01of 37CAMILA MENDESDia Dipasupil/GettyIn February 2018, the Riverdale star revealed she’d battled eating disorders in the past. And thoughshe told PEOPLEin May she still grappled with “fear of losing control when it comes to eating disorders,” she also declared she was done dieting.“It’s fine to eat dessert when I want to eat dessert, because that will give me the peace of mind I need. I’ll know that if I ate chocolate cake, maybe I won’t the next day. I’ve learned to trust myself that I’m going to make healthy choices because I care about my health.““I feel like I know I have enough friends who support me through [bad days], like I’ll call a friend and be like, ‘I really don’t feel good about what I ate today,’ and she’ll be like ‘Dude, it’s fine.’ "
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CAMILA MENDES
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In February 2018, the Riverdale star revealed she’d battled eating disorders in the past. And thoughshe told PEOPLEin May she still grappled with “fear of losing control when it comes to eating disorders,” she also declared she was done dieting.
“It’s fine to eat dessert when I want to eat dessert, because that will give me the peace of mind I need. I’ll know that if I ate chocolate cake, maybe I won’t the next day. I’ve learned to trust myself that I’m going to make healthy choices because I care about my health.”
“I feel like I know I have enough friends who support me through [bad days], like I’ll call a friend and be like, ‘I really don’t feel good about what I ate today,’ and she’ll be like ‘Dude, it’s fine.’ "
02of 37KIRSTEN DUNSTRob Latour/REX/ShutterstockDunstgave directorSofia Coppolaa hard pass when she suggested losing weight for her role inThe Beguiled. “It’s so much harder when you’re 35 and hate working out,” the actress toldVariety. The dramatic thriller’s rural Louisiana shooting location made it even less likely that Dunst would be dropping pounds for the film. “I’m eating fried chicken and McDonald’s before work. So I’m like, ‘We have no options! I’m sorry I can’t lose weight for this role,’ " she said. According to Dunst, Coppola was very understanding about her decision maintain her physique.
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KIRSTEN DUNST
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Dunstgave directorSofia Coppolaa hard pass when she suggested losing weight for her role inThe Beguiled. “It’s so much harder when you’re 35 and hate working out,” the actress toldVariety. The dramatic thriller’s rural Louisiana shooting location made it even less likely that Dunst would be dropping pounds for the film. “I’m eating fried chicken and McDonald’s before work. So I’m like, ‘We have no options! I’m sorry I can’t lose weight for this role,’ " she said. According to Dunst, Coppola was very understanding about her decision maintain her physique.
03of 37SAILOR BRINKLEY-COOKUngano & Agriodimas/GettyThe model — and daughter ofChristie Brinkley—shared a thoughtfulmessageon Instagram after tuning into the 2016 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. “These girls are such beautiful boss hard working strong determined women,” she wrote. “But to all the young girls watching tonight … don’t forget that if your body doesn’t look like theirs it is totally OK. No body type is superior to another. Every body is different and each and every one of those [bodies] are beautiful and strong and important and worthy of great things. Don’t freak out if your stomach doesn’t look like theirs. Don’t hate yourself for your thighs. Embrace your body type, work hard, set goals, be healthy and constantly remind yourself that you are good enough!” Brinkley went on to clarify that she has nothing but respect for the “dedicated” VS models, urging her followers not to turn the “celebration of women and awesome beauty” into “something negative.”
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SAILOR BRINKLEY-COOK
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The model — and daughter ofChristie Brinkley—shared a thoughtfulmessageon Instagram after tuning into the 2016 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. “These girls are such beautiful boss hard working strong determined women,” she wrote. “But to all the young girls watching tonight … don’t forget that if your body doesn’t look like theirs it is totally OK. No body type is superior to another. Every body is different and each and every one of those [bodies] are beautiful and strong and important and worthy of great things. Don’t freak out if your stomach doesn’t look like theirs. Don’t hate yourself for your thighs. Embrace your body type, work hard, set goals, be healthy and constantly remind yourself that you are good enough!” Brinkley went on to clarify that she has nothing but respect for the “dedicated” VS models, urging her followers not to turn the “celebration of women and awesome beauty” into “something negative.”
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JENNIFER ANISTON
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05of 37AMY SCHUMERKevin Mazur/WireImagePlease take your ‘plus size’ label elsewhere. TheInside Amy Schumerstarspoke outwhenGlamourincluded her name on the cover of their special “plus size” bonus issue without her permission, pointing out that putting her in the category might send a harmful message to young girls. “I think there’s nothing wrong with being plus size. Beautiful healthy women. Plus size is considered size 16 in America. I go between a size 6 and an 8. @glamourmag put me in their plus size only issue without asking or letting me know and it doesn’t feel right to me,“she wrote on Instagram.“Young girls seeing my body type thinking that is plus size? What are your thoughts? Mine are not cool glamour not glamourous.”
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AMY SCHUMER
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Please take your ‘plus size’ label elsewhere. TheInside Amy Schumerstarspoke outwhenGlamourincluded her name on the cover of their special “plus size” bonus issue without her permission, pointing out that putting her in the category might send a harmful message to young girls. “I think there’s nothing wrong with being plus size. Beautiful healthy women. Plus size is considered size 16 in America. I go between a size 6 and an 8. @glamourmag put me in their plus size only issue without asking or letting me know and it doesn’t feel right to me,“she wrote on Instagram.“Young girls seeing my body type thinking that is plus size? What are your thoughts? Mine are not cool glamour not glamourous.”
06of 37MEGHAN TRAINORValerie Macon/AFP/GettyTrainor is plenty happy with her body the way it is, thank you very much. The singer spoke up when her image in the “Me Too” video was altered to make her appear thinner, and even had the clip temporarily removed. “They Photoshopped the crap out of me,” Trainor, 22, said about the videoon Snapchat. “My waist is not that teeny, I had a bomb waist that night, I don’t know why they didn’t like my waist. I didn’t approve that video and it went out to the world. So I’m embarrassed.” The star elaborated on her issues with the editing on theThe Howard Stern Show. “I asked them, ‘Hey, can you hide my mustache and take off my mole hair?’ " she said. “I never said cut off my rib.”
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MEGHAN TRAINOR
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Trainor is plenty happy with her body the way it is, thank you very much. The singer spoke up when her image in the “Me Too” video was altered to make her appear thinner, and even had the clip temporarily removed. “They Photoshopped the crap out of me,” Trainor, 22, said about the videoon Snapchat. “My waist is not that teeny, I had a bomb waist that night, I don’t know why they didn’t like my waist. I didn’t approve that video and it went out to the world. So I’m embarrassed.” The star elaborated on her issues with the editing on theThe Howard Stern Show. “I asked them, ‘Hey, can you hide my mustache and take off my mole hair?’ " she said. “I never said cut off my rib.”
07of 37TIA MOWRY-HARDRICTPaul A. Hebert/Splash News OnlineThe actress used an encounter with a cyberbully as an opportunity to express her body confidence. “I am a size six, I’m proud of what I am,” she said during an appearance onThe Real. “This woman said that I was fat. And I’m like, wow, the average size in America is a size 12/14, and so I guess you’re calling a lot of women fat, which I think is really ridiculous.” She also took Instagram commenters to task in December when they insinuated that she was pregnant. “Guys, I’m not pregnant. I am just happy, and I’ve gained these extra 10, 15 lbs. because of my cooking show!” she shared. Mowry added that she was “enjoying” life – and therefore in no rush to lose weight. “When I want to drop the pounds, I will, but right now I’m happy with who I am.”
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TIA MOWRY-HARDRICT
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The actress used an encounter with a cyberbully as an opportunity to express her body confidence. “I am a size six, I’m proud of what I am,” she said during an appearance onThe Real. “This woman said that I was fat. And I’m like, wow, the average size in America is a size 12/14, and so I guess you’re calling a lot of women fat, which I think is really ridiculous.” She also took Instagram commenters to task in December when they insinuated that she was pregnant. “Guys, I’m not pregnant. I am just happy, and I’ve gained these extra 10, 15 lbs. because of my cooking show!” she shared. Mowry added that she was “enjoying” life – and therefore in no rush to lose weight. “When I want to drop the pounds, I will, but right now I’m happy with who I am.”
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09of 37JENNIFER LAWRENCEMike Marsland/Wireimage"I eat like a caveman. I’ll be the only actress who doesn’t have anorexia rumors,“the actresstoldEllein a 2012 interview. “I don’t want little girls to be like, ‘Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I’m going to skip dinner’ … I was trying to get my body to look fit and strong – not thin and underfed.” The Oscar-winner got even more candid about changing the Hollywood body status quo during a 2016 chat withHarper’s Bazaar. “I would like us to make a new normal-body type,“she told the mag. “Everybody says, ‘We love that there is somebody with a normal body!’ And I’m like, ‘I don’t feel like I have a normal body.’ I think we’ve gotten so used to underweight that when you are a normal weight it’s like, ‘Oh, my God, she’s curvy.’ Which is crazy … The bare minimum, just for me, would be to up the ante, at least so I don’t feel like the fattest one.”
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JENNIFER LAWRENCE
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“I eat like a caveman. I’ll be the only actress who doesn’t have anorexia rumors,“the actresstoldEllein a 2012 interview. “I don’t want little girls to be like, ‘Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I’m going to skip dinner’ … I was trying to get my body to look fit and strong – not thin and underfed.” The Oscar-winner got even more candid about changing the Hollywood body status quo during a 2016 chat withHarper’s Bazaar. “I would like us to make a new normal-body type,“she told the mag. “Everybody says, ‘We love that there is somebody with a normal body!’ And I’m like, ‘I don’t feel like I have a normal body.’ I think we’ve gotten so used to underweight that when you are a normal weight it’s like, ‘Oh, my God, she’s curvy.’ Which is crazy … The bare minimum, just for me, would be to up the ante, at least so I don’t feel like the fattest one.”
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KRISTEN BELL
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11of 37BRYCE DALLAS HOWARDSteve Granitz/WireImageTheJurassic Worldactress found her Golden Globes dress in an unlikely, but yet, veryobviousplace: a department store. On the Golden Globes red carpet, Howard told Giuliana Rancic that she headed to Neiman Marcus to pick up her glittering Jenny Packham frock, rather than getting a loaner from a designer because she doesn’t want to be forced into a limited selection of gowns based on what’s available for her size. “I like having lots of options for a size 6, as opposed to maybe one option,” she said. “I always go to department stores for this kind of stuff.”
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BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD
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TheJurassic Worldactress found her Golden Globes dress in an unlikely, but yet, veryobviousplace: a department store. On the Golden Globes red carpet, Howard told Giuliana Rancic that she headed to Neiman Marcus to pick up her glittering Jenny Packham frock, rather than getting a loaner from a designer because she doesn’t want to be forced into a limited selection of gowns based on what’s available for her size. “I like having lots of options for a size 6, as opposed to maybe one option,” she said. “I always go to department stores for this kind of stuff.”
12of 37ASHLEY BENSONMatt Baron/Rex USAThePretty Little Liarsactress, who’s spoken out against excessive Photoshopping and retouching, refuses to let Hollywood’s absurd standards mess with her confidence … even though it can hurt. “I was just told I was too fat for a part,” she saidin a recent interview. “I’m a size 2! I cried for 30 minutes, but then you have to let if roll off your shoulders or it could cause a serious eating disorder.” She continued: “A lot of people in this industry hear they need to lose weight more times than they should. It does make you stronger, though. Because if you let that affect you, you can’t be in this industry – you’d go crazy.”
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ASHLEY BENSON
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ThePretty Little Liarsactress, who’s spoken out against excessive Photoshopping and retouching, refuses to let Hollywood’s absurd standards mess with her confidence … even though it can hurt. “I was just told I was too fat for a part,” she saidin a recent interview. “I’m a size 2! I cried for 30 minutes, but then you have to let if roll off your shoulders or it could cause a serious eating disorder.” She continued: “A lot of people in this industry hear they need to lose weight more times than they should. It does make you stronger, though. Because if you let that affect you, you can’t be in this industry – you’d go crazy.”
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AARON CARTER
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GINA RODRIGUEZ
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15of 37ANNA PAQUINAmanda Edwards/WireImageYou tell ‘em, Anna! Paquintook to Twitterafter people began to criticize her dress choice atThe Good Dinosaurpremiere. “Fun fact: Wearing a dress that is not skintight = pregnant/invites people to call you fat. I’m neither, so thanks for that,” she wrote.
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ANNA PAQUIN
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You tell ‘em, Anna! Paquintook to Twitterafter people began to criticize her dress choice atThe Good Dinosaurpremiere. “Fun fact: Wearing a dress that is not skintight = pregnant/invites people to call you fat. I’m neither, so thanks for that,” she wrote.
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ARIEL WINTER
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17of 37ELLIE GOULDINGEvan Agostini/Invision/APAs fans of the singer know well, Gouldinglovesto work out – boot camp, pilates, running, you name it – but in an interview withShape, she made it clear that her workout regime has never been about losing weight. “If getting stronger means getting more toned and slimmer, so be it, as long as strength comes with it,” she said. “I’m happy with my figure. I never intended or tried to be skinny. It’s just not my thing.”
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ELLIE GOULDING
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As fans of the singer know well, Gouldinglovesto work out – boot camp, pilates, running, you name it – but in an interview withShape, she made it clear that her workout regime has never been about losing weight. “If getting stronger means getting more toned and slimmer, so be it, as long as strength comes with it,” she said. “I’m happy with my figure. I never intended or tried to be skinny. It’s just not my thing.”
18of 37LINDSEY VONNSteve Granitz/WireImageWith multiple gold medals under her belt, Vonn may be confident on the slopes, but her self-assurance can take a hit on the red carpet. “I’m, like, twice the size of anyone, in both height and weight!” shetoldHealth. But through the years she’s learned that there’s no one definition of beauty. “I’m five-foot-ten, but I’m definitely quite a bit heavier than everyone else. I feel like the odd man out sometimes, but that’s even more reason to be confident, to show girls that you don’t have to be a size 2 to be beautiful. Any size is beautiful as long as you’re confident in yourself.”
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With multiple gold medals under her belt, Vonn may be confident on the slopes, but her self-assurance can take a hit on the red carpet. “I’m, like, twice the size of anyone, in both height and weight!” shetoldHealth. But through the years she’s learned that there’s no one definition of beauty. “I’m five-foot-ten, but I’m definitely quite a bit heavier than everyone else. I feel like the odd man out sometimes, but that’s even more reason to be confident, to show girls that you don’t have to be a size 2 to be beautiful. Any size is beautiful as long as you’re confident in yourself.”
19of 37ARIANA GRANDETommaso Boddi/GettyAfter a commenter wrote on the pop star’s Instagram that Ariel Winter’s body was superior to Grande’s slimmer frame, the singer shut down the notion that people’s bodies are on display for others to judge or criticize. “We live in a day and age where people make it IMPOSSIBLE for women, men, anyone to embrace themselves exactly how they are. Diversity is sexy! Loving yourself is sexy!” Grande respondedin an impassioned Instagram post. “You know what is NOT sexy? Misogyny, objectifying, labeling, comparing and body shaming!!!”
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ARIANA GRANDE
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After a commenter wrote on the pop star’s Instagram that Ariel Winter’s body was superior to Grande’s slimmer frame, the singer shut down the notion that people’s bodies are on display for others to judge or criticize. “We live in a day and age where people make it IMPOSSIBLE for women, men, anyone to embrace themselves exactly how they are. Diversity is sexy! Loving yourself is sexy!” Grande respondedin an impassioned Instagram post. “You know what is NOT sexy? Misogyny, objectifying, labeling, comparing and body shaming!!!”
20of 37ZENDAYAAlberto E. Rodriguez/GettyAfter Zendaya saw the final photos she shot forModeliste Magazine, she was shocked to find her hips and torso manipulated in the retouched images. She then took to her Instagram to share the altered photo alongside the original. “Anyone who knows who I am knows I stand for honest and pure self love,“read her caption. “So I took it upon myself to release the real pic (right side).” Zendaya went on to thank the magazine for pulling down the edited images.
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ZENDAYA
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After Zendaya saw the final photos she shot forModeliste Magazine, she was shocked to find her hips and torso manipulated in the retouched images. She then took to her Instagram to share the altered photo alongside the original. “Anyone who knows who I am knows I stand for honest and pure self love,“read her caption. “So I took it upon myself to release the real pic (right side).” Zendaya went on to thank the magazine for pulling down the edited images.
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GIGI HADID
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KIM KARDASHIAN WEST
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KATE WINSLET
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24of 37LAUREN CONRADMichael Buckner/Getty"Fit,” “toned,” “healthy” – these are all terms you can find onConrad’swebsite. However, “body-shaming terms” like “skinny,” “slim” and “thin” are officially banned, she announced. “Every body is created differently,” wrote the lifestyle guru.
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LAUREN CONRAD
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“Fit,” “toned,” “healthy” – these are all terms you can find onConrad’swebsite. However, “body-shaming terms” like “skinny,” “slim” and “thin” are officially banned, she announced. “Every body is created differently,” wrote the lifestyle guru.
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JENNI ‘JWOWW’ FARLEY
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26of 37SELENA GOMEZCourtesy Selena Gomez; Brian To/WennGomezlet her hashtag do the talking afterfacing criticism from body-shamersover a set of bikini photos. Posting a picture of her own, shewrote on Instagram, “I love being happy with me yall #theresmoretolove.”
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SELENA GOMEZ
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Gomezlet her hashtag do the talking afterfacing criticism from body-shamersover a set of bikini photos. Posting a picture of her own, shewrote on Instagram, “I love being happy with me yall #theresmoretolove.”
27of 37PINKCourtesy PinkAfter mean (and bored) people on the Internet criticizedPink’sphysique in a black party dress, the singer refused to be embarrassed – instead, shetook to Twitterto fire back. “While I admit that the dress didn’t photograph as well as it did in my kitchen, I will also admit that I felt very pretty,” she wrote. “I am perfectly fine, perfectly happy, and my healthy, voluptuous and crazy strong body is having some much deserved time off. Thanks for your concern. Love, cheesecake.”
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PINK
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After mean (and bored) people on the Internet criticizedPink’sphysique in a black party dress, the singer refused to be embarrassed – instead, shetook to Twitterto fire back. “While I admit that the dress didn’t photograph as well as it did in my kitchen, I will also admit that I felt very pretty,” she wrote. “I am perfectly fine, perfectly happy, and my healthy, voluptuous and crazy strong body is having some much deserved time off. Thanks for your concern. Love, cheesecake.”
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CHRISSY TEIGEN
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29of 37CANDICE BERGENCarolyn Contino/BEImages"In the past 15 years … I have put on 30 pounds. I live to eat. None of this ‘eat to live’ stuff for me,” Bergen wrote in her book, A Fine Romance. “I crave cookies … all the things that dilate my pupils.”
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CANDICE BERGEN
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“In the past 15 years … I have put on 30 pounds. I live to eat. None of this ‘eat to live’ stuff for me,” Bergen wrote in her book, A Fine Romance. “I crave cookies … all the things that dilate my pupils.”
30of 37KELLY CLARKSONNeil Mockford;Alex Huckle/GCStanding up for body confidence takes, well,confidence. After a slew of body-shaming Tweets were hurled her way this year, the singer remained entirely unfazed. “Someone Tweeted something nasty about me?” she said whenHeatmagazine showed her the mean Tweets. “That’s because she doesn’t know me. I’m awesome! It doesn’t bother me.”
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KELLY CLARKSON
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Standing up for body confidence takes, well,confidence. After a slew of body-shaming Tweets were hurled her way this year, the singer remained entirely unfazed. “Someone Tweeted something nasty about me?” she said whenHeatmagazine showed her the mean Tweets. “That’s because she doesn’t know me. I’m awesome! It doesn’t bother me.”
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ADELE
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AMBER RILEY
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33of 37MELISSA MCCARTHYC Flanigan/GettyResisting the pressure to lose weight is a non-stop battle – and we love it when celebrities like McCarthy are honest about the struggle. “Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size six and I never had to give [my weight] a single thought,“she toldGood Housekeepingin 2012. “But I am weirdly healthy, so I don’t beat myself up about it – it wouldn’t help, and I don’t want to pass that on to my girls.”
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MELISSA MCCARTHY
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Resisting the pressure to lose weight is a non-stop battle – and we love it when celebrities like McCarthy are honest about the struggle. “Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size six and I never had to give [my weight] a single thought,“she toldGood Housekeepingin 2012. “But I am weirdly healthy, so I don’t beat myself up about it – it wouldn’t help, and I don’t want to pass that on to my girls.”
34of 37MO’NIQUESlaven Vlasic/GettyThe full-figured actress wants to challenge the popular notion that you have to be tiny to be healthy. “Let’s be healthy big people,” she toldJetmagazine in 2009. “Everybody can’t be a size 0 or 45, but let’s be healthy.”
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MO’NIQUE
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The full-figured actress wants to challenge the popular notion that you have to be tiny to be healthy. “Let’s be healthy big people,” she toldJetmagazine in 2009. “Everybody can’t be a size 0 or 45, but let’s be healthy.”
35of 37JESSICA SIMPSONNoam Galai/WireimageIt’sabsurdthat Hollywood puts pressure on pregnant ladies to stay fit and trim – andSimpsonrefused to succumb to it during her 2012 pregnancy. “I’m bigger than I’ve ever been, but I want to show off my bump!“she toldExtra. Her pregnancy snack of choice? Buttered Pop-Tarts (which we need to try ASAP).
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JESSICA SIMPSON
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It’sabsurdthat Hollywood puts pressure on pregnant ladies to stay fit and trim – andSimpsonrefused to succumb to it during her 2012 pregnancy. “I’m bigger than I’ve ever been, but I want to show off my bump!“she toldExtra. Her pregnancy snack of choice? Buttered Pop-Tarts (which we need to try ASAP).
36of 37JANUARY JONESMichael Tran/Filmmagic)While naturally slim,the actresslistens to her body (even when it’s asking for French fries) and resists the temptation to follow obsessive health roles. “I don’t deny myself anything,” JonestoldAllurein a 2011 interview. “I just listen to what my body craves. If I’m in a bad mood and I’m in traffic, I’ll stop at McDonald’s and get a strawberry shake and fries and not feel guilty at all because I deserve it.”
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JANUARY JONES
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While naturally slim,the actresslistens to her body (even when it’s asking for French fries) and resists the temptation to follow obsessive health roles. “I don’t deny myself anything,” JonestoldAllurein a 2011 interview. “I just listen to what my body craves. If I’m in a bad mood and I’m in traffic, I’ll stop at McDonald’s and get a strawberry shake and fries and not feel guilty at all because I deserve it.”
37of 37MINDY KALINGEvan Agostini/APOur girl Mindy issickof your condescending questions. “I always get asked, ‘Where do you get your confidence?’ I think people are well meaning, but it’s pretty insulting,” she said in a 2013 issue ofParade. “Because what it means to me is, ‘You, Mindy Kaling, have all the trappings of a very marginalized person. You’re not skinny, you’re not white, you’re a woman. Why on earth would you feel like you’re worth anything?'”
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MINDY KALING
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Our girl Mindy issickof your condescending questions. “I always get asked, ‘Where do you get your confidence?’ I think people are well meaning, but it’s pretty insulting,” she said in a 2013 issue ofParade. “Because what it means to me is, ‘You, Mindy Kaling, have all the trappings of a very marginalized person. You’re not skinny, you’re not white, you’re a woman. Why on earth would you feel like you’re worth anything?'”
source: people.com
