A plus-sized woman said that she gets so much hate online that she has been hospitalised four times after trying to take her own life.
Miah Carter, 19, is a social media influencer and has struggled with her weight for years - but she bravely decided to share her weight loss and fitness journey online.
She posted vulnerable videos of herself to help others who are also struggling to accept the way that they look, but soon after she started receiving hateful comments.
The negativity has such an impact on Miah, from Reading, Berks, that she tried to take her own life four times, and has been hospitalised on several occasions.
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Miah said: "It is vile what can come out of a human being's mouth - people have called me fat and ugly but the worst ones have told me to go kill myself and to slit my own throat.
"It is easier to take on the bad side of things - the negative comments started to overcome the positive ones.
"Although I try and remain as positive as I can, people have asked me how I deal with it.
"I didn't really deal with it - I have been in hospital four times for trying to end my life."
Miah started receiving comments from trolls after she decided to share the highs and lows of her attempts to lose weight and journey to accepting her body.
She said: "I started documenting my journey to lose weight and I shared videos of my going to the gym.
"One day, I was struggling and I shared a video of my crying about my struggles and it gained a lot of positive attention because people related to me.
"I did get a lot of amazing responses for this so I started to post more about self-acceptance and body positivity however, I wasn't prepared for the amount of hateful comments.
"The youngest person to say this stuff to me online was a six-year-old!"
Miah also suffers from a skin condition known as Acanthosis Nigrican, which causes her skin to darken around the mouth and neck area.
Despite her struggles, the influencer aims to normalise all body types and show that a weight loss journey isn't as straightforward as people think.
She adds: "The comments on my skin condition can really get to me. People comment that I look dirty and that I need to wash.
"Nobody is perfect, I'm trying to lose weight for my health not for any other reason - I'm always going to have saggy skin and be a big girl.
"I was 27 stone at my heaviest but focusing on numbers can be too pressuring - the number on a scale depressed me so much that I had to throw them away.
"I continue doing what I'm doing and sharing a positive message about self-acceptance because I have helped so many people.
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"Although I receive these horrible comments, people have told me how I have helped them put on a bikini regardless of how they look.
"It can be difficult to ignore hurtful comments but you should never let anyone tell you that you're not gorgeous.
"The most beautiful thing that you can wear is confidence."
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