Diva Taunia spent most of her adult life as a morbdily obese woman at 311+ lbs. She suffered from numerous obesity-related co-morbidities including high blood pressure, sleep apnea, gout, heel spurs, PCOS, pre-diabetes, and she also had a family history of heart disease.

After months of research, she decided to have RNY Gastric Bypass Surgery at Boston Medical Center with Dr. Donald Hess. Her surgery was on 3/25/08, and she has since maintained a loss of over 150 lbs.

She is an outspoken advocate of weight loss surgery as a treatment for those suffering with morbid obesity, and maintains her written blog and  You Tube video channel of her life as a post-operative patient. She also hosts a weekly radio show called The Backstage Pass Radio Program every Monday night at 8:00pm EST discussing weight-loss surgery, obesity, and fashion and beauty-related topics.

She is on the Board of Directors for the Weight Loss Surgery Foundation of America, and is a member of The Obesity Action Coalition.

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