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- StyleElise Solé
The Inspiring Reason This Woman Wore a Skort to the Gym
Plus-size social media star Allison Kimmey faced her biggest fashion fear, wearing a skort to the gym and baring her legs.
- StyleDevon Kelley
Fit Mom Hated Her Stretch Marks Until Her Husband Said This
Fitness mom talks about the time she was insecure about her body with its stretch marks and how her husband helped her overcome these feelings.
StyleDonna FreydkinJenna Dewan Tatum Is ‘Very Comfortable’ With Her Body, Loves Looking ‘Sensual & Sexy’
She says growing up as a dancer made her at ease in her body, and working out while she was pregnant helped keep things together.
- StyleDonna Freydkin
Priyanka Chopra on When She Decided to ‘Be OK With Me’
Priyanka Chopra has major swagger.
- StyleRachel Grumman Bender
Kate Moss’s Sister Lottie Has Powerful Message About Loving Yourself
Model Lottie Moss, younger sister of Kate, shared a bikini photo on Instagram on May 19 and paired it with a body-positive message to remind her followers that nobody's perfect.
- StyleCarita Rizzo
Don’t Like Her Shaved Hair? Cara Delevingne Doesn’t Care, Calls It ‘Liberating’
Cara Delevingne didn't hesitate to shave her head to play a young girl suffering from cancer in an upcoming film, despite what other people told her.
- StyleElise Solé
Little Girl Cuts Her Hair in Solidarity With Bullied Sister
Sarah Orrick, an 11-year-old girl in Newcastle, Okla., decided to cut her hair after her little sister Jorgia, 9, came home from school one day feeling upset because the boys in her class were making fun of her for cutting her waist-length hair into a shorter ’do.
- StyleElise Solé
Plus-Size Woman Rocks String Bikini for the 1st Time in 25 Years
Plus-size blogger Sarah Sapora wrote an inspiring post about wearing a bikini for the first time in decades.
- StyleYahoo Style
Plus-Size Model Poses in Swimwear to Send a Powerful Message
Posing in swimwear and showing off skin can be uncomfortable, even scary for some. But Alex LaRosa, a plus-size model, doesn't fall into that category.
- StyleElise Solé
Why This Plus-Size Woman Wants You to See Her ‘Reverse Transformation’ Photo
A plus-size mom is sharing a “reverse transformation” photo in the hopes of inspiring women struggling with body image.
- StyleDonna Freydkin
‘Pretty Little Liars’ Exit Interview: How Ashley Benson Ignores Body-Shamers
Ashley Benson has dealt with issues about her appearance, and she's been open about being asked to lose weight for roles, something she refuses to do.
- StyleDr. Oz The Good Life
She Was Depressed and Hated Exercise — Then She Lost 130 Pounds and Became a Personal Trainer
This mom is blowing us away with her newfound physical — and emotional — strength.
- StyleDr. Oz The Good Life
The Wedding Photos of This Bride With Alopecia Are Almost as Breathtaking as Her Confidence
"If you're out there, bald, it just means you're becoming stronger."
- StyleDonna Freydkin
Curvy Model Hunter McGrady’s Body-Positivity Movement Is Inspiring Women to Send Her Their Swimsuit Pics
Curvy Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Hunter McGrady launches a body-positivity movement on Instagram to help everyone love themselves and accept their shapes.
- StyleKorin Miller
Pink Says She’s Considered ‘Obese by Regular Standards’
Since the birth of her son three months ago, Pink has been candid about her struggle against obesity, despite logging serious time at the gym.
- StyleMaggie Parker
How a Body Positive Blogger Stopped Trolls in Their Tracks With 1 Bikini Pic
Body positivity blogger Ana Carolina Rojas has nothing to hide, not even the hate she receives from trolls. Rojas was minding her own business, enjoying a beautiful, warm day of sunbathing and sharing it with her followers when a troll attacked.
- StyleKristine Solomon
Mom Shows Her Daughters There is Beauty in Spina Bifida
When Kassie Whisman-Osborne was in utero, she appeared on sonograms to be completely healthy. What doctors couldn’t see was the tiny puncture in her spine, an indication of spina bifida, an often debilitating birth defect.
- StyleDevon Kelley
Woman With the ‘World’s Deadliest Thighs’ Has Cellulite Too
Kortney Olson has the world’s deadliest thighs. Kortney Olson, the woman with the “world’s deadliest thighs,” isn’t afraid to show off her strength, or her cellulite. Amid videos of her crushing watermelons and pumpkins between her legs, the Instagram star and founder of Grrrl Clothing, a sportswear company that embraces all body types and aims to empower women with its “Grrrl Army,” shared a photo embracing her cellulite.
- StyleAmy Capetta
Beauty Queen Exposes Surgery Scars to Bring Visibility to Her Disease
Beauty queen Victoria Graham, who has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, proudly shows her surgery scars. Victoria Graham is much more than just a pretty face. The 22-year-old Maryland college student, who was crowned Miss Frostburg in October (a local title associated with the Miss America Organization), is on a mission to raise awareness about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) — a rarely diagnosed genetic condition that affects connective tissue in the skin, joints, and blood vessels.
- StyleHayley FitzPatrick
Kristin Cavallari’s Husband’s Tan Lines Are Taking Over the Internet
Kristen Cavallari recently posted a naked image of her husband on Instagram. After her followers body-shamed her husband, football player Jay Cutler, on Instagram in January, the 30-year-old defended him in a follow-up post — calling out the rude comments. Let the sea set you free” – @tony2coats,'” she captioned the image, quoting Tony Scheffler, Cutler’s former Denver Broncos teammate.
- StyleDevon Kelley
Barbie Ferreira Admits She Feels Pressure to Have an ‘Instagram Body’
In an industry where unhealthily thin bodies have been the longtime ideal, curvy models have struggled to get their voices heard. Whenever curvy model and body positive activist Barbie Ferreira speaks out against industry issues, her message resonates with other plus-size models and the women they represent, across the board. me when I see only size 8 girls in the plus size world getting signed and going to plus size castings when everyone knows damn well the smallest sample is a size 14.
StyleNicole PajerDemi Lovato Won’t Read Comments Posted by Nasty Trolls
Though she’s notorious for shutting down social media body shamers, Demi Lovato will be the first to admit that, like many people, she is her own worst enemy. At the Open Mind Gala in Los Angeles, she got candid with the crowd.
- StyleHayley FitzPatrick
A Store Asked Women to Walk Around Wearing Jeans and No Shirt for a Really Powerful Reason
A number of plus-size models recently participated in Penningtons’ body positive #iwontcompromise campaign. A number of women paraded around in jeans and black bras in Toronto’s Union Station for a unique reason. The group was participating in plus-size retailer Penningtons’ new #iwontcompromise campaign, which was designed to celebrate women embracing their bodies and not compromising who they are.
- StyleKristine Solomon
Model Reveals Cellulite in Target's Newest Swimsuit Campaign
Model Denise Bidot embodies the new body-positive #TargetSwim campaign. Target is doing its part to eliminate the pervasive societal pressure to look like a supermodel in a swimsuit by proving that women of all sizes and shapes can look glorious in bikinis, monokinis, and everything in between — and have every right to feel fully empowered donning them. In its #TargetSwim campaign to promote its new swimwear line, which includes “suits for every beach body under the sun,” according to its corporate site, Target has teamed up with a diverse group of body-positive models.
- StyleDr. Oz The Good Life
Believe It or Not, Even Fitness Star Tracy Anderson Has Struggled With Body Image
";I felt like I was failing unintentionally."
