Fat shamed as a child, make-up became her therapy

Ms Mary Victor works with swimsuit, skincare and other retail brands to promote campaigns that show all kinds of "normal" bodies. ST PHOTO: YONG LI XUAN
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SINGAPORE - Once an advocate, make-up artist Mary Victor, 24, has since distanced herself from the body positivity movement.

In 2019, when she was 22, she launched #thebodywithin on Instagram as a social media movement, kicking off with a conceptual photography series, where she wore a dress made of aluminium, symbolising a metallic shield.

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