This Plus-Size Resort Was Created As a Body Positivity Haven

"All of a sudden most of the stigmas are gone."

21 March, 2018
This Plus-Size Resort Was Created As a Body Positivity Haven

The Resort is like most other, well, resorts in the Bahamas. The beaches are beautiful; the vibe is relaxing. But the Resort is unique in that it was founded specifically as a haven for plus-size people who, according to founder James King, can otherwise have uncomfortable and demeaning experiences at other beachside properties.

In a interview by People, King shared that he started the Resort after witnessing a customer's terrible experience at one of his resort jobs:

"On my first day working at a resort in Grenada, a young woman sat down in one of the loungers, and she went right through it, and everybody on the beach was laughing. The next day I was in my office, and I hear screaming and yelling, and she was having a fit because the owner's policy was that she was charged $150 for destruction of hotel property. And I thought that it was insane.
I tried to convince the owners that we needed furniture other than this plastic flimsy stuff, and they didn't care. I decided that I had to do something."

King, who put together the property two years ago, initially had problems sourcing furniture and other amenities, despite securing the land. But now, he claims that the resort's been booked since it opened, and been a welcome haven for everyone who's come there:

"It's people who have lived similar lives with the same issues, and all of a sudden most of the stigmas are gone, because nobody's staring at them. They just feel like they can identify. A lot of people who come have never met, but after just the first night it's like they've known each other for years."

Watch a British ITV documentary about the Resort below:

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Credit: Cosmopolitan
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