We speak to five busty women and ask whether their big boobs are a blessing or a curse
We delve into the ups and downs of having unmissable mammaries
BIGGER is not necessarily breast . . .
Katie Price said this week she is finally happy with her body after having her eighth boob job and reverting to a busty 32GG.
But these NATURALLY big-breasted women say with the ups, come some downs.
Here, KATE JACKSON finds out how these five busty ladies, all bigger than the 36DD UK average, feel about their boobs.
'They have a life of their own and often pop out'
SHANIA TWAIN tribute act Saskia Vesey is 32, and from Doncaster. She also works as a web developer and is single. She says:
“My boobs are so big it’s like they have a life of their own. They regularly sneak out of my bra. I’ll look down and see one of my nipples is out.
“I have to perform a Wonder Woman-style twirl, where I quickly put my arm over the offending boob, spin round and pop it back in so no one sees me grappling with them.
“I had no boobs until I was 17, then they suddenly sprouted to a DD cup. It was so sudden my sister thought I was faking it by padding my bra.
“I feel women don’t tend to like me because they think I’m flaunting my boobs, whereas men love me for the same reason.
“When I worked as a gym instructor I had to wear two normal bras and two sports bras every day just to lift them up and keep them in place.
“I used to hide them away under baggy jumpers, but I’ve learned to show them off in the right way – there’s a fine line between looking classy and tacky.
“Someone told me once I’m like Betty Boop, and I like that. She’s a fun, feminine figure, very sexy and she’s got great curves. I’m proud of my big boobs.”
'Men ask my size but I wouldn't dream about asking theirs'
KERRY STEVENSON, 43, from Yeovil, Somerset, is a single full-time mum to Keira, ten, and Tyler, 12. She says:
“There are things bigger- chested women have to put up with that women with smaller boobs don’t even have to think about.
“If I play badminton with my children, my boobs get in the way.
“You sit on a high stool at a café and your boobs rest on the table – and you’re always getting crumbs down your cleavage and finding them when you get undressed.
“People think it’s acceptable to make a remark about your boobs. When I’ve met men from dating sites, some of them will immediately ask how big my boobs are.
“I wouldn’t dream of asking what they’ve got to offer in the trouser department.
“I’ve got a love/hate relationship with my boobs. They’re part of who I am and when I wear something nice I do feel like I look good. They make me feel sexy.
“But they are also a pain. Dresses don’t fit properly, women give you dirty looks and I feel self-conscious most of the time.
“Men will make comments in the street and my children have started noticing. My 12-year-old son will see some bloke staring at my chest and say, ‘There’s another one who’s never seen boobs before’.
“At least he will grow up to have more respect for women, having seen what I put up with.”
'My boobs make my head look really small in photographs'
Design student Yasmin Stokes, 21, from London. She says:
“I once woke up with them right in my face!
“I was half falling out of bed and sort of upside down – and there they were.
“There are a lot of barriers when you have really big boobs, I don’t like the attention and in photos my head looks really titchy.
“My mum jokes that I cursed myself as I used to pad my bras and do exercises that are meant to give you a bigger chest.
“Then my boobs just popped out when I was 15, an E cup straight away.
“It wasn’t the boys at school who I got comments from actually, it was the girls.
“They would say things or even ask to touch them.
“I didn’t start wearing low-cut tops until I was 20. I was very conscious of not wanting to be sexualised or have older guys stare at me. You do notice men looking at you.
“I’ve learned to make the most of my boobs and I think they balance out my shape, making it look like I have a slimmer belly than I do.
“I can still dress in similar things to my friends, buying clothes online from the same shops, such as Asos and H&M.
“If I had the option not to be this big, I would take it, but I wouldn’t want to be completely flat chested as that wouldn’t be me.”
'Some friends at school wrote a song about how big they are'
AFTER winning a competition, Olakemi Obi, 26, from London, swapped her degree in biomedical sciences to be a plus-size model. She says:
“A couple of years ago I would never have thought any of this would happen.
“I was scouted through my Instagram account and asked to enter a plus-size modelling competition.
“I was told I walked like a drunken sailor and I constantly questioned why I was doing it but I ended up getting to the final four and my modelling career began.
“I first realised my boobs were bigger than average in secondary school, when some friends wrote a song about them. I don’t think they’re excessively big though and plus-size modelling has given me so much confidence.
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“I’ve had so many people telling me they love what I’m doing and that I’m an inspiration. That alone gives me so much pleasure.
“I’m curvy and proud. I still want to be healthy, I work out and I would never advocate an unhealthy lifestyle.
“I get a lot of people asking if my boobs are real, which I find quite offensive but I haven’t had any negative comments.
“Guys say things like, ‘Get your t*ts out,’ but I ignore that stuff.
“I shouldn’t be ashamed of my boobs. I don’t flaunt them but I like to make the best of my figure and look good.”
'Lads asked how many pages of The Sun I was going to fill'
RACHEL BROOKES, 43, is a coach driver from Wolverhampton. She is married to Anthony, 58, and has five children aged between 25 and five. She says:
“I was an E cup when I was 16 but having five children and putting on weight has made them even bigger.
“I nearly blacked out going on a rollercoaster once because the harness squished my boobs so tightly.
“I’ve even had a Mrs Doubtfire incident where I actually set fire to my T-shirt while leaning over the hob. I had to use pan lids to put the flames out.
“I can’t buy bras in the UK, I have to buy them online from America, at £90 each.
“Working in a male industry, you have to laugh off the comments. Before doing this shoot someone asked how many pages I was going to fill.
“It took me six years to pluck up the courage to go swimming, but I felt so self-conscious about the male lifeguards staring at me.
“I have been desperate for a breast reduction on the NHS for 15 years. But despite losing weight, my BMI is still too high for the operation.
“I’ve got so many problems with my back, my neck clicks all the time and I’ve got terrible posture, all because of my boobs. And my shoulders have a permanent grooves in them from my bra straps!”
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