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A woman who became a viral sensation for embracing her belly is now making a fortune eating online for her fans.
The TikTok videos of Antonia Graham (25) from England went viral on the social media app when she started showed off her curves and belly. Antonia was being bullied online about her weight, which prompted her to start posting her curves.
Since posting the body positivity videos the 25-year-old has amassed close to 360 000 followers and garnered 11,1 million likes.
“I struggled hugely with my weight up until last year. I was on yo-yo diets and I even did a five-day water fast in the hopes that I'd lose some weight. I didn’t of course!” Antonia recalls.
“But last year I had a video go viral. It was just me making a joke about my weight and it reached millions of people.
In her most popular video which has 7,6 million likes, Antonia, who has been called “fat” and “morbidly obese”, is filmed sitting on a chair with a printed crop shirt that proudly showcased her belly.
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“Along with the floods of hateful comments there were also comments from thousands of women that looked exactly like me and had found peace in my video and the fact they were not alone with the way they looked,” Antonia told the Daily Star.
The following week the stay-at-home mom of three posted another video in which she revealed to her fans that she now earns £10 000 (R190 000) for eating on camera on the content subscription service, OnlyFans.
“Someone also suggested in the comments I should check out eating on camera and from there I was sucked into the world of feederism. I started eating for a living around about a week after that viral video.”
Antonia now eats meals from McDonald's, KFC and Dominos.
“I eat mostly fast food like McDonald’s and KFC and usually enough to feed a family in one sitting,” she says.
She now works only two days a week and says she manages to keep her video requests PG.
“I eat around 3 000 calories in a meal, and it definitely puts a strain on the body.
“I have been asked to eat three large pizzas from Dominos in one sitting! I had to decline as even I have a stopping point!
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“I charge £10 (R191) per minute for a custom video, and I only work Mondays and Fridays but I do have the luxury of skipping often.
“As I only work as and when I need money I earn below £10k (R191 000) a month, whereas some people in the business earn over £30k (R576 000) a month,” says Antonia.
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Although Antonia has described this as her dream job, she does say that it’s not as glamorous as it may seem to some.
“Unfortunately the job does put a massive strain on your body too.
“I have probably spent thousands of pounds on food to stretch out my stomach enough for this job. You really need to push yourself to the limit,” she says.
She also adds that she doesn’t plan on doing this for the rest of her life.
Sources: Daily Mail, The Sun, Daily Star, Bolde
