Ilona Maher: «My weight is not an indicator of my ability», - stated the Olympic champion
6 august 2024 в 02:02
Ilona Maher promised that her viral online presence is exactly the same as in real life — a person who can eat a huge croissant after winning bronze for the US women’s rugby sevens team, can just as calmly respond to haters on the internet who try to shame her for her body.
«I think this person has a body mass index of 30%», - wrote one commentator, who later deleted his account, under one of Maher’s TikTok videos, prompting the Olympian to post a response video.
«Hi, thank you for this comment. I think you were trying to mock me, but it’s a fact. My body mass index is actually 30. Well, more like 29.3», - Maher began in her video, which has been viewed over 7.7 million times and liked over 1 million times.
While haters continue to talk nonsense, I will continue to respond to them, Maher continued: «I have been considered overweight my whole life», - she said, revealing that she was called overweight from elementary school to high school.
«I vividly remember in high school, one time I had to take a physical exam in the office, and right at the bottom of the page it said overweight, and I was so embarrassed to turn it in and see it written there», - she said. «I have been like this my whole life».
She also mentioned discussing her BMI with dietitians, saying, «because [she goes] off of facts», - and explained, «how it really doesn’t help athletes». BMI is a formula in which a person’s weight (in kilograms) is divided by the square of their height (in meters). The resulting number is used to classify people into four categories: underweight…
«I think this person has a body mass index of 30%», - wrote one commentator, who later deleted his account, under one of Maher’s TikTok videos, prompting the Olympian to post a response video.
«Hi, thank you for this comment. I think you were trying to mock me, but it’s a fact. My body mass index is actually 30. Well, more like 29.3», - Maher began in her video, which has been viewed over 7.7 million times and liked over 1 million times.
While haters continue to talk nonsense, I will continue to respond to them, Maher continued: «I have been considered overweight my whole life», - she said, revealing that she was called overweight from elementary school to high school.
«I vividly remember in high school, one time I had to take a physical exam in the office, and right at the bottom of the page it said overweight, and I was so embarrassed to turn it in and see it written there», - she said. «I have been like this my whole life».
She also mentioned discussing her BMI with dietitians, saying, «because [she goes] off of facts», - and explained, «how it really doesn’t help athletes». BMI is a formula in which a person’s weight (in kilograms) is divided by the square of their height (in meters). The resulting number is used to classify people into four categories: underweight…
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