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 From obesity to anorexia: How bride battled TWO eating                                                                              Na m e
 disorders to marry the man who helped save her... Story in The
 Daily Mirror...                                                                                                                     E m a il

                                                                                                                          C onfir m E m a il
                                                                       Malissa has had a gastric
                                                                                                                               Telep hone
                                                                       bypass, beaten heartbreak and
                                                                                                                                          S t or y or E nq uir y
                                                                       anorexia, and married the man
                                                                       who saved her life;... and she's
                                                                       still only 22
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                                                                       By ALISON SMITH-SQUIRE
                                                                       15th August 2012                                                           Submit


                                                                       Radiant in her wedding dress, smiling Malissa
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                                                                       Jones looks like any other happy bride.
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                                                                       But as the 22-year-old posed for photographs
                                                                                                                         Featureworld Featureworld Journalism bulletin is
                                                                       with her new husband on her sunny wedding
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                                                                       day last month, she knew that it was a miracle    @MrPaparazzi
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                                                                       for her to be even standing there.
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                                                                       Little over a year ago Malissa, who once          out! bit.ly/iaMQNx
                                                                                                                         yesterday · reply · retweet · favorite
 weighed 34st and was dubbed Britain’s fattest teen, was given just six months to live, having become
                                                                                                                         Featureworld Featureworld Health News update...
 dangerously anorexic.
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 In a bizarre twist, she went from eating 15,000 calories a day to just 500 after gastric bypass surgery and the grief   @Featureworld @DrCarolCooper
                                                                                                                         @SpinaBifidaAssn
 of losing her unborn son at 27 weeks.                                                                                   2 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite

 But with the help of her fiance Chris Rowbottom, 23, she battled back from the brink and at an intimate ceremony,       Featureworld Featureworld Parenting update is out!
                                                                                                                         bit.ly/dQsLw6
 the couple, from Selby, North Yorkshire, tied the knot surrounded by friends and family.                                2 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite
 “After everything I’ve been through, saying my vows was incredibly emotional,” says Malissa.
                                                                                                                                                    Join the conversation
 “A year ago, getting married was just a dream.
 "Although Chris and I were engaged, I was so ill, I never imagined I’d actually be well enough to walk up the aisle,
 let alone enjoy the day.
 “Thanks to him, I’ve managed to put weight on and get better. Our wedding day was truly the best day of my life.        Selling Stories to the Press
 "Looking at the photos now, I can see how much better I look — although I still need to put on weight.”                 for You
 And while she is still battling anorexia, Malissa shudders at the amount of food she once consumed.
 The eldest of four children from a family prone to weight problems, by the time she was five she weighed 4st.              ENQUIRIES
 “I picked up a lot of my eating habits from my mum.                                                                     Sell my Story Enquiry. Click
                                                                                                                         this link to complete our
 "She lost a baby when I was very young and turned to comfort eating and I think it rubbed off on me,” says Malissa.     confidential, online enquiry
                                                                                                                         form >>>
 She was twice as big as other girls her age and at primary school she was scoffing double portions and spending
 all her pocket money on sweets and chips.
 In her teens, Malissa developed a bizarre night-time habit of eating partially defrosted burgers and chicken
                                                                                                                           Sell my Story
 nuggets from the freezer.                                                                                                to a Magazine
 By age 17, 5ft 8in Malissa was a dress size 30, with a body mass index of 72.4.                                         Specialist in selling real life
                                                                                                                         stories to women's
 She was so obese that she was diagnosed with angina, a form of coronary disease that usually only affects older         magazines >>>
 people.
 At night, she wore an oxygen mask to help her breathing because when she laid down, her extra bulk crushed her
 internal organs.                                                                                                           How it Works
                                                                                                                         How to Sell your Story.
 She recalls: “I could eat 15,000 calories a day, gorging on eight king-sized Mars bars, 10 packets of crisps, endless   Alison explains the process
 rounds of ham sandwiches and takeaways for lunch and tea.”                                                              of selling your story through
                                                                                                                         Featureworld >>>
 Mum Dawn, 47 — who herself weighs 16st — did her best to try to curb her daughter’s enormous appetite.
 But diets, pills and counselling all failed. And without proper intervention, doctors believed Malissa might not live
 to see her 18th birthday.


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 to see her 18th birthday.
                                                                                                                              Sell my Story
 So in January 2008, she took the risky decision to undergo a £10,000 NHS gastric bypass in a last-ditch attempt             to a Newspaper
 to save her life.                                                                                                          Do you have an exclusive
                                                                                                                            story to sell to the national
 Unlike a gastric band, which can be removed, the gastric bypass was an irreversible operation.                             press? >>>

 The six-hour op involved stapling her stomach so it was smaller and then cutting her digestive system, making it
 smaller, so food wouldn’t be absorbed easily.
 After a week, she came home from hospital in York and as she was only allowed a liquid diet for the first three              I sold my story
                                                                                                                             for £4000
 months, the weight dropped off.
                                                                                                                            Elaine tells why she chose
 At first, Malissa loved her new figure, embracing her extra energy by going out clubbing and drinking with her             to sell her story through
                                                                                                                            Featureworld and how she
 friends.                                                                                                                   earned thousands >>>

 Losing as much as two stone a month, by March 2009 Malissa had lost 22st, reaching 12st and a size 16.
 But there was a drawback to her rapid weight loss.                                                                           Need a
 “No one had warned me how saggy and ugly my extra folds of skin would look,” she says.                                      publicist:
 “When I looked into having it removed, I was told it would cost £20,000 privately.                                         "Alison… a publicist
                                                                                                                            journalist and friend"
 “My self-esteem plummeted and for a long time, although no man ever criticised my body, I was too ashamed to               Kerry's baby was being
                                                                                                                            taken away >>>
 let any man see me naked.”
 In June 2010, things started to look up when Malissa began dating old friend Chris, a farmer, and she was
 delighted to find herself pregnant.                                                                                           Sell my novel?
                                                                                                                            Vet Matthew wanted to sell
 It was then that the seeds of her anorexia were sown.                                                                      his story to promote
                                                                                                                            his new novel. Advice for
 A combination of morning sickness and fear of putting weight on during her pregnancy meant Malissa became                  novelists and writers >>>
 scared to eat.
 “I tried to force myself to eat and drink properly for the sake of the baby, but at 27 weeks I collapsed with
 dehydration.                                                                                                                 Want to be on
 "My immune system was so low I’d contracted septicaemia.                                                                    TV?
                                                                                                                            Take part in reality TV, chat
 "I had to be rushed to hospital for an emergency caesarean to save not only my unborn baby’s life but my own.”             shows,castings,
 Tragically, baby Harry, who weighed just 16oz, died only 57 minutes after being born.                                      documentaries and
                                                                                                                            auditions
 Malissa, who never got to hold him, fell into a coma.                                                                      here >>>

 For four weeks, her life hung in the balance, but then she finally pulled through, coming home a week later.                  Skilled writer and interviewer.
 Overcome with grief, Malissa, who has kept a memory box of photos and Harry’s blanket, still wasn’t able to eat.              Delicate stories.
 Her weight plummeted to 5st 7lb and she started to feel the bypass that had saved her life had now ruined it.                 In-depth, stories a speciality.
 Malissa was so severely underweight that over the next few months she collapsed several times and doctors                     Relationships - unusual partners,
 diagnosed her with anorexia.                                                                                                  divorce, affairs, betrayal, adultery,
 But with Chris’s help, she fought her eating disorder. He even gave up his job to be her full-time carer.                     revenge.
 “After having Harry, I was surviving on a few hundred calories a day — just pureed vegetables and mashed ­                    Health issues. Health stories. Cancer,
 potato,” she says.                                                                                                            family health. Illness.
 “But slowly, with Chris’s help, I started to eat toast for breakfast, yoghurt with fruit for lunch and a healthy meal of      Weight loss. Diet stories. Slimming.
 meat and veg for tea.                                                                                                         Pets. Animal stories.
 "I also tried to eat a chocolate bar a day. In hindsight, I don’t know how he coped with it. But he was always there,         Crime. Investigative journalism.
 tempting me with little meals.”                                                                                               Exclusive stories.
 Steadily, her figure took on a healthier look and Chris proposed in February 2011.                                            Mum & baby. Pregnancy stories.
 Then in January this year, she had her first period since Harry’s birth and Malissa was amazed when in April she              Parents' concerns.
 became pregnant again.                                                                                                        Charity promotion. Consumer. Unusual
 “It was unexpected but Chris and I were over the moon,” she says.                                                             lifestyles.
 “Although another baby could never replace Harry, having children and being a family is all I’ve ever wanted.                 Quirky stories. Heart-warming. Tear-
 "I finally felt like things were getting better.”                                                                             jerkers. Emotional stories. Life-
 But tragically, three weeks before her wedding and when she was nine weeks pregnant, Malissa miscarried.                      changing.
 “Chris and I were devastated.                                                                                                 Psychological issues - grief and loss,
 "My doctors explained that the problem is I have so much internal scarring from the bypass that carrying a baby               drugs, alcohol, depression. Recovery.
 to full term will always be difficult,” she says.                                                                             Addictions, obsessions, trauma.
 “It was heartbreaking thinking that I’d never be able to give Chris a family.
 "He kept me upbeat, though, and we even started discussing adoption.”                                                      Sell Your Story UK - The Magazine
 Unlike most brides, she was desperate to put on weight for her wedding.                                                    Media magazine for journalists,
 But in the run-up to her wedding at Pontefract register office, she actually lost half a stone.                            authors, TV Producers, writers ...
 “Rushing around getting everything ready was stressful — although it all went off without a hitch,” she says.              I love life…says mum with locked-in
 “Afterwards, we put the sadness behind us and had a great honeymoon in Blackpool.”                                         syndrome…
 Still under the care of her local specialist NHS eating disorders and mental health team, Malissa is determined to         Interviewees appear in Bella magazine…
 get back her health.                                                                                                       Prince Harry naked photos – do they tarnish
 “At the moment I weigh 9st, but because of all the excess skin I still have, my doctors say my true weight is nearer       the image of our Royal Family?
 to 7st. I admit I do still worry about putting on weight.                                                                  Author Spot: Vivien Sabel
 “I’ve still got the anorexic mind-set and I find eating physically painful sometimes.                                      Review: X Factor 2012



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 "I get cramps in my tummy from the gastric bypass, which make me feel sick.                                                                 Powered by: RSS-to-JavaScript.com
 "Some days I have to force food down. It doesn’t help that my body isn’t able to absorb all the nutrients properly
 because of the bypass.”
 However, Malissa estimates she now eats around 1,500 to 1,800 calories a day — a far cry from the 15,000 she
 was consuming when she weighed 34st and much healthier than the 500 calories a day she was eating as an
 anorexic.
 Yet she says: “I know this might sound ungrateful, but I can’t help but feel I was happier being fat.
 "Despite my health problems, I ate what I wanted and I was always bubbly and happy.
 "Now, I have to regularly see doctors for check-ups and can have terrible mood swings.”
 Despite everything that has happened, Malissa is optimistic about the future.
 “Chris has been my rock all the way through,” she says.
 “I still hate my body without clothes on but he always fancies me. And it’s wonderful to be his Mrs at last.
 “We’ve even decided to give having a baby one last go. I’m just going to concentrate on getting into better health
 first,” she explains.
 “When I do have children, though, I’m determined they’ll be brought up differently.
 "I’ve learnt the hard way how important it is to have a healthy diet and to exercise.”


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Malissa jones' story

  • 1. Single Story Template - Change the title 27/08/12 13:20 HOME ABOUT ALISON SELL A STORY FOR JUSTICE SELL A HEALTH STORY CELEBRITY STORIES CHARITY STORIES FAQS ALISON REPRESENTS PUBLISHED STORIES TESTIMONIALS PR QU I C K E NQU I RY FORM From obesity to anorexia: How bride battled TWO eating Na m e disorders to marry the man who helped save her... Story in The Daily Mirror... E m a il C onfir m E m a il Malissa has had a gastric Telep hone bypass, beaten heartbreak and S t or y or E nq uir y anorexia, and married the man who saved her life;... and she's still only 22 S ub scr ib e t o Newslet t er YE S NO By ALISON SMITH-SQUIRE 15th August 2012 Submit Radiant in her wedding dress, smiling Malissa Featureworld UK Jones looks like any other happy bride. Featureworld But as the 22-year-old posed for photographs Featureworld Featureworld Journalism bulletin is with her new husband on her sunny wedding out! bit.ly/iaMQNx ▸ Top stories today via day last month, she knew that it was a miracle @MrPaparazzi 20 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite for her to be even standing there. Featureworld Featureworld Journalism bulletin is Little over a year ago Malissa, who once out! bit.ly/iaMQNx yesterday · reply · retweet · favorite weighed 34st and was dubbed Britain’s fattest teen, was given just six months to live, having become Featureworld Featureworld Health News update... dangerously anorexic. is out! bit.ly/hGlk7c ▸ Top stories today via In a bizarre twist, she went from eating 15,000 calories a day to just 500 after gastric bypass surgery and the grief @Featureworld @DrCarolCooper @SpinaBifidaAssn of losing her unborn son at 27 weeks. 2 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite But with the help of her fiance Chris Rowbottom, 23, she battled back from the brink and at an intimate ceremony, Featureworld Featureworld Parenting update is out! bit.ly/dQsLw6 the couple, from Selby, North Yorkshire, tied the knot surrounded by friends and family. 2 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite “After everything I’ve been through, saying my vows was incredibly emotional,” says Malissa. Join the conversation “A year ago, getting married was just a dream. "Although Chris and I were engaged, I was so ill, I never imagined I’d actually be well enough to walk up the aisle, let alone enjoy the day. “Thanks to him, I’ve managed to put weight on and get better. Our wedding day was truly the best day of my life. Selling Stories to the Press "Looking at the photos now, I can see how much better I look — although I still need to put on weight.” for You And while she is still battling anorexia, Malissa shudders at the amount of food she once consumed. The eldest of four children from a family prone to weight problems, by the time she was five she weighed 4st. ENQUIRIES “I picked up a lot of my eating habits from my mum. Sell my Story Enquiry. Click this link to complete our "She lost a baby when I was very young and turned to comfort eating and I think it rubbed off on me,” says Malissa. confidential, online enquiry form >>> She was twice as big as other girls her age and at primary school she was scoffing double portions and spending all her pocket money on sweets and chips. In her teens, Malissa developed a bizarre night-time habit of eating partially defrosted burgers and chicken Sell my Story nuggets from the freezer. to a Magazine By age 17, 5ft 8in Malissa was a dress size 30, with a body mass index of 72.4. Specialist in selling real life stories to women's She was so obese that she was diagnosed with angina, a form of coronary disease that usually only affects older magazines >>> people. At night, she wore an oxygen mask to help her breathing because when she laid down, her extra bulk crushed her internal organs. How it Works How to Sell your Story. She recalls: “I could eat 15,000 calories a day, gorging on eight king-sized Mars bars, 10 packets of crisps, endless Alison explains the process rounds of ham sandwiches and takeaways for lunch and tea.” of selling your story through Featureworld >>> Mum Dawn, 47 — who herself weighs 16st — did her best to try to curb her daughter’s enormous appetite. But diets, pills and counselling all failed. And without proper intervention, doctors believed Malissa might not live to see her 18th birthday. http://www.featureworld.co.uk/malissa-jones-2012-wedding.html Página 1 de 3
  • 2. Single Story Template - Change the title 27/08/12 13:20 to see her 18th birthday. Sell my Story So in January 2008, she took the risky decision to undergo a £10,000 NHS gastric bypass in a last-ditch attempt to a Newspaper to save her life. Do you have an exclusive story to sell to the national Unlike a gastric band, which can be removed, the gastric bypass was an irreversible operation. press? >>> The six-hour op involved stapling her stomach so it was smaller and then cutting her digestive system, making it smaller, so food wouldn’t be absorbed easily. After a week, she came home from hospital in York and as she was only allowed a liquid diet for the first three I sold my story for £4000 months, the weight dropped off. Elaine tells why she chose At first, Malissa loved her new figure, embracing her extra energy by going out clubbing and drinking with her to sell her story through Featureworld and how she friends. earned thousands >>> Losing as much as two stone a month, by March 2009 Malissa had lost 22st, reaching 12st and a size 16. But there was a drawback to her rapid weight loss. Need a “No one had warned me how saggy and ugly my extra folds of skin would look,” she says. publicist: “When I looked into having it removed, I was told it would cost £20,000 privately. "Alison… a publicist journalist and friend" “My self-esteem plummeted and for a long time, although no man ever criticised my body, I was too ashamed to Kerry's baby was being taken away >>> let any man see me naked.” In June 2010, things started to look up when Malissa began dating old friend Chris, a farmer, and she was delighted to find herself pregnant. Sell my novel? Vet Matthew wanted to sell It was then that the seeds of her anorexia were sown. his story to promote his new novel. Advice for A combination of morning sickness and fear of putting weight on during her pregnancy meant Malissa became novelists and writers >>> scared to eat. “I tried to force myself to eat and drink properly for the sake of the baby, but at 27 weeks I collapsed with dehydration. Want to be on "My immune system was so low I’d contracted septicaemia. TV? Take part in reality TV, chat "I had to be rushed to hospital for an emergency caesarean to save not only my unborn baby’s life but my own.” shows,castings, Tragically, baby Harry, who weighed just 16oz, died only 57 minutes after being born. documentaries and auditions Malissa, who never got to hold him, fell into a coma. here >>> For four weeks, her life hung in the balance, but then she finally pulled through, coming home a week later. Skilled writer and interviewer. Overcome with grief, Malissa, who has kept a memory box of photos and Harry’s blanket, still wasn’t able to eat. Delicate stories. Her weight plummeted to 5st 7lb and she started to feel the bypass that had saved her life had now ruined it. In-depth, stories a speciality. Malissa was so severely underweight that over the next few months she collapsed several times and doctors Relationships - unusual partners, diagnosed her with anorexia. divorce, affairs, betrayal, adultery, But with Chris’s help, she fought her eating disorder. He even gave up his job to be her full-time carer. revenge. “After having Harry, I was surviving on a few hundred calories a day — just pureed vegetables and mashed ­ Health issues. Health stories. Cancer, potato,” she says. family health. Illness. “But slowly, with Chris’s help, I started to eat toast for breakfast, yoghurt with fruit for lunch and a healthy meal of Weight loss. Diet stories. Slimming. meat and veg for tea. Pets. Animal stories. "I also tried to eat a chocolate bar a day. In hindsight, I don’t know how he coped with it. But he was always there, Crime. Investigative journalism. tempting me with little meals.” Exclusive stories. Steadily, her figure took on a healthier look and Chris proposed in February 2011. Mum & baby. Pregnancy stories. Then in January this year, she had her first period since Harry’s birth and Malissa was amazed when in April she Parents' concerns. became pregnant again. Charity promotion. Consumer. Unusual “It was unexpected but Chris and I were over the moon,” she says. lifestyles. “Although another baby could never replace Harry, having children and being a family is all I’ve ever wanted. Quirky stories. Heart-warming. Tear- "I finally felt like things were getting better.” jerkers. Emotional stories. Life- But tragically, three weeks before her wedding and when she was nine weeks pregnant, Malissa miscarried. changing. “Chris and I were devastated. Psychological issues - grief and loss, "My doctors explained that the problem is I have so much internal scarring from the bypass that carrying a baby drugs, alcohol, depression. Recovery. to full term will always be difficult,” she says. Addictions, obsessions, trauma. “It was heartbreaking thinking that I’d never be able to give Chris a family. "He kept me upbeat, though, and we even started discussing adoption.” Sell Your Story UK - The Magazine Unlike most brides, she was desperate to put on weight for her wedding. Media magazine for journalists, But in the run-up to her wedding at Pontefract register office, she actually lost half a stone. authors, TV Producers, writers ... “Rushing around getting everything ready was stressful — although it all went off without a hitch,” she says. I love life…says mum with locked-in “Afterwards, we put the sadness behind us and had a great honeymoon in Blackpool.” syndrome… Still under the care of her local specialist NHS eating disorders and mental health team, Malissa is determined to Interviewees appear in Bella magazine… get back her health. Prince Harry naked photos – do they tarnish “At the moment I weigh 9st, but because of all the excess skin I still have, my doctors say my true weight is nearer the image of our Royal Family? to 7st. I admit I do still worry about putting on weight. Author Spot: Vivien Sabel “I’ve still got the anorexic mind-set and I find eating physically painful sometimes. Review: X Factor 2012 http://www.featureworld.co.uk/malissa-jones-2012-wedding.html Página 2 de 3
  • 3. Single Story Template - Change the title 27/08/12 13:20 "I get cramps in my tummy from the gastric bypass, which make me feel sick. Powered by: RSS-to-JavaScript.com "Some days I have to force food down. It doesn’t help that my body isn’t able to absorb all the nutrients properly because of the bypass.” However, Malissa estimates she now eats around 1,500 to 1,800 calories a day — a far cry from the 15,000 she was consuming when she weighed 34st and much healthier than the 500 calories a day she was eating as an anorexic. Yet she says: “I know this might sound ungrateful, but I can’t help but feel I was happier being fat. "Despite my health problems, I ate what I wanted and I was always bubbly and happy. "Now, I have to regularly see doctors for check-ups and can have terrible mood swings.” Despite everything that has happened, Malissa is optimistic about the future. “Chris has been my rock all the way through,” she says. “I still hate my body without clothes on but he always fancies me. And it’s wonderful to be his Mrs at last. “We’ve even decided to give having a baby one last go. I’m just going to concentrate on getting into better health first,” she explains. “When I do have children, though, I’m determined they’ll be brought up differently. "I’ve learnt the hard way how important it is to have a healthy diet and to exercise.” To see more publicat ions Malissa has appeared in, click HE RE Have you overcome an eat ing disorder or healt h problem t o achieve your dream? Cont act us HE RE Cont act : Alison Smit h-Squire w w w .feat urew orld.co.uk online media agent alison@feat urew orld.co.uk The media agent w ho specialises in selling your real life st ories! Home | Sell Story to Newspaper | Sell Story to a Magazine | Sell Story for Justice - Get Publicity | Sell a Health Story | Celebrity Stories | Charity Stories About Alison Smith-Squire | Testimonials | Public Relations | FAQs | Sell my Story Enquiry | Stories Wanted | Sell my Novel | Want to be on TV? | Alison Represents | Inside Featureworld How Selling your Story works | Stories from 2012 | Stories from 2011 | Stories Published 2010 | Stories Published 2009 | Stories Published 2008 | Stories Published 2007 © Copyright Featureworld.co.uk | alis o n @f e atu re wo rld.c o .u k Featureworld Ltd is a company registered in England. No: 5826131 http://www.featureworld.co.uk/malissa-jones-2012-wedding.html Página 3 de 3