Model Brooklyn Decker has revealed how she succumbed to the pressure of modelling as a young girl and tried “crazy diets” in order to be thin.
The 23-year-old American told US magazine Self in their February issue about her experience starting out as a young model and how it made her feel about her body.
“When I moved to New York, I was always with other aspiring models,” she said.
“There were bingers and purgers, and everyone watched each other eat. It freaked me out.
“I did juice fasts and crazy diets and ended up gaining weight. My father did an intervention and got me to stop obsessing about everyone else and wrecking my body.”
The gorgeous model, who stars in Adam Sandler’s new movie Just Go with It, said as a young girl she couldn’t wait to have curves, but this desire was lost when she started modelling.
“When I was younger, I was insecure about being gangly and having no shape,” she said.
“People made fun of me and called me a boy. I remember praying for boobs and a butt. Luckily, I grew into myself and got curves, but when I was first modelling, I wished for that boyish Gisele body again.”
The Sports Illustrated cover girl says she now has a positive approach to eating and doesn’t pressure herself too much when it comes to diets.
“Eating is more fulfilling if you talk about what you should eat rather than what you shouldn’t,” she said.
“Instead of worrying about what foods might have too much fat or sugar, think, ‘Oh, I should eat these blueberries for the antioxidants’.”
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