![]() She eventually heard about research by Henry Dijkman, a lecturer and researcher at Radboud university medical center. ![]() She was put through the medical mill, saw a psychologist, an internist, and a heart specialist. ‘I was heading straight for a burnout.’ At first, the doctors didn’t know where the symptoms came from. She quickly began to suffer from shortness of breath, fatigue, joint pain, and panic attacks. Soon after that, she had her breasts enlarged because she was insecure about her cup size. When I got back, my family couldn’t criticise anything about my body, although they did comment on the tattoos I got in Indonesia.’ She speaks with apparent ease, but that is her strategy for being able to talk about it at all. I wanted to become the thinnest and best version of myself.’ She became a sports addict and developed an eating disorder. ‘I went off the radar for six months to work on my body. ![]() Her whole demeanour shows that she’s doing well now, but she’s had some difficult years.Īt 19, Van den Bos left for Indonesia. She smiles at the waitress who puts a cappuccino in front of her. ‘Someone said: if you lose five more kilos, you could be a model’ Later on, someone said to me: if you lose five more kilos, you could be a model.’ ‘When I was 12, an aunt pinched my cheek. Seemingly small comments had a lot of impact. When we went on winter sports, we were given sandwiches.’ I was never allowed too many sweet drinks or chips. ‘I come from an environment where people are very concerned with looks and health. Social media brought Van den Bos viewing pleasure, but also had a negative impact on how she saw herself. ‘I looked up to her I wanted to be just like her.’Īnd that’s where things started to go wrong. I followed everyone.’ At 16, she was a fan of the handsome Dutch-Iranian influencer Negin Mirsalehi. I was also interested in the private lives of lots of Dutch celebrities. ‘I’ve always loved beauty and travelling. The enthusiastic Achterhoek-native found social media interesting even as a child. It feels more natural to show my whole day, rather than just the restaurant.’ Negative impact I show them how I get ready and travel by train. What I do is take my followers along for a day in a vlog. ‘I recently reported on a paid visit to a restaurant in Amsterdam. ![]() She does advertisements occasionally, about twice a month. Her income doesn’t come from TikTok itself, but from advertising for companies. ‘I earn slightly more than the average student.’ She views the whole thing as a nice job on the side, she explains on a sunny terrace in the centre of Nijmegen. She has 35,000 followers and a management team that helps her negotiate with companies. Van den Bos can rightly be called an influencer. This makes them insecure they think there’s poo or something else on their shoes.’ ![]() ‘Just stare at their shoes, for a really long time, as if there’s something wrong with them. She has a tip for women faced with catcallers, she says in one of her posts. In her videos, she offers advice on how to enlarge your eyebrows, and shows that it is best to wear low-rise trousers if you don’t have much waist. Manon van den Bos posts on TikTok nearly every day. Soon, you can find the English edition of the magazine all over campus. The magazine includes interviews with student and NEC-footballer Dirk Proper, scientist Samira Azabar, virologist Marc van Ranst, showman Tom Verstappen, physician Tanya Bisseling and her daughter, student Jasmijn Olde, brother Stefan Ansinger, and influencer Manon van den Bos. This article is part of the new interview special of Vox. ![]()
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