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It is a free newsletter available at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-worth-2026q3/newsletters?i=ed956b57-0077-4a22-ba80-428194290b11&cr=time-nl-worth-2026q3-v1)  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Apr 3, 2014 4:38 PM UTC  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Apr 3, 2014 4:38 PM UTC One curvy woman stripped down on Hollywood Boulevard to protest the way L.A. thinks about bodies. Amani Terrell, who weighs 260 lbs, strutted down Hollywood Boulevard in a brightly colored bikini to prove she has nothing to hide. “You cannot seek validation from other people. The world is very cruel,” Terrell told [Fox43](http://fox43.com/2014/04/03/plus-size-woman-struts-her-bikini-body-down-hollywood-blvd-2/#axzz2xprBAYBV). “You must seek validation within yourself and be kind to yourself.” She also says she’s trying to fight the idea that bigger women always feel bad about their bodies. “There’s a misconception that big women have low self-esteem. I don’t have low self-esteem.” \[[FOX](http://fox43.com/2014/04/03/plus-size-woman-struts-her-bikini-body-down-hollywood-blvd-2/#axzz2xprBAYBV)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/48492/watch-this-plus-size-woman-strut-down-hollywood-boulevard-in-a-bikini/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/48492/watch-this-plus-size-woman-strut-down-hollywood-boulevard-in-a-bikini/"},"headline":"Watch this Plus-Size Woman Strut Down Hollywood Boulevard in a Bikini","datePublished":"2014-04-03T16:38:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:28.822Z","description":"She wants to change the entertainment industry's perception of larger women","url":"https://time.com/48492/watch-this-plus-size-woman-strut-down-hollywood-boulevard-in-a-bikini/","keywords":["Living","Newsfeed","Body Image","beauty","Hollywood","los angeles"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/48492/watch-this-plus-size-woman-strut-down-hollywood-boulevard-in-a-bikini/","name":"Watch this Plus-Size Woman Strut Down Hollywood Boulevard in a Bikini"}}]}] ```