I wear a corset for 23 hours a day - all to keep my 18-inch waist

I’m not doing it for attention or for anybody for me. My body doesn’t seem to mind as I go smaller and smaller. But 18, I’m happy here. I don’t have any desire to go smaller than that.

Can you imagine wearing a corset for 23 hours a day? Well, mum and US Navy veteran does just that to maintain her tiny 18-inch waist. Mother-of-three boys Diana Ringo, 39, from San Diego, California only takes off her corset when she showers or works out.

The 5ft 2in wife, who was in the Navy as a chef for nine years, started wearing her waist-shrinking garments four years ago after she lost her natural curves following the birth of her four-year-old twin boys. Diana wanted to lose the weight she put on during pregnancy, so with a balanced diet, exercise and an operation to remove excess skin, Diana decided to get her hourglass figure back by wearing waist-pinching corsets that have given her an incredibly tiny 18 inch waist.