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Warning sign in model’s 12-hour sleep habit
Warning sign in model’s 12-hour sleep habit
Aussie model and Kissed Earth co-founder Rachael Finch was 15 when she established an unhealthy relationship* withher body, describing it asa “rollercoaster journey”.
Warning: This story discusses eating disorders
Now, for the first time, Finch has opened up about how she recovered from an eating disorder during her early days of modelling.
The former Miss Universe said it was when someone told her she would be “perfect” for the runway if she lost 5kg that her body issues began.
Alarm bells started to ring when the then teen was getting 12 hours of sleep each night. While that may sound like a dream, it was a warning sign that something was dangerously wrong.
I was still waking tired. I lost my menstrual cycle for over two years. I look back now and I think, ‘Well, of course [my cycle] wasn’t happening. My body wasn’t functioning the way it needed to. It wasn’t being given what it needed.'
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- Rachael Finch
Finch opened up about her personal journey to help break the stigma around eating disorders and encourage others to seek help.
The mum-of-two told Body + Soul she has been in a better place since having surgery to remove her breast implants, which she did at 17 – to “balance out her body”.
I feel like I’m truly myself. I’m not in any other skin than my own, and that’s a really empowering sensation.
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- Rachael Finch
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