Body confidence group hope to remind people the festival has always been a celebration of freedom
hen the dance instructor and body confidence advocate Trina Nicole was asked to describe the decades of vibrant, eclectic and feather-filled memories she has collected from“Carnival was a space where I felt like I could be free, feel liberated and feel comfortable in my body,” Nicole, 32, said. “For me, Notting Hill carnival was the first place where I got to experience and see so much diversity.”
It is this sense of liberation that Nicole, a body inclusivity champion, hopes to replicate for others with the creation of the carnival’s first dedicated space for plus-size women. “I love the fact that Caribbean Sessions had options for different body types and it’s something not to take for granted because not all bands actually offer that,” she said.
For Nicole, those online discussions around body image are somewhat reminiscent of the sense of exclusion she experienced as a teenager. “Growing up, I was always the bigger one in my friendship group and so I always really struggled with my overall body image, with my self-esteem and overall confidence. I would shrink myself a lot, I would not put myself forward for things,” she said.
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