These Women Are Inspiring Us To Practise Self-Love Now More Than Ever
- Shubhangi Jindal
- May 13, 2021
- 3 min read
By Shubhangi Jindal | May 13, 2021, 11:37 IST
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Summary: 4 women whose journey to body positivity is inspiring us to embrace our flaws and love our body back.
Section: Fashion - How To
EveryBODY deserves acceptance, including yours…
Let this article be a reminder that while it is normal to struggle with your body image, practicing self-love and self-acceptance along with letting go of impossible beauty standards will only help you feel more confident.
Body positivity was born out of the need to educate the world that there's nothing wrong with being comfortable in your own skin, we should learn to embrace our flaws and celebrate the body as it is.
So many women across the globe have been continuously struggling with major body positivity issues that have taken a toll on their mental health. The core goal of the body positivity movement is to redefine the unrealistic standards of beauty and help women find confidence in their own skin.
In recent years, we have seen a drastic change in the cultural conversations surrounding body positivity. The mantra of self-love has widely encouraged women to proudly voice their issues and opinions about their bodies, in an attempt to be more inclusive in terms of colour and size. Along with helping them find solace in exactly the way they look and embrace it to the fullest.
Loving yourself is truely, the greatest revolution of all! And there's nothing more beautiful than a powerful woman that accepts that everybody is beautiful in its own way.
Thanks to these unapologetic and powerful figures we’ve listed below, our confidence has seen a major boost, we hope it helps yours too!
Sakshi Sidwani
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Plus-sized model and body positivity influencer, Sakshi Sidwani is time and again challenging unrealistic beauty norms while looking her fashionable best. From promoting self-love among the society who is obsessed with the ideal size-zero image to setting new beauty standards across the community, Sakshi has come a long way. With almost 383K followers on Instagram, the young influencer behind Style Me Up With Sakshi is inspiring women like her to be kind to their body everyday. She believes it is also crucial to retract back from the spiral, get out of the hell hole and show up proudly and with utmost strength and confidence in your body.
Neha Parulkar
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Neha Parulkar happily describes herself as ‘plus and proud’. The unapologetic plus-size model and body positivity influencer has been redefining both beauty and body standards by embracing the new found confidence in her own skin. Neha doesn’t hold unnecessary hate or grudges against the society or bases her journey on a sob story. Instead, she admits that she was always in love with herself and encourages us to do the same by telling us repeatedly that it's okay, to not be perfect, no ever really is, nor will ever be. The true definition of perfection and beauty comes from within, when you accept your body and celebrate it the way it is.
Aashna Bhagwani
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‘Be proud of your body’ is what Aashna Bhagwani truly believes in. The bold body positivity influencer had always been just another struggling plus-size woman, until she decided to take control and flaunt her body in her own way. She defines body positivity as a safe space for herself and her audience to enjoy fashion irrespective of size, colour and appearance. Growing, learning and constantly evolving with every coming year, Aashna hopes to inspire more and more women with her body positivity journey. Helping them embrace their flaws and love their body unconditionally, everyday, is the mantra she has dedicated herself to.
Saloni Chopra
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Actress and influencer, Saloni Chopra is quite bold and proactive, when it comes to expressing herself. For the past many years, she has been constantly using her platform to create awareness about intersectional feminism and body positivity in often uncompromising ways. She has supported various movements like #MeToo and #FreeTheNipple to confidently voice her issues and opinions against the society, in order to break the stereotype against women. The 28 year old blogger with 476K followers on her Instagram, has proudly put her body out there with no regrets. And even after being subjected to continuous body-shaming, for her outspoken personality, the dynamic figure still continues to empower and encourage women to love their body, be their true selves and let no one tell them otherwise.
(Written as The Fashion Editorial Intern at Femina India, under Senior Fashion Stylist Yukti Sodha)
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