{"id":976657,"date":"2022-02-04T18:42:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T18:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/04\/plus-size-people-are-more-sensible-than-slim-people-but-companies-dont-employ-us-di-asa-winner\/"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:42:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T18:42:33","slug":"plus-size-people-are-more-sensible-than-slim-people-but-companies-dont-employ-us-di-asa-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/04\/plus-size-people-are-more-sensible-than-slim-people-but-companies-dont-employ-us-di-asa-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Plus-size people are more sensible than slim people, but companies don\u2019t employ us &#8211; Di Asa winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.6chcdn.feednews.com\/assets\/v2\/722700cd5f884a199e3249be60f660fb?quality=uhq&amp;resize=720\"\/>The winner of Atinka TV\u2019s Di Asa show, Rachel Annie, has indicated that the perception that plus-size people are slow is false because they are clever and are even more \u2018sensible\u2019 than slim people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview on SVTV Africa, in a word of advice to the youth, Annie stated that plus-size people often run their own business due to perception. As a result, government and private companies do not employ them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment does not employ plus-size people, but they think we are not smart, but they are sensible. Plus-size people do everything wholeheartedly even though we are not fast. We take our time and get it done,\u201d she told host DJ Nyaami.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the stigma attached to being plus size, she disclosed that once in secondary school, she drank a gallon of lime juice to reduce weight, but it didn\u2019t help. According to her, she was often body-shamed in high school by her colleagues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Annie also added that the competition had a positive impact on her life. According to her, it boosted her confidence in public speaking, and she is not bothered about comments from onlookers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Annie is the winner of Atinka TV\u2019s Di Asa competition. She is the reigning plus-size dance champion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kindly watch the full interview On YouTube: SVTV Africa <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Plus Size \u2018Obolo\u2019 Are More Sensible Than Slim People, But They Don\u2019t Employ Us - Di Asa Winner\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ARUxzyVHSeA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: SVTV (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nAnnie<br \/>\nAtinka TV<br \/>\nDi Asa<br \/>\nRachel Annie<br \/>\nSVTV Africa<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winner of Atinka TV\u2019s Di Asa show, Rachel Annie, has indicated that the perception that plus-size people are slow is false because they are clever and are even more \u2018sensible\u2019 than slim people.\u00a0 In a recent interview on SVTV Africa, in a word of advice to the youth, Annie stated that plus-size people often [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":976658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-976657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=976657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=976657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=976657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=976657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}