Thank you TEDxWanChai for inviting me to speak at TEDxWanChaiWomen 2015!

I was delighted to be one of the speakers for this amazing event, featured alongside other inspiring personalities and talents.

  • "The trouble is that when it comes to the portrayal of women, the Media doesn’t do NORMAL.  NORMAL in the real world is Size 14 or 16. Normal in the Media is Size Zero."
  • "According to a YouGov poll of 16-30 year old women in Hong Kong, 87% think about their weight all or some of the time."
  • "According to the HK Eating Disorder Association, among women in HK trying to lose weight, 10% are actually underweight and 60% are normal weight."
  • "According to research by Dove, six out of ten girls choose not to do something because they don’t want to draw attention to the way they look including not engaging in classroom debate or even turning up to school at all."
  • "Businesses can help by reviewing their brand ambassadors and who they’re using in their ad campaigns to ensure they reflect and celebrate the diversity of shapes and sizes that make up the human race."
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2015

Written by

The Women's Foundation