We recently connected with Vanessa Owens and have shared our conversation below.

Vanessa , thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Do you wish you had waited to pursue your creative career or do you wish you had started sooner?

This is a hobby for me but it’s essential to my mental health and happiness. It’s been a dream of mine for a long time. I just never thought it would happen. I wanted to create representation I didn’t have growing up. I’m doing my best physically and mentally and putting so much of my heart into this hobby. I feel like I’m living a life of service in the way that I love and support this community. Being a body positivity model has changed my life. If I’ve helped at least one person on their self-love journey and body positivity/acceptance gross then my heart is fulfilled. One of my biggest regrets is not starting my Instagram sooner.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

This is 100% a hobby of love and community. I don’t consider myself and influencer and my followers are not customers. I have barely made any money doing this but it makes my heart so happy. I get to be creative and have this outlet of fun and support that I’m so grateful for. It’s modeling and food blogging but on my own terms I get to be my own authentic self. I’m just doing whatever I’m mentally and physically capable of and sometimes that’s not a lot but I’m still doing a little bit of something.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

I truly feel like I’m making a difference in others lives while growing into the person I want to be. Having fun with fashion and getting to be creative is so healing and important for myself love journey.
Having to unlearn internalized fat phobia and what that is has been life changing. I wish the same for so many others it’s been a difficult journey especially with a public profile. So much good and so much healing but a lot of cruelty from society regarding my body.

How did you build your audience on social media?

This public profile was a dream that became a reality but it’s about my third or fourth time attempting it. I didn’t feel like I had anything important to say or show. I was scared to take up space in the community. Sometimes I still am.
It can be very hard but at the same time so rewarding. I don’t know if I’m anyone to really give advice I still feel like I don’t know what I’m doing lol.
I started to follow and support accounts that made me happy and everything just kind of fell into place.
I just put myself out there and I keep trying and somehow it’s working. I feel so blessed and I’m so very grateful. I’m nothing without community my friendships and partnerships are priceless. All of this makes me feel like I’m actually doing a little bit of good in the world I never want that to go away. Life can be hard but this makes it easier.
Put yourself out there follow the good follow the light and you’ll end up where you need to go.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: Pumpkinveelovesyou

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Me