Rachel Mbuki Marete is a name that is well known in the pageant world, the former Kenyan beauty queen made shocking revelations about her 36kg weight gain and 20kg weight loss all in under a year.
The former Miss Kenya revealed to her 128,000 followers the reason why she has been off social media saying that a major life event knocked the wind out of her leading to a massive weight gain of 36kgs between September 2018 and March 2019.
She went on to explain that she was burned out, she had trouble sleeping and as a result of stress, her cortisone levels shot up leading to the weight gain. Stressed about her weight gain, the US-based entrepreneur shut herself indoors, did nothing all day because she had no energy and quit social media.
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However one day she decided enough was enough and she took a health and fitness getaway by herself to Thailand to turn things around. She is now at lost 20kgs having been there for 2 months doing yoga, Muay Thai kickboxing, meditation and eating healthy.
She added that she was posting about her shocking transformation to show that no one is perfect in a world of #Goals on social media but sad, stressed and depressed deep within.
Ms. Marete who previously flaunted her well-shaped curves on social media has never shied away from admitting that she has had some plastic surgery done to enhance her already gorgeous God-given body.
Ms Marete who got engaged to her lover while vacationing in Diani in 2017 won Miss Universe Kenya in 2005, becoming the second winner of the beauty pageant which was inaugurated in 2004.
In 2007, at 20, she left for the US and has since become an actress, TV host and singer. She has had several hosting gigs in Hollywood, Miami and New York. She has also worked as a news anchor for Transit TV, Los Angeles. Ms Marete has also released a number of songs, among them ‘Kelele’, ‘Kama Wewe’ and ‘Nguvu’.
