Knockout /
Kang, Mia,
Knockout / Mia Kang. - 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Prologue -- You are not your past -- The love notes -- A number on the scale -- A slippery slope -- Beans and yogurt -- Thigh-gap year -- Uni and me -- Repressed memories -- Catwalks to cap gains -- NYC to meet you -- Muay Thai -- My purpose -- Train hard, fight easy : how I live now -- Epilogue.
"An intimate and unflinching memoir exploring Mia Kang's journey from self-loathing to self-love... Mia Kang is many things: a sought-after model, an immigrant, an eating disorder survivor, and a Muay Thai fighter. Her first book, Knockout, is the story of how she eschewed normative body standards and learned to use martial arts to redefine her sense of self-worth. In a charming, fierce, and intimate voice, Kang invites readers into her world. She once lived and died by her weight, but she is now defined by her confidence in being a woman who lives outside the mold of what we're taught is 'feminine.' After dealing with bullying, addiction, body dysmorphia, anxiety, depression, and even suicidal thoughts, Mia acknowledges that she is lucky to still be alive to tell readers what she's learned: to not let anyone else dictate who you are supposed to be" --
1419743325 9781419743320
2020932370
Kang, Mia.
Muay Thai--Thailand.
Models (Persons)--United States--Biography.
Boxers (Sports)--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Knockout / Mia Kang. - 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Prologue -- You are not your past -- The love notes -- A number on the scale -- A slippery slope -- Beans and yogurt -- Thigh-gap year -- Uni and me -- Repressed memories -- Catwalks to cap gains -- NYC to meet you -- Muay Thai -- My purpose -- Train hard, fight easy : how I live now -- Epilogue.
"An intimate and unflinching memoir exploring Mia Kang's journey from self-loathing to self-love... Mia Kang is many things: a sought-after model, an immigrant, an eating disorder survivor, and a Muay Thai fighter. Her first book, Knockout, is the story of how she eschewed normative body standards and learned to use martial arts to redefine her sense of self-worth. In a charming, fierce, and intimate voice, Kang invites readers into her world. She once lived and died by her weight, but she is now defined by her confidence in being a woman who lives outside the mold of what we're taught is 'feminine.' After dealing with bullying, addiction, body dysmorphia, anxiety, depression, and even suicidal thoughts, Mia acknowledges that she is lucky to still be alive to tell readers what she's learned: to not let anyone else dictate who you are supposed to be" --
1419743325 9781419743320
2020932370
Kang, Mia.
Muay Thai--Thailand.
Models (Persons)--United States--Biography.
Boxers (Sports)--Biography.
Autobiographies.