I was 17 years old when I went to audition for this pathetic excuse for a show, I was already a professional bellydancer and one of the top girls in my studio. I was a little chubby, hardly a size 12, with a plump belly, but dancing gave me confidence like nothing else! I was chubby shy girl until I got on the stage and danced my little heart out and people LOVED my dancing and the attitude I portrayed when I danced.
What my naive little 17 year old brain didn't comprehend at the time, was the fact that I was a heavy-set English girl on a set filled with Afrikaans petite ballerinas, so I was already different and of course, when you're different on a conservative tv show, you are automatically edited as the villain or the "sad girl" of the episode you're on.
I got ready for my set, I had practiced it for months beforehand, I was soooo excited! Bellydancing is slow-paced, hip rolling, slow snake movements, it was OBVIOUS my set was going to be slow, but they started the music, I moved one arm and they stopped the music not even 5 seconds later. After waiting for 10 hours to audition, I was already made to be the pathetic girl who doesn't start running as soon as the song starts and then one of the judges, AN OLD MAN told me, A 17 YEAR OLD MINOR that I WAS TOO FAT TO DANCE. "Hoe kan n poffertjie soos jy ooit dink jy kan dans??"
On national television.
This was supposed to be my time to shine. This was my time to show the world that you didn't need to be friggin little tiny ballerina to be good at dancing or to feel pretty or be a confident bad bitch, because that's what I was before this old BASTARD humiliated me in front of thousands of people. It took me years of therapy to get over the trauma of this event, ruined my self esteem and I haven't danced since. All while he probably lived his life like nothing happened.
Btw I now make 100k on my Onlyfans a week and I have also owned 2 C1s so your prizes weren't even worth the trauma. *bleep!* THIS SHOW!!