'Sixty people asked if I was pregnant': Make up blogger, 22, who was taunted online about her weight gain after she got married hits back saying 'some days I actually love my big bum'

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An Australian make up artist and beauty blogger from Melbourne took a year to recover from fat shaming comments that she received online.

Heidi Hamoud, 22, was married last year and started gaining weight during that time, which is when the comments started.

'I did a clothing haul on Snapchat and I wore this outfit and I'm not even joking, I got at least 60 replies asking me if I was pregnant,' Heidi told Daily Mail Australia.

'At that point I think I just lost it, I had a little melt down and I was really upset and I was like "can everybody please stop saying that, I'm not pregnant, I've just gained a lot of weight but I'm happy, I'm just enjoying life".' 

An Australian make up artist and beauty blogger, Heidi Hamoud, 22, (pictured) took a year to recover from fat shaming comments that she received online

Heidi has almost 500,000 followers on YouTube and almost 400,000 followers on her Instagram , which is where she received majority of the comments 

Heidi has almost 500,000 followers on YouTube and almost 400,000 followers on her Instagram, which is where she received majority of the comments. 

'There were some really nasty ones. People were commenting on my weight saying, "oh my god you've gained so much weight, it doesn't suit you" and majority of people were asking me if I was pregnant.

'It made me really miserable, it made me so depressed, it was more than a handful of people.

'It was something I was getting literally every day on all of my social platforms, it was a really terrible feeling.'

Heidi told Daily Mail Australia that she was receiving at least five comments a day commenting on her weight.  

'I was already feeling really uncomfortable with myself, I wasn't fitting into my clothes, I felt crap already and then to have people ask me things like "am I pregnant" every single day, it was not great.'

She explained that she tried to ignore the comments she was getting and surrounded herself with 'amazing' people who had her back.

This was the image that she shared on her Instagram account where she discussed her body image issues and encouraged others to embrace their curves

'It's really hard to constantly ignore it when you're getting it all the time, I tried to ignore it as much as I could and other times I would burst into tears and be really upset over it because I just felt so crap.'

'I think it was at that point people realised how badly it was affecting me and that's when it slowly started to die down.'

Heidi said that some of her followers then reached out saying that their comments weren't meant in a negative way. 

'I obviously told them that if I was pregnant I wouldn't say no, I would tell them, it's not something nice to hear every single day of your life.

'I never truly became comfortable in myself after that, it wasn't actually until quite recently I started taking care of myself.

'I was always working, I was always so busy, I was not eating and I wasn't taking care of myself whatsoever, I kept getting sick, it was a very long process.'

Heidi told Daily Mail Australia that she was receiving at least five comments a day commenting on her weight

'I'd join a gym, get tired of it, then I still couldn't fit into any of my clothes and I was still miserable about it.'

Heidi said that recently joining a F45 class at her local gym has been her 'little saviour' and is one of the ways that she is now looking after herself.

'I've been so happy, I've been taking care of myself for the past month and a half more than I have ever done before and I don't even think about being bigger or curvier, I just don't care anymore, I'm just so happy.

'I used to always think that being skinny would give me that feel good feeling, give me that happiness, but I learnt only very recently that it wouldn't, you've just got to feel comfortable in yourself and taking care of yourself does that.

'It gives you a feeling that I can't even explain, I'm just so content now.'

'I was always working, I was always so busy, I was not eating and I wasn't taking care of myself whatsoever, I kept getting sick, it was a very long process'

Heidi explained that when her confidence took a hit it meant she wasn't putting her all into creating the best possible content.

She believes that her followers could tell she wasn't herself as she received comments saying that she looked 'fat' or 'tired' but she has noticed a shift in comments now that she has her confidence back. 

'It's only been recently that people have been commenting saying "Heidi you're different, there's a different glow about you, you look happier, you're smiling more" and I feel like that's gotten people wanting to tune into me a little bit more.'

Heidi explained that when her confidence took a hit it meant she wasn't putting her all into creating the best possible content

Coming out of this ordeal Heidi posted a photo to Instagram encouraging women to embrace their curves, where one part reads:

'You don't need to be a size 6 to be beautiful. You are beautiful regardless of your shape and size.

'And some days, when I look in the mirror I actually love my big bum - and that's okay too!'

The photo has over 4,000 likes and a bevy of comments of people offering their support while also sharing their own body image experiences.

'[People were] so responsive and supportive, I didn't realise how many people had the same issues as I did.'

'I used to always think that being skinny would give me that feel good feeling, give me that happiness, but I learnt only very recently that it wouldn't'

'After I did that post I got so many DMs and emails from people asking me to do more of those posts and asking me to post more about myself because it's something that they can relate to.

'I had curvier women approach me saying "we've got similar body shapes I would love to see how you style clothes" because I guess everyone feels uncomfortable.'

Heidi explained that she didn't realise that so many people would find her post relatable.

Although she knows she has thousands of followers she doesn't always realise how many people are actually watching and reading her posts and videos. 

Heidi explained that she didn't realise that so many people would find her post relatable

Heidi's parting advice was for others to put themselves first, 'step out of their comfort zones' and to try new things.

'I was always so concerned about the people around me, there's a lot of things going on in my life that people don't know about.

'I'm always putting other people above myself that I kind of forgot myself.

'It's okay to think about you, sometimes people don't think about themselves or take care of themselves because of the fear of feeling selfish but you can't look after the people around you unless you look after yourself first.'