I own my pink by embracing the crazy and admitting that most days, I wake up thinking I can balance it all only to be reminded that it's the crazy I have embraced. I own my pink by owning my imperfections.

Pauline is founder and chief writer at Girl Body Pride, a site born from the single realization that it was her actions and her words that will determine how her own daughter will see herself in the mirror as she grows more aware of the world outside of fairy tales and princesses.

A lifelong emotional eater, Pauline can remember hiding in her parents' pantry as a girl as young as six to eat what she could without being noticed. By the time she was eight years old, she was as tall as her very petite mother and sharing her clothes. Family members referred to Pauline as "big" because she hit her adult height at 13 and at 5'6'', stood a good six-inches above most women in her family and as tall as most of the men. At the age of 15, after watching a television special on a woman who was working to save eating disordered girls, Pauline took what she had learned about bulimia and would be in denial for a decade that she needed saving of her own. It was through writing out her experiences and connecting with others that Pauline realized how very important it is to no longer hide behind her words and instead use her own experience to help others.

A former newsroom journalist with gigs at community newspapers before working at The Detroit News, Pauline's writing has appeared on FunnyNotSlutty.com and 30secondmom.com. Pauline is the editor of Strong like Butterfly: An Anthology available on Smashwords. She is represented by literary agent Michele Martin of MDM Management. Find her at www.about.me/paulinecampos.