Everybody has various life, traits, and especially, shape. In fact, people with “plus-size” bodies are prone to suffer under criticism. That propels the “body positivity” movement to sharply develop with an aim to boost body acceptance. There’s still condemnation for this movement as it seemed to approve of obesity and unhealthy lifestyles, which are dangerous for human health. However, more and more people today outspeak of body positivity approval, including celebrities.
In fact, many celebrities went through the ordeal of being body shamed as they have different shapes. Therefore, “body positivity” means the world to them and they become the trailblazer in this movement. Besides, singers and actresses with the hottest shape are also for body positivity and widely share them on their social media platforms.
In this post, we enlisted 15 stars who lead body positivity. From plus-size models and singers to fashion icons, they will hit you hard with their sharing.
In 2020, Riley released her single “BGE” (Big Girl Energy) from her EP “Riley” with the same message - to be proud of who you are and love your body. This song attracted huge fans for its inspiration.
People were outraged and perplexed when she opened up about her struggles with anorexia, wondering how someone who was so outspoken about appreciating her body can also deal with an eating disorder. She shared with Good Morning America: “I am plus size but advocating for diversity and larger bodies, and so I think for people hearing me say I’m anorexic was really jarring.” Holliday went on to claim that the larger problem is “a lack of diversity and representation in the world,” even regarding eating disorders and who has and can struggle with them.
She also doesn't care what people think when she wears what makes her happy, like shapewear and a bare face. "Wearing makeup doesn't make me less of a feminist, & neither does wearing shapewear,” Holliday claimed in an Instagram post. “It's all about our choice to wear & do what we want with our bodies. I will keep resisting.”
In an interview with Shape magazine, Kaling said: “I love to eat at restaurants, I love to eat home cooking, and I don't like restricting my diet. And [now] I'm like, as long as I'm getting enough nutrients and feeling like my heart and my lungs are really getting exercise, I don't really beat myself up about that."
Williams spoke about how she overcame her body's criticism for having so much strength in an interview with the rapper Common: “Who says I’m too strong? This body has enabled me to be the greatest player that I can be.” Williams continued, “And now my body is in style, so I’m feeling good about it. Like, I’m finally in style! It took a while to get there.”
As the mother of young boys, she said with Essence: “For boys, I noticed that they’re very concerned with muscles. So I think that that’s interesting, right? Because we all have these images that have been shown to us in our head about what masculine or feminine is.”
Her work on the comedy series "Shrill" provided a ground-breaking analysis of the fatphobia that people with larger frames experience while demonstrating how this prejudice is simply one facet of a person's existence. The program was dubbed "the Mona Lisa of body-positive television" by Vice.
“Eating disorders are a terrible and upsetting thing. This is why I bang on and on about diet culture, because it was my slippery slope to losing all sense of reality and all of my time, energy, sex drive, and joy.”, she shared.
By regularly posting images and videos of her bare body, including one in which she demonstrates how she wears shapewear and images of herself with cellulite, Lawrence normalizes the fact that even a model's body doesn't conform to the absurdly strict beauty standards. She does this in an effort to challenge the unrealistic beauty standards that women have been forced to live with for a long time.
Lawrence has also been open about what makes her feel good while putting together a fancy gown on her Facebook page, occasionally embracing the additional covers of shapewear: “A good old pair of full coverage shapewear that has straps to throw on over your bra,” she revealed in the post. “I wore a see-through lace dress to an event and even though it felt comfortable just wearing a bra and a normal brief undie when the flashes went off it literally looked like I was just in my undies right there in front of hundreds of people on the red carpet.”
In fact, many celebrities went through the ordeal of being body shamed as they have different shapes. Therefore, “body positivity” means the world to them and they become the trailblazer in this movement. Besides, singers and actresses with the hottest shape are also for body positivity and widely share them on their social media platforms.
In this post, we enlisted 15 stars who lead body positivity. From plus-size models and singers to fashion icons, they will hit you hard with their sharing.
#1 Amber Riley
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In 2020, Riley released her single “BGE” (Big Girl Energy) from her EP “Riley” with the same message - to be proud of who you are and love your body. This song attracted huge fans for its inspiration.
#2 Tess Holliday
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People were outraged and perplexed when she opened up about her struggles with anorexia, wondering how someone who was so outspoken about appreciating her body can also deal with an eating disorder. She shared with Good Morning America: “I am plus size but advocating for diversity and larger bodies, and so I think for people hearing me say I’m anorexic was really jarring.” Holliday went on to claim that the larger problem is “a lack of diversity and representation in the world,” even regarding eating disorders and who has and can struggle with them.
She also doesn't care what people think when she wears what makes her happy, like shapewear and a bare face. "Wearing makeup doesn't make me less of a feminist, & neither does wearing shapewear,” Holliday claimed in an Instagram post. “It's all about our choice to wear & do what we want with our bodies. I will keep resisting.”
#3 Selena Gomez
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#4 Ariel Winter
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#5 Lizzo
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#6 Rihanna
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#7 Mindy Kaling
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In an interview with Shape magazine, Kaling said: “I love to eat at restaurants, I love to eat home cooking, and I don't like restricting my diet. And [now] I'm like, as long as I'm getting enough nutrients and feeling like my heart and my lungs are really getting exercise, I don't really beat myself up about that."
#8 Serena Williams
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Williams spoke about how she overcame her body's criticism for having so much strength in an interview with the rapper Common: “Who says I’m too strong? This body has enabled me to be the greatest player that I can be.” Williams continued, “And now my body is in style, so I’m feeling good about it. Like, I’m finally in style! It took a while to get there.”
#9 Alicia Keys
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As the mother of young boys, she said with Essence: “For boys, I noticed that they’re very concerned with muscles. So I think that that’s interesting, right? Because we all have these images that have been shown to us in our head about what masculine or feminine is.”
#10 Demi Lovato
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#11 Ashley Graham
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#12 Aidy Bryant
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Her work on the comedy series "Shrill" provided a ground-breaking analysis of the fatphobia that people with larger frames experience while demonstrating how this prejudice is simply one facet of a person's existence. The program was dubbed "the Mona Lisa of body-positive television" by Vice.
#13 Laverne Cox
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#14 Jameela Jamil
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“Eating disorders are a terrible and upsetting thing. This is why I bang on and on about diet culture, because it was my slippery slope to losing all sense of reality and all of my time, energy, sex drive, and joy.”, she shared.
#15 Iskra Lawrence
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By regularly posting images and videos of her bare body, including one in which she demonstrates how she wears shapewear and images of herself with cellulite, Lawrence normalizes the fact that even a model's body doesn't conform to the absurdly strict beauty standards. She does this in an effort to challenge the unrealistic beauty standards that women have been forced to live with for a long time.
Lawrence has also been open about what makes her feel good while putting together a fancy gown on her Facebook page, occasionally embracing the additional covers of shapewear: “A good old pair of full coverage shapewear that has straps to throw on over your bra,” she revealed in the post. “I wore a see-through lace dress to an event and even though it felt comfortable just wearing a bra and a normal brief undie when the flashes went off it literally looked like I was just in my undies right there in front of hundreds of people on the red carpet.”