ANTM's Khrystyna Stoloka Is A Positive Activist

This model was rejected for gaining a few pounds — now she’s a top contender on “America’s Next Top Model.”

Khrystyana calls herself a positive activist and preaches self-love on Instagram. She says she was once plagued by insecurity, doubt and fear.

She explained, “I just crashed, I just fell into a depression. Because for that job, for that opportunity, I moved to Los Angeles. I was trying to get skinny, trying to get pretty. And then I got rejected, and when I didn’t get the campaign, I just thought maybe I’m ugly.”

After being rejected for a national campaign, a photographer friend took her pictures and gave her some advice — to forget everything she knew about modeling.

She posted the photo on her Instagram with the caption, “She was there wiping your tears at night, cuddling your spirit, when he left you for another. She embraced your breathing soul, as you are.”

The post went viral and Khrystyana started feeling supported by a new community of women, as comments rolled in calling her “beautiful” exactly how she was. She also posted a before and after photo showing how much happier she became once she accepted her body.

She is dedicated to using her ANTM platform to advocate for more body positivity in the modeling world.