Lisa Snowdon 'embraces fuller figure' at 50 after being bullied in her teens
20.08.2022 - 10:39
/ ok.co.uk
Don’t tell Lisa Snowdon to go on a diet. Celebrity MasterChef’s newest recruit loves her food and loves her natural curves even more – and has done since she was a teenage model. “They wanted me to lose weight from my boobs,” recalls Lisa of one model agent in Milan.
“I was like, ‘I don’t understand.’ It’s not like I can tell my body just to lose weight from my breasts. Even at 19, I knew this was wrong. I was away from home and they wanted me to lose weight, and food is comfort for me.
“I was in Milan living with a roommate cooking pasta and going out for pizza. That’s when I first discovered latte macchiatos and brioches and sitting in cafés eating – that’s living! So I was like, ‘What am I supposed to do – be miserable and starve myself?’ That has never sat well with me.” She’s fresh from filming Celebrity MasterChef, which was as “intense” as it was fun, alongside Strictly Come Dancing’s Katya Jones, actor Ryan Thomas, TV presenter and actor Adam Pearson and drag performer Kitty Scott-Claus. “I had to think twice before saying yes,” she admits.
“It’s such an iconic show, I was really nervous, but I would have regretted it otherwise. I love eating, it’s one of my main pleasures in life, so if nothing else I knew I was going to learn some new skills. “A few things went wrong, but it’s all learning isn’t it? Let’s just say nobody died!” A child of the 70s, Lisa, 50, describes her culinary upbringing as “basic” at best.
“It was never really a major culinary experience at home,” she laughs. “There were a lot of potato waffles, crispy pancakes and boil-in-the-bag cod.” Prior to her modelling days, Lisa, who lives in Essex with fiancé George Smart, was bullied for being thin. “I’ve got thick skin because I was bullied for
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