Body Confidence
Being confident in your own skin can be tough. Trying to
uphold societal norms, impress other people and keep up with new trends can
make confidence hard to achieve. It is no secret that celebrities influence
society, largely in terms of fashion, body image and status, but they can also
help us to combat the negative sides of those societal hallmarks as well; with
the right support, you can have a break through. Embracing a healthy body image
means that you respect and appreciate your body. Learn how you can self-love
better thanks to a little help from those who influence us most!
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Extra! Extra! Read all about it! With help from Everyday
Health[1],
top celebrities are here to help you shift your beauty standard and start your
journey to self-love. Prepare to love yourself and to be inspired by reading
below.
1.
Meghan
Markle: On her 33rd birthday, Markle spoke to women everywhere on her
since-archived blog, The Tig, telling them what she has learned over the years:
“You’re enough.” “You need to know that you’re enough. A mantra that has now
engrained itself so deeply within me that not a day goes by without hearing it
chime in my head,” Markle wrote on her then blog. “That 5 pounds lost won’t make
you happier, that more makeup won’t make you prettier, that the now iconic
saying from Jerry Maguire — 'You complete me' — frankly isn’t true. You are
complete with or without a partner. You are enough just as you are.”
2.
Kim
Kardashian West: The reality TV star isn’t one to shy away from a
selfie, so it should be no surprise that body confidence is something she has
honed over the years. “I am empowered by my body,” Kardashian West wrote on her
website in 2016. “I am empowered by my sexuality. I am empowered by feeling
comfortable in my skin. I am empowered by showing the world my flaws and not
being afraid of what anyone is going to say about me. And I hope that through
this platform I have been given, I can encourage the same empowerment for girls
and women all over the world.”
3.
Taylor
Swift: Tay Tay may look flawless on the regular, but she’s struggled
with body image, too. Her epiphany will probably speak to you, too: “I
definitely have body issues, but everybody does,” she reportedly told MSN.
“When you come to the realization that everybody does that — even the people I
consider flawless — you can start to live with the way you are.” Preach!
4.
Sam
Smith: The “Too Good at Goodbyes” singer has lost more than 50 pounds,
but it wasn’t the answer to his body image concerns. "My body image is
always going to be an issue,” he told actress Sarah Jessica Parker in an early
2018 interview for V11. I need to constantly train myself to watch the right
sort of films, to not look at certain ads and think that’s how my stomach
should look. It’s something that I’m fighting every day. I think men should
talk about it more.”
5.
Hilary
Duff: The singer and actress admits that she resisted seeing certain
parts of her in a positive light, but age has given her a new perspective, she
shared in a February 2017 Instagram post. “I didn't always love my legs, but as
I've grown, I've learned to love and celebrate myself just as I am. I began to
realize that my legs are STRONG and they carry me. Every. Single. Day. Our
bodies are amazing and something to be grateful for. I'm ME and that's really
enough!”
6.
Mindy
Kaling: The actress continually has to defend her body — but she has
the best, most inspiring response, as told to The Guardian in September 2015:
“You know what’s funny? If I call myself a cute, chubby girl, the natural kind
woman’s response is, ‘You’re not chubby! You’re beautiful! And thin!’ And I
always want to hug the person and say, ‘It’s okay, I identify as someone who is
cute and chubby — that doesn’t mean I’m not worthy of love and attention and
intimacy.’ And also, my priorities are not such that I’m mortally offended by
someone thinking that.”
7.
Prince
Fielder: Even (former) professional athletes have to rise above
society’s arbitrary standards of fitness: “A lot of people probably think I’m
not athletic or don’t even try to work out or whatever, but I do,” he
reportedly told ESPN for its 2014 Body Issue. “Just because you’re big doesn’t
mean you can’t be an athlete. And just because you work out doesn’t mean you’re
going to have a 12-pack. I work out to make sure I can do my job to the best of
my ability. Other than that, I’m not going up there trying to be a fitness
model."
8.
Kelly
Clarkson: The singer hasn’t shied away from addressing people who talk
about her weight: “Even on American Idol I was really thin, but I was bigger
than the other girls on the show, so people would say things to me,” she told
PEOPLE in November 2017. “But luckily I am super confident, so I’ve never had a
problem with shutting people down and saying, ‘Yeah, you know, that’s just what
I’m rocking. It’s fine.’”
9.
Lena
Dunham: Dunham has long been a body positive champion, but it was on
her Instagram in summer 2018 that she opened up about all the good that a
recent weight gain represented: “On the left: 138 pounds, complimented all day
and propositioned by men and on the cover of a tabloid about diets that work.
Also, sick in the tissue and in the head and subsisting only on small amounts
of sugar, tons of caffeine, and a purse pharmacy. On the right: 162 pounds,
happy, joyous, and free, complimented only by people that matter for reasons
that matter, subsisting on a steady flow of fun and healthy snacks and apps and
entrees, strong from lifting dogs and spirits. Even this OG body-positivity
warrior sometimes looks at the left picture longingly, until I remember the
impossible pain that brought me there and onto my proverbial knees. As I type I
can feel my back fat rolling up under my shoulder blades. I lean in.”
When it comes to judging our bodies, we are usually our own harshest
critics; even celebrities have their own insecurities, but if we support one
another and encourage positivity about our bodies, we can all learn to love
ourselves more. However, all the self-love in the world won’t save you from a
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Works Cited:
1.
Migala, Jessica. “9 Inspiring Celebrity Quotes
on Body Confidence.” Everyday Health.
17 September 2018. <https://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/diet/celebs-on-body-confidence-kim-kardashian-taylor-swift-more/
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