Name: Ali Bunn
Bio: Every Body's Beautiful is the brainchild of Ali Bunn and she's the one behind the scenes getting quotes and organising the shoots & production of the 2015 calendar. She's a 30 year old Healthcare Assistant at a local hospital & soon to be a student nurse. She's Mum to a fiesty seven year old girl and in her spare time skates, refs and helps out local roller derby league The Norfolk Brawds.
Is a picture worth a thousand words? No! Pictures can be so full of lies that I don't feel they're worth much anymore. And I love to read a good novel, picture books just don't do it for me!
The best part of waking up is… Tea. I absolutely love tea. I usually work nights in my job so often wake up at 5 in the afternoon gasping for a cuppa.
What story does your best friend always tell about you? Well, that would be my husband, and since I accidentally reminded him of this story the other day I think it's going to be his new intro for me: We went camping a few years ago and I had bought a SheWee to try and make my life a bit easier. Essentially it's a plastic funnel you wee through so you can do it standing up, like a man. The box suggests you practice, but I figured it couldn't be too hard. So, first night of the holiday I slip out of the tent in the pitch black and head towards the bushes where I managed to pee all over myself and then trip over a tent peg and land upside down in a patch of five foot tall nettles. I trudged back to the tent, wet, smelly, sore and crying to get some sympathy and all my husband could do was laugh at me. He made me sleep in the porch bit that night too.
What was the last experience that made you a stronger person? I joined The Norfolk Brawds Roller Derby league last year and, before I'd even really learnt to skate, I fell over and broke my arm. It was bad enough to need surgery and a lot of morphine. Going back to skating after that was really, really tough. I was terrified it would happen again and if it did I knew how much strain that would put my family under. I have such a great amount of support from the rest of the league, they are what makes me stronger. They have taught me to believe in myself.
What would you name your autobiography? Bunny Boiler. (Because it's funny.)
If you could learn to do anything, what would it be? I can't drive and really wish I could!
What’s stopping you?! Procrastination and fear. I have the form for a provisional licence and the photos and everything sitting on the side in my kitchen, I just need to send it all off!
Why do you want to be a part of the Every Body’s Beautiful project? Because I want my daughter to grow up in a world where she can be proud of who she is without worrying what she looks like. Already at seven years old she worries that people will think she looks stupid or ugly and I hate that.
