Essence Magazine:
By Victoria Uwumarogie ·Updated March 17, 2022
Dawn Elizabeth Smith was always overweight. And while she was confident, anytime people brought up her weight, it was a sore spot. She knew early on she needed to make a change.
“I was always emotional. I always wore my feelings on my sleeve,” she tells ESSENCE. “I told myself, if I stay like this I won’t be successful at anything if I always
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