A woman who was bullied for her dress choice for a wedding is hitting back at the critics.
Liz Krueger, a 31-year-old nutrition and fitness coach from the US, posted a photo of herself on Instagram wearing a tight-fitting mini dress that she wore to her friend’s nuptials last month.
She spoke of how she was bullied by women and how men made unwanted advances on her.
Liz wrote: “If only I knew that choosing this dress for a wedding on a 90 degree day meant so many women would be outrightly rude to me, and even come up behind me slap my ass as I’m standing alone.
“As quote, ‘It was a dare from her friends, bc I was a target.’ And then proceed to spill a full beer spilt down my arm. Just one of maaaaany acts of kindness of the night!”
She’s standing strong after the incident, and took to Facebook to offer advice to women who have been in similar situations.
“Let this be a lesson to everyone. Your actions have consequences. People deserve respect, no matter what they are wearing. When these things happen to you, you have the RIGHT to talk about them, even when the person in the wrong ‘tells you your ‘story’ is BS.’
“Stand up for yourself. Don’t be a quiet lamb. Be confident. Be strong. At the end of the day, know who you are, so when someone (or thousands of people) try to tell you different…you know you’re right and they are wrong,” she continued.
Liz is now promoting the hashtag #KruegerKindess to help end the bullying.
She said: “I’m going to actively make it a priority to do good things for other women, every single day from here on out. Anything as simple as a complimenting a women daily, buying them a coffee/lunch, taking the time to speak to someone who’s in a hard place, volunteering with girls who have been bullied, getting to know women deeper than surface level and making a point myself to not judge a book by its cover on a daily basis.”
She says she has been overwhelmed with the support and positive feedback she has been given.
Liz is researching places in her hometown of Minneapolis for women who’ve been bullied, and is teaming up with local salons to do makeovers to make women feel good about themselves.
Trending video: Dingo puppies at Australian Reptile Park
