
Even though she was pressured to lose weight when she was a model, Charlize Theron refused to diet and give in to the industry pressure to slim down.
Charlize – who trained to be a ballet dancer after working in the fashion business for around two years – said: “I had the capability to be a bigger model than I was. They were always telling me, ‘Lose five pounds and you’ll be a supermodel.’ But I saw modeling like waitressing – it was a way to pay for another career, and that career was dance.”
However, the star’s fledgling dance career was cut short after she sustained a serious knee injury when she was just 19. [FemaleFirst]
Even though she refused to slim down as a model, Charlize was more than happy to gain weight to play the serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the movie “Monster” (for which she won an Oscar).
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