Wednesday, July 08, 2015

Nude Female Athletes Preach Body Love On ESPN's Cover

Amanda Bingson, USA track and field hammer thrower, is featured on one of the 2015 Body Issue's six covers. "I'll be honest, I like everything about my body," Bingson told ESPN. "You might be prettier and skinnier than me, but I'll kick your ass in a game of one-on-one."

Bingson has a positive relationship to her body, but that doesn't mean she's never faced hardship. "I got kicked off my high school volleyball team because I was too fat," she said. "I was definitely the tallest and biggest girl all the way through high school. In middle school, I was about 175. Throughout high school, I played around 175, all the way up to 200. When I got to college, I stayed at about 200 pounds. And now I fluctuate between 210 and 215. But I embrace it. I love myself."

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