CONFIDENT REAL LIFE
Caitlin Hellyer, 23, from Gloucester, stripped down to her underwear in a way to reclaim her body...
Stepping out in front of the tripod, I was ready to drop a few poses.
Wearing a brand-new lingerie set of latex and PVC, I felt sexy.
Sliding down onto my knees, I smiled as my partner Guy, 32, snapped the money shot.
I want other women to feel sexy
‘Shall we take one lying down?’ Guy suggested next.
And taking more glamour model style snaps, I felt great.
I’d been producing sultry snaps and videos since 28 June last year.
But I didn’t take a typical route into OnlyFans.
In fact, it was the opposite to what you’d expect.
I was fed up with being oversexualised on Instagram.
Running a fashion blog since 2018, I posted content for other women who had dwarfism.
I was born with the genetic condition achondroplasia – a mutation of the FGFR 3 growth gene and the most common form of dwarfism. Growing up, I found it hard. I could never find outfits that matched my age to my height.
While my mates could all shop the latest fashions, I was looking in the children’s section and rummaging through childish designs.
Not given the same opportunities to play playground games and sports like the other kids at school, I felt left out and even experienced some bullying. But by the time I was finishing secondary school, I stopped caring.
It was now time to do my own thing.
And setting up my blog aged 17, I wanted to start living my life in my own way.
Just because I had dwarfism didn’t mean I couldn’t feel confident and fashionable.
Quickly amassing thousands of followers, it wasn’t long until I was thrust under the glaring male gaze.
Constantly being sexualised, all I had to do was post myself in a big coat and bobble hat to receive an explicit message.
You’re so sexy, men would DM me.
Marry me?
In some cultures, dwarfism is linked to a specific goddess, so I would get lots of messages about that.
But I would also get a lot of gross messages and would even receive explicit pictures which I really hated.
At just 17 – a minor – it made me anxious and disgusted, too.
I was just a teenager trying to have fun and help others, not be treated like a piece of meat.
‘Block it and don’t interact,’ my mum Jacqueline, 57, and dad Leon, 51, advised me after I confided in them.
Listening to my parents’ advice, I still became wary of the content I posted.
Sometimes, I’d even wear outfits I didn’t like just so I could be more covered up.
But by June last year, I’d had enough.
‘Why don’t you try OnlyFans?’ Guy su
