Interview with MacKenzie Green - Racism, Religion & Fat-Phobia, Pageant Life, Training for Marathons, Nutrition

On this week's episode of The Diet Obsessed Podcast, I had the honor of interviewing MacKenzie Green, my first celebrity interview! Mackenzie is an incredibly accomplished woman, she is the Vice President of social media for Who What Wear/Clique Brands. She is a graduate of Columbia Business School and the University of Miami.  She serves as president of the University of Miami Young Alumni Council, board member of the US chapters of the Shoebox Project, University of Miami alumni board of directors, and Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles board member. A proud graduate of the UCLA Riordan MBA Fellows Program, she holds two SunCoast Emmys, served as the former vice-chair of the National Council of Negro Women (for which she was awarded the Legacy Award by the Southern Youth Leadership Development Institute), a proud member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and held the title of Miss DC USA in 2010.  I first heard MacKenzie as a co-host on The Taylor Strecker Show, which is a podcast I review quite often and I wanted to have MacKenzie on for a few reasons:1) Mackenzie and Taylor had a conversation about diet culture, the patriarchy and basically, how many of us women are messed up in the head, because of what society has taught us.  2) In a past episode of this podcast, I reviewed a book called "Fearing the Black Body, The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia" by Sabrina Strings.  It's a fascinating book and not being a woman of color myself, I didn't feel right delving into this topic alone.  Mackenzie was gracious enough to join me to discuss her thoughts and share her knowledgeable  perspective.3) MacKenzie was a pageant queen and is also an athlete, so I was very curious about how she prepared to win Miss DC USA and her current regimen now.If any of these topics interest you or you're just a fan of MacKenzie, you will love this show!Download The Diet Obsessed Podcast and don't forget to rate, review and subscribe! Follow MacKenzie on Instagram @missusatomba and follow me on Instagram @thedietobsessedpodcastIf these topics interest you, please follow and subscribe to "The Diet Obsessed Podcast" and Craving More:Subscription page:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1876556/subscribe and don't forget to leave a rating + review!Finally, follow me on Instagram @thedietobsessedpodcast and @veronica.santarelli Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Support the show