Miriam Mullins has made a heartbreaking confession, as she revealed she’s rebranding her online presence.
The Cork FM personality boasts 2.1 million followers on TikTok, and a further 136k followers on Instagram.
In a candid ‘Get Ready With Me’ video shared via TikTok earlier this month, the 27-year-old admitted she had made a lot of her old content on the social media platform private.
Miriam told her 2.1 million followers: “I’ve just changed so much in the last year, and I feel like it’s only recently that I’ve grown into myself and grown into a confident woman, because up until two years ago I was not confident at all.”
“I hated how I looked, I hated my body – I just hated myself, and that’s so raw for me to say, but I’m so glad to say that I’m at a point now where my confidence is really good.”
“I’m not perfect, I get anxiety, I get stressed about things, and that’s so normal, but confidence wise and how I feel about myself – I’m literally so proud of myself ’cause I’m at such a good place.”
“I look back on my videos from 2020-21 when I did all the Irish mammy skits and the really cringy videos from my bedroom at home in my parents’ house, and I just want to give her a hug because I looked so bad in the videos, I used to plaster myself in makeup, my teeth were crooked and I’d wear so much makeup as a cover-up.”
Picture: Brian McEvoy
“I just want to hug her,” Miriam heartbreakingly admitted. “I want to hug 2021 – I even want to hug 2022 Miriam.”
“I understand why people used to not like my content back in 2020-21, and people would comment being like ‘how do you have so many followers?’ Trust me, I still don’t know why two million people decide to follow me but I’m so grateful.”
“That’s one thing you can’t take from me. I used to post six or seven videos a day, and I never cared what anyone thought. I wish I was a little bit more like that, I still have that mindset but I’m a lot more aware of what I post and I focus more on the quality over the quantity now.”
“I’ve found since I’ve had a ‘glow up’, I’ve kind of just had a bit of an evolvement I guess. People are treating me so differently to what they did back in 2020-21. People actually want to be my friend, which sounds so sad, but it’s the truth.”
“I’ve seen so many influencers in Ireland, like micro influencers, who are so talented and literally deserve to be on a pedestal, but never get jobs or never get invited to events or anything, because number one, apps push out pretty privilege.”
“Apps push out people who are pretty – TikTok is known for literally pushing out pretty people’s content, same with Instagram, brands obviously don’t see it.”
“Also, if somebody is pretty, they’re gonna get invited [to events] because they fit what the brand wants.”
“I just want anyone out there to know – if you’re like me, I was never pretty, I was never pretty in school, I was never pretty when I first came online, I was always ugly.”
“I worked hard, I put in extra effort, I kept posting, I never gave up, and that’s how I got to where I am now,” Miriam proudly admitted.
“I know as a woman and as a girl, it’s really hard to get out of that mindset that’s like ‘oh my God, I’m not pretty enough, I’m not good enough’ – yes you are!”
Turning her attention towards the future, the Cork native said: “Myself and Tiaan are really hoping to settle down in the next couple of years – we wanna get married, we wanna have kids, and I wanna bring my audience along with me.”
“I want my audience to grow up with me. I know I’m an adult and I’ve already grown up, but I feel like it’s only recently that I’ve evolved into the person I am and I’ve found myself.”
