💥 Here SHE is 💥 My spread in @maxim_newzealand@maximmag Australia Magazine. I am overwhelmed with pride and emotion as I share this incredible milestone - the first #Ostomate to be featured in the pages of Maxim Magazine. The February issue is now out - this is more than a magazine feature to me; it’s a celebration of authenticity and the triumph of self-acceptance with an Ileostomy. It’s a moment to embrace all I have overcome and fight for, and a time for our Ostomy Community to see what we can accomplish despite our fears.
For 15 years, I hid my #Ostomy, but now I DO NOT. I stand unapologetically, authentically me. This journey has been both challenging and empowering, filled with moments of doubt and courage. To those who have been a part of this transformative era, I love you all so much, your support has been my anchor and I would not be here without it. 🤍
To anyone who has ever felt the need to hide a part of themselves, you are not alone. I share my story to inspire you to boldly chase your dreams and never let ANYTHING get in the way. This isn’t just about my triumph; it’s about my entire IBD and Ostomy community and all we strive to advocate for.
Here’s to breaking barriers together 🙏🏻
Xox - From a gal with no booty hole 🤍
📸 A massive thank you to the Maxim team for capturing a moment I will always remember @maxim_aus@maxim_newzealand@destinationmaxim@rockybatchelor@hoteltikitiki@19zero3@preptulum
Me and LIV, and a filled bulging LIV, are in @people Magazine 😭🩵 This truly feels like a win for my community, growing up and reading this publication never seeing anyone I could relate to, and now I get to be that role model 🤍 I usually come here and I have so much to say and this time I’m left with no words not because I have nothing to express, but because I have so much to say that my mind literally can’t wrap itself around all the thoughts and put it in an organized message.
Growing up suffering for so many years all cause I was different, never in 1 million years would I have thought that this would be my journey. That I would have done all I have for my community, that I would be living out loud, healing publicly, putting myself on the fore front all for the betterment of others ❤️🩹
Never did I think that I would be a Miss Universe Canada 2025 delegate, walked multiple runways, wear clothing that shows my ostomy. Never did I think when I was fighting the most struggling times of my life physically and mentally of Crohn’s disease and getting an Ostomy, that I would live to experience all I have.
Thank you so much @people and Tereza for being a voice in my mission of normalizing Ostomies and creating a safe space to talk about Poop. There is no TMI, in my community, let’s keep going ⚡️🤍🙏🏻💩 #Crohns #Ostomy #Advocate #NoLimits #PeopleMagazine
Me, my bag and mine (last slide hehe) ❤️🔥 I’ll be on the runway with my tortilla if you need me. Snippets from such a memorable night walking for @signature.collegelasalle for so many reasons 💭 I think I’ll choose the bag life over what the other option was over and over again. Thanks to @joe.sk for the sickest digis 🤟🏼 #Ostomy #crohnsdisease #explorepage #ileostomy #relatable
REPRESENTATION IS NEEDED. PERIOD. 🤍 It shows it’s okay to be different. Yes, this may upset some people, people who don’t understand and think it’s gross, but that’ll never stop me from doing it for the people it inspires to love every part of themselves, even the ones we can’t change 🫶🏼 #ostomy #crohnsdisease #explorepage #ileostomy #relatable
Every time i step onto a runway, another piece of me heals, because bodies with Ostomies deserve to be seen and don’t need to hide 🫶🏼 Walking for @signature.collegelasalle for a 3rd season, the looks designed and built by the graduating class are always so mind blowing. Honoured to help bring them to life with a sparkle of diversity, the looks this year were SO risqué and I was so here for it, cause life is about taking the good risk sometimes and discovering the beauty that comes out of it 🧚🏻 Thank you @collegelasalle for being a leader in the fashion industry and having a diverse model lineup 🤏🏼 This is what previous versions of me needed to know she’d be okay. Lace look @elisha.c.michael@caitlin.mcelligott MUA @ewwwwmakeup Tan @45avetan #ostomy #crohnsdisease #explorepage #ileostomy #relatable
Sometimes the hardest part of chronic illness isn’t what hurts physically, it’s how much of yourself you learn to hide just to make other people comfortable. I spent years thinking being “low maintenance” meant i was handling things well. In reality, i was carrying everything alone. There’s a difference between surviving quietly and actually feeling supported. If this Mental Health Awareness month reminds you of anything, i hope it’s this: emotional support is needed too and doesn’t make you less for needing it 💚 #HollisterOstomyPartner #ileostomy #explorepage #crohnsdisease #chronicillness
I mean wouldn’t that be wonderful and save so much money, if only ostomy gas could work this way I would have unlimited supply, seriously never seen prices this high 🤣 lol at the hand wave at the end - if you know you know 🤫🤣 #ostomy #crohnsdisease #explorepage #ileostomy #relatable
My favorite ostomy party trick imo 🫶🏼 no bathroom intermission required 🤭 (mm loves doing my silly little videos with me and takes it so seriously, love language to me 🥹)This dress made me feel like a ostomy fairy queen 🧚🏻 #ostomy #crohnsdisease #explorepage #ileostomy #relatable
A night to celebrate and give to the kids, so in child style, we got bratty and had fun 🫶🏼🎈✨ Attending the 25th edition of Bal des tannants as a @fondationduchildren ambassador means showing others kiddies that there can be light at the end of a tunnel that sometimes feels never ending, and they are the rarest form of a superhero 🦸♀️Being surrounded by my closet support circle meant everything (mm’s first gala with me), safe to say dad had a blast, and also loved LIV’s new bestie (last slide HAS me). 🤣 dress @fitzroyrentals purse @re.tyche hair @styled.by.krystina nails @nailmorphosisbylex #ostomy #crohnsdisease #explorepage #ileostomy #relatable
Never been so obssesed with a look, getting dolled up used to be something that was so challenging and I would overthink so much, does my bag show and how can I access it to go bathroom. Here’s your sign to put that dress on, you deserve it 🤍 Thank you @fitzroyrentals for getting me Gala ready for one of the most important foundations to my heart @fondationduchildren ✨ If you have a wedding or special occasion coming up, they have so many stunning styles available for rent for 4 or 8 days, ship across Canada, and the process is so easy!!! #ostomy #crohnsdisease #explorepage #ileostomy #relatable
Actually … Living my life with an ostomy is the most normal thing ever, it’s my normal, and if showing how you can live a fulfilled life helps 1 person, then that’s what really matters. 🤍 IM SO EXCITED TO SHOW YOU GUYS THE DRESS AND BAG (comment which was your fave!!!) ✨🫶🏼 P.S whoever here is not from Canada and never had @timhortons the ice caps are heavan and WAKE ME UP ☕️ 🧊 #ostomy #crohnsdisease #explorepage #ileostomy #relatable
