The «Body Positive» movement pursue body acceptance and every day it gains more followers worldwide, ending the ideal of beauty of the female body, with perfect measures that affected people’s self-esteem. It is because of that ordinary people and celebrities have joined the trend to upload photos on social networks, without any tweaksshowing themselves as they are, showing signs of acceptance of their body and their value as people.
It has been notorious that the world of fashion and advertisingthere has been an attempt to perpetuate bodies with measures defined as perfect that only have contributed to damaging self-esteem of those who saw these perfect bodies on a daily basis, although in many cases they were only the product of various filters and programs such as photoshop.
now they are the same social networks which are driving this new and growing trend that provides the body as it is and that seeks to give confidence to people who only perceive defects in it, regardless of gender.
One of the celebrities who has joined the «Body Positive» movement is the Argentine actress Eugenia «China» Suarezwho published a photo on Instagram where she showed her pregnant belly, where her stretch marks could be seen, receiving a lot of criticism, and receiving in response that her stretch marks were not a product of pregnancy and that they did not bother her in the least.
Singer Alicia Keys He also joined the movement by posting a photo where he showed off his buttocks and was completely without makeup, stating that people who bravely love every part of themselves inspire him greatly. It is because of that the “Body Positive” movement is not limited to sizes XL or be a trend for overweight people, since aims to get people to adopt positive attitudes about their bodyimproving their self-esteem and valuing their identity.
Another story that has to do with the acceptance of her body is that of Paola Antonini, who was a model and suffered a tragic accident in 2014 and which caused the amputation of his left leg. Today wears a prosthesishas thousands of followers on social media, continuing her profession as a model.
Kali Jushnershe is not afraid to show her acne, and affirms that the skin does not define itso it should not be used as an excuse and invites you to stop wanting and start doing, since the power to make changes is oneself.
According to Nerea de Ugarte, a psychologist who promotes the Movement «The Rebellion of the Body» in Chile, stated that the continuous bombardment of advertising perpetuates the stereotype of specific and unattainable beauty, generating consequences at the level of mental and physical health and at the level of emotional well-being
These movements promote phrases through social networks that invite people to live proud of who they are, to be grateful for the body they have, to do what they want before it is too late, and to make people aware that it is much more than a Body.