#swimqueen

"For anyone who is hesitant, you absolutely are the perfect person to go. This event is for all women, but more than that, it is for all of our insecurities to gather and be silenced in a way that you may not have experienced in a long time, or ever. This is not a boudoir shoot. This is not a self love photo shoot. This is a community of women, gathering, to learn to love themselves better. And sometimes, the best way to learn to love on ourselves is when we get to love on each other." 

"This event is for everyone.  Even if you do have self love, you learn so much from other amazing women.  Friendships with people who are like you.  If you can just take the plunge and go to one of these events, you will walk away from so much negativity and start embracing yourself." 

 "Wow, I don't even know where to start, society has told us for far too long how to look, act, and what we should do with our bodies. The #beyourownswimqueen event was magic and so freeing I'm letting all that other sh8t go and moving on to wholeheartedly embracing all of me. That was my take away."

"The other Queens at the event  inspired me with their openness, honesty, and vulnerability.   It felt supportive and like I wasn’t alone anymore.   They so confidently shared their stories and then later, their photos, and made me feel I could too."

"Being a SwimQueen was hard, I’m not going to lie. I still look at my sneak peek photos and cringe a bit, but this is part of the new journey for me. Again, because of my eye issues, I have a lot of anxiety meeting and talking with new people — almost as much as I’m not comfortable in my new body. But I learned about Jackie and the SwimQueen movement about two days before ticket sales and I just decided to jump in. I needed to jolt myself out of my comfort zone and start reconciling with the fact that I”m going through a new phase of life but that doesn’t mean I’m dead. I want to get back to taking up space, to being a woman that younger women can go to, to smiling and looking at a happy face. Becoming a SwimQueen has started that new journey for me."

"We are all in a perpetual state of growth and self discovery. The Be Your Own Swim Queen events go beyond being comfortable, confident and loving yourself in a swim suit, it is inclusive to all people in all stages of personal growth to discover the love they have for themselves over and over again."

"I would encourage any woman to take a step out of their comfort zone this summer and
to align themselves with like-minded QUEENS!"

"I found Jackie’s page on Instagram after living in Saskatoon about a year. I was lonely and looking for community so I took the plunge and bought a ticket! On the day of the SwimQueen event, I told myself to just have an open heart. 

As I listened to the women’s “why” for attending and sharing their stories, I realized something, we aren’t special. Women have been conditioned to hide our life experiences, we are made to feel like we’re singular or special in our trauma, like no other women could have gone through what I’ve been through. That’s just not the case, I was each one of these women, we were sharing our collective story, we were free and I was no longer lonely. 

This event is for every woman, just buy the ticket and go with an open heart. I promise you won’t be disappointed!"