TikTok Star, Leukemia Survivor Tia Stokes, 35, Posts a Body Positive Bathing Suit Pic, Urging Others To Embrace their Curves: ‘I Fought Hard to Be Here’

Updated March 8th, 2022

TikTok Star, Leukemia Survivor Tia Stokes, 35, Posts a Body Positive Bathing Suit Pic, Urging Others To Embrace their Curves: ‘I Fought Hard to Be Here’

Doctors told Stokes after donating blood at 16 that she might develop leukemia one day, and eerily the prediction came true..

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