When I asked Miss S to write about her boudoir experience with us, she of course said “YES!” When I first read this, it brought me to tears. Miss S’s transformation has been one of the most memorable ones, so I’ve included images from her first and second session so you can see the transformation yourself. Here is her story, written by Miss S herself.
I want to tell you my story on who I am and who I’ve became after my amazing shoot with Monica.
I was married to a man for over 9 years. During that time I gained and lost weight like everyone else. However, I put on 114 lbs up until my separation/divorce. At this time I was severely depressed and unhappy with how my body looked and kept thinking negatively, “how am I ever going to find someone to love this fat ugly body” when in reality I needed to love it first.
A few months passed, and I started coming out of the darkness. After being in the boudoir group for some time, I started changing my way of thinking.
So one night before I got in the shower, I stood in front of my bathroom mirror completely buck skin naked and said to myself “If this is the body I am going to have for the rest of my life, then I need to love it for what it is”. At this time I lost probably 10-15 lbs (you know depression’s other problem).
While enjoying the positive vibes in the group I saw Monica do a boudie call for plus sized women and thought to myself “I need this and I need to help other women love their bodies too” and sent in my email with the requested info and a few days later I booked my very first shoot!!!
Fast forward to the day of the shoot: I was a ball of nerves! I’ve known Monica for a long time so I felt somewhat comfortable partly naked in front of her. If I was ever gonna do a boudoir shoot, I’d be comfortable with her!
As I sat in the chair for hair and makeup, we start chatting and catching up (at this time it’s been at minimum 10 years since I’ve seen her.) once we were about done with either my makeup or hair we switched topics on what I wanted to wear. I brought a few of my things which at this time she was just building the client closet. We select the ones we wanted to use and then we went at it once I was done with getting glammed up.
During the shoot Monica was completely professional and made me incredibly comfortable as expected. When my goddess vibes kicked in I was having the time of my life.
My first shoot was before the same day viewing so I was patiently impatient waiting on my images to be ready.
Once I got them I was blown away. I’ve never done photo shoots for myself in the way that made me feel like I was the most gorgeous woman I’ve ever laid eyes on. It sent my confidence through the roof and I’m proud of myself for stepping out of my comfort zone and putting myself half naked in front of an old friend.
Still to this day I reflect on the time I bared it all for the camera and saw myself as everyone else gets to see me. Since then, I’ve done a total of two shoots and the second was even more epic and life changing. Here we are a little over a month away from my 3rd shoot. It’s as if I’m a snake shedding my past and the bad parts of me to keep reminding myself: I am a goddess and I deserve to love myself more!
Monica has seen me grow as a person from high school to my current life stage. She’s an amazing person packed with so much talent and she continues to grow and learn to be even better than she was before. As a friend and very loyal customer I can’t say enough good things about how she has helped me and so many other women see their inner beauty and bring it to the surface.
Monica I’m beyond proud of your growth and how much you inspire other women to love themselves. Even when it’s so hard.
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