A MUM has revealed how she’s defeated her arch-enemy – her hairy double chin.
Debbie weighs in at 20st and confessed that she has always hated her looks and curves.
Top of the list of her pet peeves was her double chin, and she’d take steps to make sure no-one else saw it.
Now she’s learned the key to defeating the enemy that’s dogged her for years is just being at peace with how she looks.
Debbie, 52, said: “I used to be so embarrassed about my double chin.
“It's the last thing to go if I lose weight and the first thing to expand if I put it on.
“I'd delete every photo that showed it and in selfies I'd hold the phone high and look up so it wouldn't be seen.
“I still do that but now I’ll also post pictures online that happen to capture my chins. At the end of the day it’s part of me and I don’t think they’re going away any time soon.”
The single mum has spent most of her life thinking she was frumpy and ugly.
But everything changed for her when she signed up to dating apps for the first time after her marriage collapsed.
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She was amazed to discover that she was suddenly hot property with guys desperate to date her.
Debbie ended up in a relationship with a toyboy aged 28 who adored her size 26 curves and taught her to appreciate them too.
He even bought her an unusual gift to make his point.
She said: “He is very open about only finding plus size women attractive and really made me embrace my size. He hated it when I didn't show my double chin in pictures.
“So he had a photo of my face, complete with chin, enlarged onto a large canvas.
“It now has pride of place in my bedroom to show me I can still look beautiful even with extra chins.”
Over the years Debbie has learned that most people don’t like their bodies and struggle with how they look.
She’s now clocked up thousands of followers on Intagram under her alter ego Curlywoo.
And she proudly promotes the message that no woman is ever past her prime.
Debbie is determined to get everyone to accept that they are beautiful with loads to offer.
She added: “We are all queens and goddesses in our own way.
“Some of the unhappiest women I know are slim but they are so obsessed with not even putting on a pound that they never enjoy their life.”
Part of her mission was coming to terms with her own size 26 curves and the rest of her looks.
She added: “I accept my ever increasingly hairy chin and my disappearing eyebrows.
“I also accept my greying roots, the lines under my eyes and my facial mole which seems to have spawned a baby.
“I'm nearly 53 and a single mother with two wonderful children.
“I have an amazing supportive network of friends, neighbours and family. I work full time and I own my own house. I have so much to be happy, proud and grateful for. What's a double chin and a saggy belly to all that? Absolutely nothing?”
Debbie, from the West Midlands, also has some words of wisdom for other women who hate how they look.
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She said: “Ignore those that try to put you down. Love and accept yourselves, your flaws and your body. Be kind, be grateful, be happy and be proud!
“We are all queens, we all deserve to be treated like goddesses!”
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