I Went on National TV in Lingerie—It Changed What Body Positivity Meant to Me

For years, I was self-conscious about my body. Even when I was my smallest (a size 8), I'd spend vacations at the beach with a towel covering my stomach and thighs. So never in a thousand years did I think I'd be half-naked on TV. But a few months ago—at size 14—I did just that.