A 6ft 2in woman who used to be embarrassed about her height now uses it to her advantage - by selling videos of herself on OnlyFans.
Marie Temara rakes in the cash from fans who pay to see her standing on the camera like a giant and kicking her leg to the top of the fridge.
She was previously bullied for her height at school - but now says she feels proud of her height after discovering her fans love her tall stature.
Marie, 27, said: "I've started to feel proud of being tall. I wore six-inch heels out to a bar with my friends for the first time last year and I felt amazing.
"Everyone looked but I was proud. If people don't like me because I'm tall, that's their problem."
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Although she now makes a living from being tall, for years Marie loathed being from a "family of giants," which included her 6ft 2in dad Mike Temera, 61, and her 6ft 9in basketball player brothers Shane, 26, and Troy, 24.
But her fortune changed after she posted a video on TikTok talking about being tall.
She said: "I always hated being so tall and wished I could be like one of the small girls.
"When I first posted a video saying I was 6ft 2in and weighed 200lb (14st 2lb) I couldn't believe the response. Everyone was so positive and lovely.
"I went from being the person who no guy ever wanted to everyone thinking I was good-looking.
"So many girls messaged me privately saying it meant so much for them to have someone to look up to."
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At secondary school; Marie, from Florida, said standing out from the crowd also led to bullying.
She said: "I was always a head taller than everyone else. I used to get bullied for being so tall. People would call me a boy because I was taller than everyone else, which was really hard.
"It was hardest when I reached middle school, because that's when you start liking guys and I was so much taller than them.
"I would like them, but they wouldn't like me back. I would slouch down hallways and in pictures. I would slouch down or lean to the side to look shorter."
After leaving college, Marie started working as an accountant, but her personal life was far less successful.
She said: "Dating was really hard. I used to only look for tall guys.
"There were a lot of guys who used to say that I was too tall, or height would come up while chatting on a dating site and most of the time, they weren't interested after that."
But after losing her job in April 2020, and then ending her relationship in August 2021, Maria decided to try something different.
And she went viral after making a video about her height on TikTok
She said: "I didn't know what to expect but it blew up and it instantly went viral.
"I was so shocked - I thought, 'Wow, people actually like this.' So many people commented saying they thought I looked so good and thanked me for sharing, saying they finally have someone they can look up to.
"I even got my mum and gran to join me for videos, too!"
Selling photos of herself and posting on OnlyFans means Marie is now able to make between £60k to £80k a month.
She said: "Someone suggested I should try OnlyFans after seeing my TikTok videos, so I started in 2021. Now I earn what I used to make in a year in a month."
Despite the lucrative advantage she has now found in being tall, Marie says there are still drawbacks.
"My feet always hang off the bed," she said.
"I have a Ford Mustang and it's so small, I have to squash myself down and stretch my legs out the whole way - I need a truck!
"I have to duck under showerheads too, because I'm always too tall to fit underneath them."
Marie has still not turned her back on accountancy - a career she loved - and is thinking of starting a business of her own in the future.
But, for now, she is happy to make the most of her newfound fame while spreading a positive message about looking different.
She said: "When I think about how far I have come, it does make me feel emotional.
"I just don't want any other young girls to feel the way I did and if I can help people feel more confident and proud to be tall, then that means everything to me.
"I want people to know that it is okay to be different."
