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Posted on Jul 7th 2011 10:00AM by That's Fit EditorsFiled Under: Motivation
By Hilary Moss for The Huffington Post
Newly-crowned Miss South Carolina Bree Boyce is already on a mission, The State reports.
The 22-year-old dropped 110 pounds over the course of two years before winning last weekend's pageant and, according to her "Eating Healthy and Fighting Obesity" Facebook page, her "goal in life is to inspire all ages to become healthy through good eating habits, exercise and believing in yourself."
In an interview with HeavyUSA, Boyce rattled off the list of different diets she's tried, from Atkins to Weight Watchers, revealing, "What has worked for me the most and long-term, was throwing the diet out of the window."
She also explained how she got involved with all of the waving and smiling:
"The weird thing is, I lost all this weight and someone approached me and they said, 'You know, you should compete in a pageant.' Because pageants have platforms and you can go and speak about and it kind of gives you a microphone I guess, so that you're not just going around saying, 'I lost this weight, this is what you should do, blah, blah, blah ...' It gives you that foot in the door to go into schools and go into organizations. So, I said, 'Why not? Why shouldn't I compete in this pageant?' I think what people find so strange is that I've lost 100 pounds and I compete in pageants and I do a swimsuit competition. People think that's hilarious, that it's so rare. I think that, for me, being in pageants and my goal to become Miss America strikes people as strange because they have this whole thing with beauty pageant contestants. They have to be a certain size and a certain weight, you have to look a certain way, have plastic surgery, but I really want to show young girls and guys that you don't have to be a double-zero."
To continue reading this article and see Bree's incredible before and after transformation, and watch an interview with her, visit The Huffington Post.
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The 22-year-old dropped 110 pounds over the course of two years before winning last weekend's pageant and, according to her "Eating Healthy and Fighting Obesity" Facebook page, her "goal in life is to inspire all ages to become healthy through good eating habits, exercise and believing in yourself."
In an interview with HeavyUSA, Boyce rattled off the list of different diets she's tried, from Atkins to Weight Watchers, revealing, "What has worked for me the most and long-term, was throwing the diet out of the window."
She also explained how she got involved with all of the waving and smiling:
"The weird thing is, I lost all this weight and someone approached me and they said, 'You know, you should compete in a pageant.' Because pageants have platforms and you can go and speak about and it kind of gives you a microphone I guess, so that you're not just going around saying, 'I lost this weight, this is what you should do, blah, blah, blah ...' It gives you that foot in the door to go into schools and go into organizations. So, I said, 'Why not? Why shouldn't I compete in this pageant?' I think what people find so strange is that I've lost 100 pounds and I compete in pageants and I do a swimsuit competition. People think that's hilarious, that it's so rare. I think that, for me, being in pageants and my goal to become Miss America strikes people as strange because they have this whole thing with beauty pageant contestants. They have to be a certain size and a certain weight, you have to look a certain way, have plastic surgery, but I really want to show young girls and guys that you don't have to be a double-zero."
To continue reading this article and see Bree's incredible before and after transformation, and watch an interview with her, visit The Huffington Post.
