Positive Body Image

Happyy Belated Halloween.. I hope you all had a safe and fun night!! I love Halloween but didn’t get to celebrate at all.. but I did have a slammin costume that I wore on a night out even though it was past Halloween.
    


       I have always wanted to be tall, so I could be a model... but that didn't happen and I kinda hated being short for a while. My older male cousin told me when I was a teenager.. " Don't worry, when you go to college guys will like shorter girls!" He himself is about 6'2, so it made me feel good. So I went through the next few years noticing that guys did like me because I was shorter.
     I also hated that since I wasn't growing taller my body didn't develop the way I wanted it to either. I have really small boobs but a cute booty which I love. I have been fortunate  to have a few celebrities to look up to with smaller chests like Cameron Diaz, Gweneth Paltrow and Zoe Saldana, Mila Jovovich and Julia Stiles. There's also  Kristin Dunst, Kiera Knightly  and Kate Hudson. I mean they have really small tata's which is good because they haven't chosen to get breast enhancements like other celebrities have or feel pressure to have. Though some have stated they'd rather have some curves because they are tall and willowy but they still are secure enough in there bodies to not get one.
    I also think that females have this huge pressure to conform to what a man wants or with the public image that is around us everyday. But that’s a totally other topic to go down another time! I think the message and video for TLC’s Unpretty is so important to talk about; I’ve loved them since No Scrubs came out and I think that both video’s have a great message but Unpretty is great because Chilli didn’t get a breast enhancement like her boyfriend wanted her to have. The larger girl embraced her fuller figure and not wanted to be a stick thin model! It’s a beautiful story about embracing the beautiful woman you are born to be and not try to be someone else!

   I want you ladies to find positive role models who you admire because of there body image! Also find things that you LOVE about your own body and embrace it!! No matter how small or few it is.

The things I LOVE about myself are :

   My eyes/ eye color
        Eyebrows and lashes
        Arms b/c they're muscular to my liking
        Thighs
         Feet
         My booty.


The only thing I sorta have a problem with is my boobs and my nose from the profile. It's not something I notice all the time anyway or think about constantly, so I'm not going to change it! I want you to also embrace your faults or the parts you don't really like because If I though of getting a nose job than I'd look different and I don't want to change that, or if I got a boob job I might be disproportionate with my body and my booty.

So think of positive women that you look up to because they embrace who they are and what they look like, I want to make sure this is just about Body Image.. not necessarily about being a positive role model.. that's another topic I'll talk about also. But if you are voluptuous and  look up to Jill Scott, Melissa McCarthy, or  Christina Hendricks love that about yourself!! You are beautiful no matter what! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise because they don't love you the way you need to be loved!


      I also want to put up these two articles from Us Magazine, I know probably not the most reliable but these women do say great things. First is Cheryl Cole from the UK, I absolutely LOVE her and she’s been through a horrible divorce and still manages to look amazing and come out with a new kick ass album< A Million  Lights> and the fact that people think she’s fat is bonkers! She has a great body, great boobs and perfect bum.. so the fact that people criticize her is just a shame.. the only thing big about her is her amazing Hair!!!
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-body/news/cheryl-cole-stop-calling-me-fat----im-a-size-6-20122610


       Than Kelly Osbourne another Brit who’s battled weight loss through the years and looks great now also has gotten bullied for being fat. She also stated that you should reevaluate your circle of friends and if they put you down for being fat or hang around you because it makes THEM feel better than you don’t need that. I am proud of Kelly for finding a place where she is happy and can love herself more.
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-body/news/hot-kelly-osbourne-shows-off-slim-bikini-bod-in-hawaii-before-brother-jacks-wedding-2012810



“To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they’re blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too."- Victoria Moran