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WEIGHT FOR IT ¡ÆUgly duckling¡Ç who used to gorge on five plates of rice at ONE meal defies bullies by losing eight stone and becoming a beauty queen
Joanna Joseph admitted she was the 'fattest child' in her school

By Rebecca Flood
24th July 2018, 3:55 pm
Updated: 24th July 2018, 4:29 pm

JOANNA Joseph tipped the scaled at 16 stone when she was just 13 and was teased mercilessly at school.

Now 21, Joanna confessed she would gorge on up to five plates of rice at each meal which saw the pounds creep up - but she's now turned her life around.

Joanna, who has Indian heritage, was teased by classmates at her school in Malaysia, and incredibly even the teachers taunted her.

Branded overweight and an ugly duckling, she claims her relatives even joined in the jibes.

The teasing caused her to spiral into depression and she comfort ate.

Joanna said: ''I grew up eating. I could eat five plates of rice in one go.

¡ÈI was 60kg when I was seven years old and the fattest child in pre-school.

''My teachers would taunt me and so would my own friends.

¡ÈI fell into depression because of that and I had no friends to talk to.

¡ÈI only had my diary and music to keep me sane in school.''

She withdrew into the music of Linkin Park and Justin Bieber, but when her 16th birthday came around, Joanna decided it was time for a change.

She swapped her unhealthy eating habits for fruits and vegetables.
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