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April 22, 2015 08:44 am GMT

'None of it's true': What's behind wellness blogger Belle Gibson's web of lies

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Australian health entrepreneur Belle Gibson was the poster girl for healthy living. The 20-something woman from Brisbane claimed she had survived multiple forms of cancer using a healthy diet and alternative therapies. It was all a lie.

Gibson had a hugely successful Apple app, The Whole Pantry, and a cookbook, which taught people how to fight illness using clean living. She had hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, particularly Instagram, who had been seeking her advice since May 2013.

See also: The mystery of Belle Gibson, who claimed she cured cancer with clean living

In March this year, her story began to unravel. There were questions surrounding the veracity of her diagnosis, her age (she is 23, not 26), missing donations and her life story and her seemingly miracle-type survival Read more...

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