Dylan Alcott offers moving words of advice to 2023 Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfitt
Dylan Alcott has offered body image positivity campaigner Taryn Brumfitt words of advice after she was announced the 2023 Australian of the Year.
The Paralympian, who was last year’s Australian of the Year, shared moving words to the 44-year-old activist after she was crowned the top Aussie on Wednesday night.
‘Number one, be yourself. I still don’t know why I’m Australian of the Year, but there’s a reason for it,’ he told The Daily Telegraph.
Dylan Alcott (pictured) has offered moving words of advice to 2023 Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfitt
‘Two, enjoy it. And three, it’s not just about you. It’s about amplifying the voices of what you’re passionate about and the people that you care about in your community.’
Taryn was named 2023 Australian of the Year at a glittering ceremony in Canberra for her work with the Embrace Body Image Movement, which she founded in 2012.
The movement teaches people – young women in particular – to love and appreciate their bodies and has spread far beyond her hometown of Adelaide, sparking a global phenomenon reaching more than 200million people.
The Paralympian, who was last year’s Australian of the Year, shared moving words to Taryn (pictured) after she was crowned the top Aussie on Wednesday night
Ms Brumfitt is one of Australia’s most in-demand keynote speakers and her work in questioning the pervasive image of perfection fed to women and girls through social media and advertising has earned her recognition from UN Women.
In her acceptance speech on Wednesday, Ms Brumfitt said body image shaming had become an epidemic.
‘Australia, it is not our life’s purpose to be at war with our body,’ she said.
Taryn was named 2023 Australian of the Year at a glittering ceremony in Canberra for her work with the Embrace Body Image Movement, which she founded in 2012
‘Collectively we are facing some of the most challenging environmental, humanitarian and social issues of our time.
‘What if instead of spending our days consumed by hating our bodies we could invest our time together to solve these challenges?
‘What if instead of spending their precious time and energy at war with their bodies our young people were free to become the leaders, big thinkers and game changers the world needs more of right now?
‘It is not our bodies that need to change, it is our perspective.’
She was presented with the award by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a ceremony on Wednesday night
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