Lisette Oropesa: I used to weigh 210 pounds. Don’t shame me

Lisette Oropesa: I used to weigh 210 pounds. Don’t shame me

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norman lebrecht

November 04, 2018

In an interview with AFP, the Cuban-American soprano confesses that in 2005, she weighed 95 kilograms (210 lbs). Now, she weighs just 56, having lost weight to save her career.

She adds:  ‘body-shaming is not acceptable’. She is tired of “rich patrons saying ‘Oh, I am so glad you’re not fat, like so and so’ — because they think they are entitled to say things like that.”

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