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Banned For Being Honest? Meet Liv Schmidt, The Girl Who Made 'Skinny' Go Viral

Before she was banned from TikTok six times—before she launched a global "skinni" movement, before she built a community of thousands—Liv Schmidt was just a corporate intern sitting at her desk, bloated, exhausted, and wondering why all the “right” wellness habits weren’t working for her.

By Carmen Schober5 min read
James Nunes/@jameshnunes

“I was doing everything social media told me to do,” Liv told me, “and none of it made me feel good. I was miserable in my body, and faking that I felt empowered just wasn’t cutting it anymore.”