I’m 6’2″ and dating is almost impossible — I’m tired of being called a man
ByAdriana Diaz
April 10, 2023 11:27am
Updated
A 6-foot, 2-inch model said she’s making a living showing off her height on OnlyFans — but finding a date is a tall order.
Marie Temara, 28, often goes viral on TikTok as she documents her life as a tall woman, but while she has thousands of fans online, her dating pool is much smaller.
“I will admit it is extremely difficult to find a guy taller than me,” Temara, from Palm Beach, told NeedToKnow.
“Dating at my height is almost impossible because it is so limited.”
Only about 2% of the population in her home state of Florida are taller than 6’3″, according to NeedToKnow.
“I’ve been told ‘no one likes tall girls,’ I look like a ‘man in heels,’ I’m ‘too heavy to be a girl’ and that ‘the Giants are looking for a linebacker,'” Temara recounted.
Unfortunately, bullying is something that Temara has become accustomed to from a young age.
“Being the tallest one in school was challenging for me because I was bullied frequently for being so much taller and different from everyone else,” the content creator remembered.
The single content creator has amassed 1.3 million followers on TikTok but still can’t score a date.Jam Press Vid/@marietemara
She shared that dating is just one of the struggles that come along with her height.Jam Press Vid/@marietemara
“Kids would pick on me and call me a man or a house because I was taller and heavier than most of the male teachers.”
Temara admitted that kids were so “cruel” to her that she would eat lunch alone in a bathroom stall because she had no friends.
But years of rude comments and rejection have helped Temara to become the confident woman that she is today.
“Nowadays, I embrace my curves as a plus-size model, am proud to be tall and try to inspire others that being tall and different is beautiful,” she said.
The 28-year-old has been bullied about her height for most of her life after shooting up above her peers at a young age.Jam Press/@marietemara
Temara used to be self-conscious about her height but has learned to embrace her towering frame.Jam Press/@marietemara
The content creator discovered that she had a niche audience and turned to OnlyFans to capitalize on her natural gifts.Jam Press/@marietemara
“I am now ultra-feminine because I don’t ever want to be called a man again and am trying to change the stigma that being tall isn’t a masculine trait.”
She also wants to change the narrative that short kings and tall queens aren’t a perfect match. Temara pointed to her her parents’ marriage for proof height differences can work in a relationship.
Her mom Christine stands at 6 feet, 5 inches tall, while her dad Mike has a 6-foot, 2-inch frame.
Her brothers Shane, 26, and Troy, 24, are 6 feet, 9 inches and 6 feet, 10 inches respectively, making the father and eldest sibling the shortest of the giant family.
After convincing her family — who she believes is one of “the tallest” families active online — to participate in her TikTok videos, she noticed viewers becoming more interested in their lives.
She often posts videos of her whole family — who she claims is “the tallest family on TikTok.”Jam Press/@marietemara
“I realized that our normal everyday family life is something really interesting to most people, so we started making more family TikToks, and they all started pretty much going viral,” Temara said.
She now has 1.3 million followers on the app but has also turned to OnlyFans, where she shares clips flaunting her height by standing near or kicking over everyday objects.
Since logging onto OnlyFans, Temara was making up to $295,000 a month by the end of last year.
“I just hope to inspire others and show them that being tall, plus-size, and different is beautiful and nothing to be ashamed of,” Temara said.
