Beauty standards are a constant topic of controversy. But recently, more and more women have appeared who are trying to prove to society: what is natural is not ugly. Extra pounds do not prevent them from winning podiums, stretch marks on their breasts after childbirth – to appear in glossy magazines. How to increase a woman’s self-confidence? The editorial staff of Woman’s Day recalled several stories, the heroines of which openly say that their so-called flaws in appearance are just a myth due to imposed standards of beauty.
The history of this model made a splash: the catwalk star should understand everything, and she promotes the beauty of stretch marks!
The background is this: a little over a year ago, one of Lara Stone’s dreams came true – she became a mother. The model was sure that motherhood would not interfere with her career. But the pregnancy left marks on her body.
Any model would run to cosmetologists and plastic surgeons, and Stone took and starred in a candid photo shoot for System magazine. And at the same time she insisted on publishing without Photoshop. The pictures were taken by legendary fashion photographer Jürgen Teller, and the photos shocked the public. The 30-year-old model, whose figure previously seemed absolutely perfect, was clearly out of shape (according to generally accepted canons!). Saggy skin, stretch marks and folds are clearly visible in the images. However, many supported Lara, because after the birth of a child, a woman needs a lot of time to recover. They say that you need to show and tell this, and not promote models running to the gym a month after Kessarev.
The model, in response to the attacks, said that a woman, becoming a mother, should not be ashamed of her body. By definition, it is already perfect, since it could bear the baby!
When the Australian store Lush filmed an unusual ad campaign featuring naked plus size girls, the Internet erupted with indignant, often offensive reviews: “How can you hang this in stores! Children are looking at this! “
But the store added more oil – it turned out that he had not removed professional models, but ordinary employees of the store. That’s how it is – with curvaceous figures, strange hairstyles. This unusual photo session was dedicated to the protection of natural beauty.
The pictures have not been retouched, and the imperfections of the girls are immediately visible on them. “We prefer to be naked, just like our products,” says the slogan of the advertising campaign.
One of the models of the scandalous shot commented to the Western portal Buzzfeed that she did not think how much negativity would pour out on her head after the start of the campaign. She announced that it was time to change the standards of beauty.
“Curvy bodies are everywhere now, even among very young girls. I want to be part of the change, not part of this problem. People will see this photo and just feel that they are normal, ”said 24-year-old Courtney Fry.
Whether the brand has become more popular among fat women after such an escapade, history is silent.
And again, the model spoke out against thinness. True, this time on his Instagram.
26-year-old Australian Robin Lawley on social networks posted an intimate picture – a figure after childbirth. The effects of pregnancy are noticeable on the body – stretch marks are pronounced on Robin’s stomach.
“I was shocked when I found out that some women have abortions in order to avoid stretch marks … I know how fat girls are bullied, and I was intimidated when I got pregnant that I could not work anymore … We put a lot of effort into to press and discuss the appearance and standards of women when there are many other important things in the world, ”Lawley addressed the audience.
Robin wrote that she is proud of such “marks” after childbirth and urges all women in the world not to hide fatness, stretch marks and other traces of their becoming mothers. Motherhood is a natural process to be proud of.
Fans accepted this passage with a bang, and Robin received a lot of thanks for such an appeal.
By the way, in the modeling world, she Lawley is considered plus size. Look at the figure of this girl. Do you still think that 90-60-90 is an axiom?
Oh, and how this snapshot touched the lively Internet community! Instagram management even considered it pornography.
The scandal erupted because of the frames published by the famous photographer Melissa Jean Wilbraham on her page on the social network. A woman who specializes in photographing pregnant women and mothers with children took a series of photographs especially for World Breastfeeding Week. The picture, where the heroine is breastfeeding two babies at once, made a noise.
Nursing? Pornography? The people were divided into two parts: some defended the position that this process is beautiful and worthy of photographic work, others were foaming, proving that in a decent society this is not shown to anyone.
Melissa’s account was blocked for distributing pornography. The Instagram administration told the photographer that it received too many complaints.
Fortunately, the photographer found an army of fans who staged a protest online. Many girls were horrified and offended by the fact that nursing mothers were equated with debauches.
Instagram representatives immediately changed course and rushed not only to restore Melissa’s account, but also to apologize.
“We are sorry about what happened and will work to improve our system,” – said the representatives of the application.
Melissa, of course, accepted the apology, but, as they say, the sediment remained. It is one thing when you are blocked by mistake, but it is completely different when people come across a picture of a mother with a baby online, writhe in disgust and press “complain”.
29-year-old photographer Helen Allers has a special love for new moms. Therefore, she takes them off and shares cute pictures with the public.
And then the devil pulled Helen to post on Facebook a photo of a woman who gave birth a few days ago using a cesarean section.
An intimate photo instantly became the object of heated discussion on social networks: in a few hours, the picture gained 200 thousand likes and thousands of comments!
“I didn’t expect there would be so much excitement around this photo,” Helen admitted. With this picture, Aller wanted to show and prove to women all over the world that they should not be ashamed of what is natural.
Well, here is the same story: some admire, others spare their eyes and beg to remove the picture. The photographer did not pay attention to the criticism, but stated that she was incredibly proud of herself and the candid picture that attracted so much attention.
And here are the daredevils who were not afraid to give the cover to non-standard models. Dutch magazine Linda mocked the standards of beauty and filmed a provocative shoot in which eight TV stars donned costumes of naked people with large forms.
“Breasts, abdomen, thighs, buttocks – we are all different, there are no definite standards of beauty. We need to focus on more important things, ”the heroines of the unusual project believe.
Each of them has their own weight, in which they feel comfortable, without thinking about what they will look ugly in a swimsuit. And none of them torment themselves with starvation.
As a child, she was insultingly teased with “zebra” and “milk”, but Winnie Harlow, who has been suffering from pigmentation disorders since the age of three (a disease called vitiligo), showed everyone what she was worth and became a star on the catwalks.
Viewers often confuse pigmentation on Vinnie’s body with makeup. And they do not even realize that the model suffers from a severe skin disease. The main symptom of vitiligo is skin pigmentation: white spots of different sizes appeared on Harlow’s body and face.
The girl says that for a long time she learned to accept herself as she is, but now she is ready to give a lot of advice to people with various diseases and physical disabilities. Her main recommendation is to love yourself first of all.
Chantelle, although her own body resembles the always fashionable “polka dot” pattern, managed to break into the modeling business, participates in countless shows, is shot for the covers of fashion magazines and even became a participant in the most popular reality show “America’s Next Top Model”! And they loved her because she proved by her example: there are no restrictions that would prevent you from becoming who you want.