The plus-size model and motivational speaker on her journey to self-acceptance and promoting body positivity.
Capetonian Candice Manuel has made it her mission to help South African women accept themselves, no matter what their body type.
The plus-size model, motivational speaker and entrepreneur is well-known for
Embrace Your Curves, a campaign she launched on social media five years ago.
And she s just picked up the 2020 Women of Wonder award for the category I Conquer .
Image: Embrace Your Curves on Facebook @embraceyourcurve
Manuel discusses her journey to body positivity with Sara-Jayne King.
She started modelling at the age of 14, only to be rejected four years later by which time she d developed into a size 10.