(photos compiled by justmodels-exohexoh)
Take a look at these ‘before and after’ pictures. These are three of Victoria’s Secret’s models. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio.
Look at the massive difference between the top set of pictures and the bottom set. Pretty drastic, right?
Are the ‘after’ pictures more beautiful than the ‘before’ pictures? Of course not. These ladies are beautiful with or without makeup and photoshopping. But these pictures have a lot to say.
How many times have you opened a magazine or a catalog and wished you looked like the models inside? How many times have you, whether you wanted to or not, judged your self-worth on how closely your face, your body, your clothes matches the ones you see on TV or in print?
Pictures like this are a much-needed reminder that no one, not even Victoria’s Secret Angels, truly looks the way that they’re represented. Having uneven skin, messy hair, dark circles, chapped lips, pudge all that stuff is 100% normal. Just because you don’t have the money to airbrush these so-called ‘imperfections’ away does not make you any less amazing! It does not impact your self-worth at all.
Please remember to constantly question what you see in the media. Please remember that none of it is an accurate representation, and most of it is researched and designed to make you feel bad. Why? So you’ll go out and spend money to try to ‘fix’ yourself. It’s all about money. But you don’t need to be fixed! These girls are beautiful either way.
And so are you.
Love,
BE BRAVE! JOIN THE BODY PEACE REVOLUTION!
- 22nd January
2012 - 22
- 10th January
2012 - 10
See you guys? We are living in a world that is constantly filling our minds with this “Perfect” image. Watch this video and realize that this ISN’T what you want to achieve. We’re all looking for the wholeness that comes with self acceptance and love.
Love yourselves! Share your stories!
- 25th November
2011 - 25
Britney Spears volunteers before-and-after pictures to be shown to schools to help students overcome body image issues.
(Source: alrightdarling, via dinobearthemighty)
- 25th November
2011 - 25
Hey ladies,
You are all so lovely. Curvy is beautiful, thin is gorgeous, tall is lovely, short is splendid. Every single one of you, including myself, has something special to offer this world. It makes me so sad that we live in a world that has ever told someone that they aren’t enough. No matter what you look like or what you wear or what music you listen to, you are enough because you being here has made the world a little bit better. Never be afraid to show people what you are made of because it is magnificent. You can make a difference. You can change something that needs to be changed.
I have struggled with self image since I was old enough to think that I wasn’t good/pretty/thin/tall enough. When I was a little kid, I would run around catching butterflies without a care in the world. I wish so much I had stayed in that stage because as I got older I started to notice that I wanted to be different from how I was. I went through life thinking, “My friends are prettier than me. My friends are skinnier than me. Boys like my friends better.” These thoughts held me back from being the best me that I could be. I constantly judged myself and told myself that I needed to be better because I wasn’t enough… whatever enough was. I don’t want anyone to go through life like that. Growing up was so hard. It has gotten easier because I have started to realized that I am beautiful! I am tall and curvy and funny and I wear all the right clothes for my body and I listen to all the right music for my ears. When those scary “not enough” thoughts start to creep in, I push them away because I know that I am a work in progress and I always will be, but everyday I am getting better and stronger.
BE BRAVE! JOIN THE BODY PEACE REVOLUTION!
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