Sex addict who slept with more than 700 men strips to celebrate her ‘imperfections’

Reformed sex addict Belinda ‘Love’ Rygier has revealed that she once struggled with body dysmorphism.

The former Bachelor contestant, who slept with more than 700 men, posted a series of nude selfies on Instagram in an effort to celebrate her imperfections.

“I’m over the ‘perfection movement’ on social media. So here I am breaking the circle,” she wrote alongside the cheeky selfies.

“I had body dysmorphism. So I’m showing you vulnerable the area where I’ve felt extremely unattractive for most of my life… My stomach,” she continued.

“I have been left out, emotionally and physically abused, overlooked, ridiculed, told that a man will choose a more beautiful woman than me. Called a Teletubbie, fat, and made to feel like I would never be loved unless I was “thin”.

“I had to do crazy things to achieve it. Including even eating just 500 calories a day. I developed an unhealthy relationship with food and would starve and starve myself,” Belinda continued.

“I’m over the ‘perfection movement’ on social media. So here I am breaking the circle,” she wrote alongside the cheeky selfies

‘In this series I go out of my comfort zone. To inspire people to love themselves, and to transform this ridiculous view that beauty is purely superficial and should be “perfect”.

“I’m terrified and excited. If we don’t start sharing a new standard of beauty. We will always strive to hit the unrealistic. It’s time for a change,” she concluded.

Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, Belinda previously said her spiraling sex addiction came to a head when one of the men became abusive, but was later told she could not press charges because she had “scratched” him while she was defended himself.

“I have been left out, emotionally and physically abused, overlooked, ridiculed, told that a man will choose a more beautiful woman than me. Called a Teletubbie, fat, and made to feel like I would never be loved unless I was “thin,” she wrote

“When he pushed me down the stairs and locked me in the garage, I had a black eye and they thought my hand was broken,” she recalls that terrible night.

“It was pretty bad. I went to work and they sent me home. The police came and they said that because he had a scratch on his arm from my ring, after I tried to get it off me, we could both go to jail for domestic violence,” she added.

Rygier said the incident marked a turning point and encouraged her to let go of her emotions, along with her perception of love and sex.

“I had to do crazy things to achieve it. Including even eating just 500 calories a day. I developed an unhealthy relationship with food and would starve and starve myself,” said Belinda

This journey led her to launch her own healing boot campswhere she learns self-esteem and forms healthy, respectful relationships.

Looking back on her years of active addiction, she confessed that sex was “constantly on my mind,” even when she was at the grocery store.

“I’d go grocery shopping and think to myself, ‘Oh, I wonder if he’d be interested?'” she said.

However, the majority of her conquests were men — and sometimes women — whom she would find in bars and nightclubs in the evenings.

“I’m terrified and excited. If we don’t start sharing a new standard of beauty. We will always strive to hit the unrealistic. It’s time for a change,” she concluded. Rygier, front row, center, is pictured as a contestant on The Bachelor Australia

Her tunnel vision sometimes upset her friends, as she “locked” them when going out as soon as she decided to hook up.

‘I was never self-conscious. The moment I was gone, I thought, “Where’s a hot guy?”

“Sex is the only addiction I fell for because it made me feel loved. Love is really what I was missing in my life.’

Anyone who needs support with eating disorders or body image issues is encouraged to contact:

Butterfly National Helpline at 1800 33 4673 (1800 ED HOPE) or support@butterfly.org.au

Eating Disorders Victoria Helpline at 1300 550 23

For urgent support, call Lifeline 13 11 14

Looking back on her years of active addiction, she confessed that sex was “constantly on my mind” even when she was at the grocery store