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As Maya Avant on “The Bold and the Beautiful,” Karla Mosley might look like her life is perfect, but looks can be deceiving. In an essay for Glamour in 2018, Mosley admitted that she’d had an eating disorder in the past. What made her story so unique, though, is that Mosley pointed out that not many African-Americans admit to having the serious condition — at least not in public. In her essay titled, “Yes, Black Women Struggle With Eating Disorders Too,” Mosley detailed her childhood as a girl of color in a predominately white community. She said she often got the message that her body wasn’t of the same standards as her peers. She wrote, “The standard of beauty around me was literally impossible for me to achieve. And while I knew I’d never be blond or white, as my thighs grew bigger, my hips curved, and my butt and stomach rounded, I felt I could — or should — control that.”
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In 2017, Mosley reached a huge milestone when she revealed that she was “ten years free of bulimic behaviors,” according to Soap Opera Digest. She also became an ambassador for the National Eating Disorders Association. These days she’s focused on setting a healthy example for her daughters.
