SARAH ROUT: I see my modelling career going
as far as I want it to go. There is a lot I’ve got planned.
SARAH ROUT: I’ve been modelling for seven
years now. I’m confident of my curves, I’m proud of my curves. Yeah, pretty much confident
in everything I do.
COMM: Sarah Rout revels in her status as a Big Beautiful Woman.
SARAH ROUT: I want to do a biographic book.
I want to bring out a perfume and other sort of stuff like key rings and posters and stuff.
COMM: But she wasn’t always this size.
SARAH ROUT: I started gaining weight after
my first pregnancy with my first child and then I had a bit of difficult relationship.
I was really depressed and I then started eating a lot from there. I weigh about 28
stone and my dress size is about 30.
COMM: Sarah’s weight comes with potentially
fatal medical problems.
SARAH ROUT: I worry about my weight a lot.
I’ve been to the doctors and they have said that I’m probably at risk of a heart attack
and so… TONY ROUT: And diabetes.
SARAH ROUT: And diabetes. TONY ROUT: Yeah.
SARAH: I’m suffering with sleep apnea at the moment so I’ve got to go to the hospital
to sort my monitor, sleep monitoring, out. So, I’d have to probably sleep with a machine
to help me breath.
TONY ROUT: I’ve had to take on the role
of a bit of a carer. Drying yourself after a shower and getting sort of certain areas
is quite difficult at times. It has a massive impact on day to day life.
COMM: In a bid to lose weight, Sarah has joined a sliming group.
SARAH ROUT: I have porridge for breakfast
or I have like egg on toast or muesli or something. Then usually a sandwich for lunch and then
I’ll have my main meal for tea which is usually chicken salad or depends really what I fancy.
COMM: She’s lost two stone so far but shifting
too many pounds could pose some serious problems for her glamour career.
SARAH ROUT: ‘Cause I’d still like to be,
like if I was about 18 stone, I’d be happy, so I’d still model. Recently I’ve been
looking at webcam modelling. Generally I’d be quite happy to do anything really on it.
I enjoy showing my curves. I think it’s great fun. Me and my husband absolutely love,
get a lot of excitement from it and it’s just great fun.
COMM: Encouraged by the online response to
her photos, Sarah and Tony also have a thriving modelling agency for Big Beautiful Women.
TONY ROUT: The idea of BBW Angles came about
three and a half years ago. Sarah wanted to connect with other bigger ladies who were
involved in modelling via Facebook. And so BBW Angels Facebook group was set up. And
then after a year we decided to branch out into a website.
COMM: Sarah is very open about her career
with her three kids aged 12, 10 and 8.
SARAH ROUT: My daughter has seen a lot of
my photos. Never anything like explicit where I’ve done naked photo shoots. Never show
them anything like that and she thinks that they are absolutely great. I would be absolute
proud of her if she followed in my footsteps. Other than I’ve always said to her never
to get as big as I am.
COMM: And the model hopes that her career
may put a stop to body shaming.
SARAH ROUT: I used to feel really anxious
about people saying horrible things about my size, but now I’m a lot better. I don’t
really care what people say. I would just basically get in body shaming out there as
well so, I’m getting more girls so we can kind of shout out to the world that it doesn’t
matter what you look like.