Preloading

How This Former Model Destroyed Her Body

Season 3 Episode 308
Aired on 10/10/2015 | CC tv-14
Anivia was a plus-size model at the top of her game—but in order to stay there, she took drastic measures.

"In my quest to gain weight to become a plus-size model, I started the butt injections," she says. "At the time, there weren't many options."

Saying she took the "cheap route," Anivia went to underground plastic surgeons. Happy with her new look, she kept going again and again...and the injections soon became a toxic obsession. Today, they have caused her health to deteriorate and her life is possibly in danger.

When Iyanla first meets Anivia, she wants to know exactly how the former model destroyed her body. Watch the above video as Anivia explains how her quest for beauty spiraled out of control.

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