Belle Gibson

Annabelle Natalie Gibson (born 8 October 1991) is an Australian convicted scammer and pseudoscience advocate. She is the author of The Whole Pantry mobile app and its later companion cookbook. Throughout her career as a wellness guru, Gibson falsely claimed to have been diagnosed with multiple cancer pathologies, including brain cancer, and that she was effectively managing them through diet, exercise, natural medicine, and alternative medicine therapies. She claimed she had donated significant proportions of her income and her company's profits to numerous charities. In February 2015, Gibson's close friend Chanelle McAuliffe confronted Gibson with suspicions about her cancer claims and about perpetrating a scam. She urged Gibson to come forward with the truth but Gibson refused. Concerned about the harm Gibson was causing to people with cancer, McAuliffe reported Gibson to the police, a lawyer and an investigative journalist; they...