Nowadays, girls are under great pressure from social media images to live up to an almost impossible beauty ideal. If scrolling through beautiful shots and edited photos on social media makes you feel uneasy, you’re not alone. Selena Gomez, famous singer and actress shared that even celebrities deal with the feeling of failing to fit into unrealistic expectations.
We would like to tell her story and how she has come to accept and be proud of her body shape.
Everything began with an album cover
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Selena Gomez has revealed about the bizarre backlash she has faced when she first emerged on the cover of her album Revival in 2015. The singer decided she would take therapy to deal with her mental health after the issue spiraled out of control
“I fluctuate in my weight a lot.”
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Selena has now spoken publicly about her lupus and kidney transplant, both of which have affected her health, well-being, and weight. “I fluctuate in my weight a lot,” she stated in a Cosmopolitan interview in 2020 when she launched her new make-up line, “Rare Beauty,” adding that she had to learn to have thick skin at a young age.
“I am happier, I am more present, I connect more with people.”
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Selena decided to expose herself to the public after years of hardship. Since 2017, this has been the case.
She talked on how harmful and frightening social media can be during her interview at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019. I am happier, I am more present, I connect more with people,” the celebrity claims. She also discussed how keeping from social media transformed her life on Good Morning America.
Selena is a fast-food lover
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Selena shared her Jack in the Box order on her TikTok stories, which were then shared on her largest Instagram fan account, saying, “So I be trying to stay skinny, but I went to Jack in the Box and I got 4 tacos, 3 egg rolls, onion rings, and a spicy chicken sandwich.” “But honestly, I don’t care about my weight…” she added. “I am perfect the way I am,” she said at the end of the video.
Selena’s advice to her fans is to filter what we get exposed to.
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Selena encourages her supporters to be open and deliberate about what they pay attention to in their lives. She encourages people to let go of false, unrealistic image standards.
“Being vulnerable is a strength, not a weakness,” she tells her supporters.
How do you deal with the unrealistic beauty standards that we are constantly exposed to? Would you follow Selena’s lead, or do you have a different plan?
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