Whitney Thore Becomes Rising Star With ‘My Big Fat Fabulous Life’ & Talks Weight, PCOS & Joy [Video]

Whitney Thore loves life, and wants to help others do the same. And as one of the rising stars in the reality TV world, Whitney has charmed viewers with her hot new TLC show, My Big Fat Fabulous Life, where she dishes on topics ranging from the F word (fat) to the challenges of shedding pounds due to her health condition, PCOS, to dating.

But above all, Thore wants to encourage the world to stop body-shaming and embrace joy, reported Fox News. Rather than feel embarrassed by the word “fat,” Whitney accepts it in the same way as her height and hair shade.

“I think that fat is a really dirty word in our society and it shouldn’t be any more than you can be tall; you can be short, or brunette or blonde. It’s just a physical descriptor.”

And hence the title of her show, which juxtaposes being fat with fabulous. Thore points out that she has many positive attributes that are not diminished by her size.

“I want to be an example to everyone to say that I’m fat but I’m also fabulous. I’m intelligent. I have a lot of contributions to offer the world and none of them are taken away just by the fact that I’m fat,” asserted Whitney.

Thore also discussed her “No Body Shame” campaign, and pointed out that many people struggle with feeling embarrassed for various reasons. Whitney wants everyone, regardless of their issues, to learn to embrace happiness.

“We all have something if it’s not their weight, it could be a chronic illness, disability, race, gender, sexuality, and people try to make us feel ashamed about those things. I realized that happiness is here now in the body that we have now and the life that we have now, and there’s going to be a lot of resistance to that but if you don’t fight for your happiness the only person who loses is you.”

When it comes to her own health, Whitney also wants to help others understand her condition, which is PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome), reported Redbook.

“When I first got diagnosed with PCOS at age 23, I had never even heard of [the condition],” admitted Thore.

One in every 10 women have PCOS, revealed Whitney, and she originally had symptoms in her teens. However, it wasn’t until her post-college years that Thore was accurately diagnosed. For Whitney, PCOS meant a sudden weight gain, hair loss, and facial hair.

“Bearding, balding, and being fat,” summed up Thore of PCOS.

Since her diagnosis, Whitney has learned that she is not alone. And Thore also discovered that she could make a difference in the world, in particular her “Fat Girl Dancing” videos, which went viral. That resulted in her My Big Fat Fabulous Life show.

Using her platform, Whitney hopes to continue to make a difference as Season 2 of her show continues. As the Inquisitr reported, Thore recently responded to “Dear Fat People,” a video created by Nicole Arbour that many labeled as fat-shaming and bullying.

While Nicole responded to the social media backlash by insisting that she wasn’t bullying or body-shaming, Whitney’s response pointed out that just by looking at someone, no one can tell if that individual has a medical condition or is struggling with an emotional issue such as depression or anxiety.

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