I’m a confident plus-size girl – trolls call me a whale & men are intimated by me, but I won’t stop showing off my body
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A PLUS size woman with oodles of confidence says her larger-than-life personality intimidates her boyfriends. Gwen Adora is a curvy model who has received her fair share of criticism from former beaus - as well as random members of the public. But the 29-year-old says she’s happy the way she is and she has no plans to tone down her authentic nature.
![[Gwen said trolls don't bother her because haters are just projecting]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ive-creating-body-positive-content-959641510.jpg?strip=all&w=411)
“The men I've dated have appreciated my body, but my strong sense of self ends up intimidating them,” Gwen, from Toronto, Canada, told NeedToKnow. “Most men do not work to build a true sense of self, but rather outwardly project an ideal version of themselves.
![[The curvy influencer has been called a 'whale' by haters]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ive-creating-body-positive-content-959641464.jpg?strip=all&w=440)
“They thrive when their female partners are looking to them for direction because they are able to avoid being seen for the lack of depth they have. “These men need to distract themselves with someone else's identity instead of their own. “My sense of self, my body positivity, is a threat to that.”.
![[Gwen explained why the comments help her in the long run]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ive-creating-body-positive-content-959641509.jpg?strip=all&w=410)
Gwen says she also receives hate online, especially on Instagram where she has 95,100 followers. She said: “Comments are just pixels on a screen, and the people writing them have no idea what kind of life I actually live. “My confidence isn't created by other people - I create it myself.
![[Gwen said her confidence intimidates men sometimes]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ive-creating-body-positive-content-959641512.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
Despite her confidence, Gwen admits there are some days the hateful comments get to her, but she tries to remind herself trolls are "simply projecting based on how they view themselves.". Gwen has also had to deal with some extreme reactions to her body.
