Kamloops quarter-finalist in Maxim Australia cover model contest encouraging body positivity
KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops resident is now one of three Canadians left in an international contest to be featured as a cover model for Maxim Australia.
Emily Collins, 33, is a mother of three, and works at the Westsyder Pub in Kamloops. After exiting a damaging relationship, Collins says she has been focused on rebuilding her life and family.
When the Maxim Australia opportunity came up, Collins says she saw it as a way to regain confidence in her appearance, and be an example to other women struggling with poor self-image or a harmful relationship.
“The competition has just been over a month now, and I’ve had past friends, people from high school who I haven’t spoken to in 15 years and even strangers message me and tell me they’re inspired by me and that reading my story has definitely empowered them and helped give them some confidence to start to move past bad relationships, or to get out there and be their own advocate,” she explains. “It’s really rewarding to know that being vulnerable and sharing my story publicly is helping other women to have the confidence to move forward in their lives, too.”
