Hello! Iāve not posted on this thread before, but I grew up in Norwich and was the year below Tanya (not in the same school). Norwich is a really small place and everyone hung around at a place called the forum in those days so you got to know everyone who was near there.
just some random comments I have from knowing them a little bit:
- Tanya was always really nice and friendly (not saying that means you have to like her!) Back then before she got on YouTube, she was really into makeup and was building a portfolio and would often get girls our age to be models for her. She was genuinely very good at doing make up (for 2007 standards - it was nothing like the crazy impressive stuff you see on insta nowadays).
- Tanya was curvy at one point but never āfatā. Those pictures shared are super unflattering and she definitely didnāt look like that irl. Her parents live near mine so I have seen her out and about a lot over the years. I donāt know if she edits her pictures now, Iām not good at spotting photoshop stuff, butI can tell you she is reaaaaally thin in person. (Again not saying you canāt have your own opinion!)
- She and Jim were like the luxury couple of Norwich when we were all in 6th form
- I agree Jim is a bit weird. Iāve never heard anything from people in Norwich to say heās horrible or anything like that, but he definitely acts like heās a child and more just annoying?
- Jimās brother John is one of the nicest most genuine people Iāve ever met
- I met her friend Kate Gowing once and she was a right arse hole!