‘I was once the world’s fattest woman

Catrina Raiford was bedbound for five years – and at her heaviest weighed nearly 70 stone – and embarked on fake relationships by using photos of slimmer women to entice men on the internet

A super slimmer – once the world’s fattest woman at nearly 70 stone – has shared photos of her stunning transformation having shed more than half of her bodyweight.

Catrina Raiford, 47, embarked on fake relationships, using photos of slimmer women to entice men on the internet, at her heaviest when she was bedbound for years. She was completely immobile at her largest – when she was the fattest woman in the world at 68-and-a-half stone.

Since then, she has tackled the weight and lost a staggering 48 stone – the equivalent of three baby elephants – and fits in size 10/12. Catrina, who is five-foot-two, looks a shadow of her former self in new photographs today. She looks unrecognisable as she poses for a selfie at home in Tampa, Florida.

She’s lost so much weight that the content creator is determined to have loose skin removed – and she plans to donate it to burns victims. She says she has around 10 stone – nearly half of her bodyweight – which she wants cut in surgery.