Wide as a Double Down i10 but She Want to be Healthy

Mikel Ruffinelli has the world’s widest hips measuring 8 ft in circumference

At 22, she had her first child, Andrew, now 19, from a previous relationship, and that is when she started gaining the weight. From 182-pounds and a size 14, she piled on the pounds until she was 238-pounds and a size 18.

Then Mikel Ruffinelli meet Reggie Brooks and over the next decade had three more children: Destynee, 13, Autumn, 9, and Justyce, 7. Her hips ballooned as she reached 420 pounds and a size 30.

“I put it down to my pregnancies. I don’t see why else the weight would go to my hips, although, I do eat lots,” she told Closer.

Mikel Ruffinelli, who is studying for a psychology degree, has a healthy appetite and typically consumes 3,000 calories a day.

“It sounds like a lot to have 3,000 calories, but for someone my size, it’s not really.

“I might have a breakfast of two eggs with sausage and bacon and a handful of potatoes. Lunch is fried fish and French fries, but dinner’s my big meal,” she said.

“I like to make barbecue chicken with rice or mash. I have a big portion – but I’m not greedy. I snack on peanuts, granola bars and crisps.”

As she has gotten older, Mikel Ruffinelli says she had grown more comfortable with her shape and size.

“In the past, I was self-conscious about my hips and tried milkshake diets, but they didn’t work. As I got older, I learned to love my body and now I’m not afraid to show it off.”

Over the past 5 years as her confidence has grown she has taken to modelling for a Big Beautiful Womenwebsite and earns up to $1000 per shoot.

Mikel Ruffinelli says: “I mostly wear lingerie. I have two seamstresses who make my outfits, although I can easily find clothes for my top half, it’s the bottoms that are a problem.”

She also makes an effort to be healthy and while running on land is problematic, she enjoys water aerobics.

Over the years Mikel Ruffinelli has grown accustomed to people staring and making sarcastic comments, but has learned to just ignore them.

“I don’t want to get bigger, but I don’t want to lose my curves. I look great. I hope I inspire women to think, <>.”