OK! Magazine UK – 29 July 2019

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he came to our attention earlier this

summer in a heated debate about

plus-sized mannequins on Good

Morning Britain, and now Mandy

Platt tells us that she’s on a mission to

improve the nation’s health. The fitness

coach got into a war of words with Hayley

Hasselhoff and Piers Morgan, who said

they thought Nike’s bigger mannequins

would encourage people of all sizes to

go to the gym. Mandy disagreed, telling

the pair that, in her opinion, neither

‘overweight’ nor ‘stick thin’ mannequins

promote healthy living.

Empty nest syndrome was the catalyst

for fitness guru Mandy Platt’s life-changing

career change. The mum of three’s

confidence hit an all-time low after she

waved her son off to study abroad.

‘My family didn’t need me much at

home any more, and I didn’t know what

to do with myself,’ Mandy tells OK!, as

celebrity hairstylist Gary Cockerill gets her

ready for our shoot. Feeling lost at the age

of 45, she made the bold decision to train

as a fitness instructor – and since qualifying

has accumulated thousands of followers.

She explains: ‘I feel so lucky to have

found my passion in my forties. Now I want

to help women all over the world to be the

best version of themselves.’

Mandy, 52, who begins filming next

month for a new library of workouts, which

will be available on her website, reveals all

about hitting her all-time low and how she

feels better than ever in her fifties...

Why did you disagree with

Hayley and Piers on Good

Morning Britain about plus-

sized mannequins boosting

gym membership?

I’m so passionate about health

and fitness and I feel that using

overweight mannequins isn’t

good for anyone. It’s just not

a healthy shape to aspire to.

Most of my clients start off on

the bigger side but being toned

and healthy is their goal. In my

opinion, overweight mannequins

do not promote healthy living,

it’s just the same as if you had

stick thin mannequins – neither

of these show a healthy size.

We need examples of what it’s

like to be fit and healthy, not

the opposite.

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Below: Mandy re-trained

in her forties. Below

right: With Piers Morgan,

Susanna Reid and Hayley

Hasselhoff on GMB