Kristin Haglund

Kirsten Haglund
Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center – Community Relations Specialist

Kirsten struggled with anorexia and made eating disorders her platform while competing and becoming Miss America . She focuses on eating disorders in entertainment media, the fashion and beauty industries, and with the many young women who look to Miss America as a role model. She reinforces that women have the right and responsibility to define beauty on their own terms and to love and respect themselves and their bodies. She worked with the Eating Disorders Coalition, to lobby Congress for the passage of Mental Health Parity. She has helped expose the dangerous reality of eating disorders via interviews with EXTRA, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood and SHAPE magazine.

The Kirsten Haglund Foundation for eating disorders is a non-profit organization which provides financial assistance to people seeking treatment for eating disorders.  Kirsten joined Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center as Community Relations Specialist in 2011 and became an ambassador for NEDA in 2012.

Speaking Topics: Her Personal Story of Eating Disorder Recovery; Fighting The Media & Entertainment’s Impact on Body-Image in Young Women; Achieving Physical, Mental and Spiritual Health in Competitive Sports and the Arts; The Role of Faith in Eating Disorder Recovery; Eating Disorders and Body-Image in College-Aged Women; The Mother-Daughter Relationship in Eating Disorder Recovery; Letting Go of Perfectionism and Embracing Balance and Moderation; Beauty at Every Size – Reversing the Negative Role of the Fashion Industry and Encouraging Women to Love Their Bodies

Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center is a valued  Partnering Sponsor of Eating Disorder Hope  ~ Helping to make our work possible!