Below Deck star Hayley De Sola Pinto is stripping off for Playboy and has spoken exclusively to Daily Star about how her stint on the Bravo reality show helped her body confidence.
She told us: “Oh my god, to feel body confident is really quite special for a woman. We tend to absolutely despise our bodies – I’ve never been skinny, I’ve always had a curvy body and actually, that’s something that I get complimented on, from Below Deck.”
“On Below Deck, fans would say: ‘It’s nice to see a full figured woman,’ obviously I’ve had a bit of hate but actually, mostly people compliment me. It’s not the reason I feel confident, but it’s helped me along this journey.”
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The redhead admitted that she didn’t expect to have such a kind reception after she appeared on the show back in season ten.
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“Being told you look amazing on TV, your body is beautiful, they’re all things I wasn’t actually expecting to hear. I thought: ‘Oh god, I’m going to get so much negative feedback for the way I look,’ everyone else that was filming the show with me was tiny, size eight.”
“I thought I’d look like a whale compared to all of them! But, that being said, when I watched it I thought: ‘I actually look alright!’ Watching yourself on TV, yeah you can get some bad angles, but mostly I was quite happy with how I looked.”
(Image: hayleydesolapinto/Instagram)
Hayley said entering the world of reality TV “can go two ways” and admitted it has “helped her feel incredibly confident”.
“I’m 34 now and I had breast implants two years ago, that made me feel a hell of a lot sexier. My surgery has healed and it’s all very natural looking, my boobs, they fit me and my body shape. I’m in proportion now, I think. That’s made me feel sexier!”
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“It’s women telling me that they are in awe of my personality and they love me on the show. I’m confident, I’ve inspired them and it’s lovely to see a real person on television that they can relate to.”
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