Camila Mendes Reveals Why She's So Open

Camila Mendes Reveals Why She's So Open

Camila Mendes totally shines on the cover of Shape‘s November 2018 issue!

The 24-year-old Riverdale actress spoke about her past eating disorder, role models, and more in the mag! Check out what she shared…

On Rihanna being a role model for her: “This body positivity movement we’re having right now is so amazing, and it’s helping me so much. I’m seeing all these people who I look up to, like Rihanna, open up about their weight fluctuations and loving themselves the way they are. That makes me love myself more too.”

On her past struggles with bulimia: “I’ve struggled with bulimia. It happened a little bit in high school and again when I was in college. Then it came back when I started working in this industry with fittings all the time and watching myself on camera….I had such an emotional relationship with food and anxiety about everything I put into my body. I was so scared of carbs that I wouldn’t let myself eat bread or rice ever. I’d go a week without eating them, then I would binge on them, and that would make me want to purge. If I ate a sweet, I would be like, Oh my God, I’m not going to eat for five hours now. I was always punishing myself. I was even anxious about healthy food: Did I eat too much of the avocado? Did I have too many fats for one day? I was consumed with the details of what I was eating, and I always felt as if I was doing something wrong.”

On why she’s so open: “I realized that I have this platform, and young women and men who look up to me, and there is a tremendous power to do something positive with it.”

For more from Camila, visit Shape.com.

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