muscly men wearing significantly less than me when they are shopping, and they get praised.
“I refuse to cover up because I am fat or plus size.
“I won't be subjected to fat discrimination and that’s why I have dedicated my life to being a filter-free fat-fluencer.
“We can only normalise body acceptance by doing, not just by talking about it.”
According to the government’s Obesity Profile, 63.8 per cent of adults aged 18 years and over in England were estimated to be overweight or living with obesity in 2021-2022 – up by 0.5 per cent from 2020-2021.
Adele claims she is incredibly active and fitter than many men and women half her size.
But she hasn’t always been so body confident. From the age of five she was bullied for being a “big girl”.
“By the time I was 12, I was a size 14, and I was size 18 by age 16,” she says.
“I was taunted with names like Fatso and Mrs Blobby.
“The bullying was merciless. It got to the point where I didn’t think I could ever love my body or find a fella.”
But after meeting Andy in December 2003, Adele decided to embrace her fuller figure – and show it off.
“I was wearing tent-like dresses and covering up, but Andy showered me with compliments and loved me for who I was,” she says.
Adele’s body confidence continued to improve after she had her three children – two sons, now aged 16 and 14, and a daughter, 10.
She says: “During each pregnancy I gained weight and found it incredibly hard to lose it.
“Andy encouraged me to embrace my curves and be sexy, not shy.”
Some people have called me a pig and a disgrace, while another said my boobs look like Spaniel ears
When Adele turned 30 she overhauled her wardrobe, replacing her long, modest dresses with sexy, skimpy outfits from Primark, BooHoo and Asda.
On her social media pages, she now shares regular DIY how-to videos, showing people how to build and put up shelves, assemble flat-pack furniture or paint rooms – all while wearing next to nothing.
Adele, who used to work in customer services, also runs a shop selling a random assortment of products from toilet roll to slippers.
“Big girls shouldn’t have to cover up,” she says. “I celebrate my flab and my floppy boobs.
“The power of my fat-fluencing is I show women all over the world it’s good to be body positive and proud.
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“I live to upset the haters. The only way to change people’s opinions is to be brave enough to put yourself and your body out there.
“If I challenge people with my outfits then I am doing my job.”
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