"Illness Influencer" Belle Gibson

In 2015, Belle Gibson was an Australian "eco-preneur" with a vegetarian cookbook, a blockbuster wellness app and a terminal cancer diagnosis. Today, she's one of the most hated figures in the country.

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• The Woman Who Fooled The World
• What we know about Belle Gibson
• The mystery of Belle Gibson, who claimed she cured cancer with clean living
• Friends and doctors raise doubts over 'Healing Belle' cancer claims
• Mega-blogger Belle Gibson casts doubt on her own cancer claims
• Melbourne mum Belle Gibson on taking the world by storm with her app The Whole Pantry, while fighting terminal brain cancer
• The Belle Gibson scandal: The rise of lifestyle gurus as micro-celebrities in low-trust societies 
• Belle Gibson: "My lifelong struggle with the truth"
• Catalog of Belle’s posts and timeline
• Bad Influencer: The Great Insta Con
• Cosmo: An honest account of our experience with Belle Gibson
• Julia Watson's "Breakfast, School Run, Chemo"

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