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Alysia Magen is a fitness model and social media influencer with over 1.4 million followers on Instagram.
Before reaching these heights on social media, she was a member of the U.S. Air Force and recalls getting demoted for posting photos online. She says this led to the end of her time in the military. It made the whole situation very difficult, she says.
For extra income, Magen was selling fitness products through social media and her website. She posted a side-by-side picture promoting a product and wearing her military uniform.
She was punished with an Article 15. “To get like an Article 15, it’s basically the military just is done with you,” Alysia Magen said.
“They got mad because I did a side-by-side,” she continued. “I did a waist trainer and I was selling it, and I had one where I was in uniform, and one next to it in a waist trainer.”
She explained, “Well technically that’s, if someone looked at that, they could be like, ‘oh, that’s the military promoting that.’”
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She paid a visit to the podcast No Jumper to tell her story. She discussed a wide range of topics from her time as a bodybuilder, to joining OnlyFans, and what led to her demotion while in the military.
Alysia explained to podcast host Adam22 how her Instagram content eventually led to her getting demoted while she was in military.
At the time she was selling fitness products through social media and had her own website. A This didn’t sit well with a higher up and she was punished via Article 15 six months before she was getting out.
The details surrounding Alysia’s exit from the military get a little hard to follow. She doesn’t answer clearly as to whether or not she made it through the last six months or not. But that doesn’t really matter all that much.
When one door closed, another one swung wide open. What’s too hot for the military is just right for the world of influencing. It looks like she’s found her true calling.
