Fashion | Body Image Issue

I'm not a slim, slender or skinny girl, I have curves...

I have never been slim and nor will I ever be. I'd love to have a Victoria's Secret Model's figure, but it's never going to happen. My waist is small, yes, but my bum is far from that. Having a small waist yet big hips/bum and medium boobs equals out to being curvy. I would love to have a smaller bum, god I've been working at it for years. But I'm never going to be a Size 0 or even 6 and I've accepted that.

Being curvy means I follow curvy models on Instagram so I can see how they wear the latest trends etc.. they're not only gorgeous but incredibly inspiring too. These girls represent the average woman and how we're not all slim and slender. It's normal to have thicker thighs, stretch marks and cellulite.

I think younger girls, girls younger than myself, should look up to curvier women such as Jada Sezer, Nadia Aboulhosn and Denise Bidot as they are all beautiful women who don't fit in with society's norms and perceptions. I'm not encouraging obesity or eating copious amounts, but I am encouraging body confidence and being comfortable in your own skin. The type of confidence that helps young girls grow into healthy young women instead of believing they're 'too fat' or 'too thin' or some other blurred perception that society wants us to believe.

I'm not too keen on my figure/body but I'm still pretty confident. I don't cry over my big bum, but I do hate it. It makes me look bigger than I am so I have to wear clothes that flatter my bum rather than fatter it - if that makes sense. My waist is small and my bum is big, it's super annoying but it's who I am - at the moment, anyway.

Jada, Nadia and Denise promote body confidence in a some what subliminal way - just by being them makes me feel more confident about me, being me.

I just want you to know that you're beautiful whether you're curvy or slim - beauty is only skin deep and I know for a fact that you, the person reading this, is gorgeous and funny and amazing and the media's blurred perception of 'beauty' isn't going to dictate to you how to look - BE YOU, BE-YOU-TIFUL!