Plus Sized and Curvy is Beautiful TOO- Part 3 - Acceptance

It has been three years since I have done this. This post is basically going to be about acceptance because many of us cannot be happy with our bodies, skinny girls might complain about having small boobs (unless they get surgery) but it could be you might think your arms, legs, stomach face is too big or too small. No one is perfect and in a way I have come to accept that. I will never look like Rihanna or Beyonce and strangely enough I am fine with that.

Body image- All over from the television, magazines, music, celebrities and even our families and friends it is seen as skinny (size 8-12) is the only size that is beautiful and why most of us want to be size 8 is because we believe that losing all that weight will result in a life changing experience. The branding and marketing is amazing. I have fallen for it so many times and...

When you fall for it you imagine yourself in that person's body and you don't even notice your own.

Anyways, it took me a long time to realise that I am actually quite sexy...ohmygoshh...But I think that I am beautiful and have some good features. I love my stomach, I don't have washboard abs but it's actually quite curvy and flat....I do have a bit of love handles but I still love my stomach.

I used to hate showing my legs because I always thought that I had massive calves....but now I wear skirts and dresses and all that good stuff and I think it was probably what I wore because now I am shopping and wearing fashionable clothes and tight stuff that works for my figure (not me after I drop a dress size.) I actually went shopping today and I am mostly a size 18 (uk), nooo. I have been a size 16 for like 5 years.

But no matter what size when I go out I will look amazing, no one knows my size except me and maybe the clerk but will they remember my face,noo. If you look good, feel good. That's all that matters. Pow.

In all I am just taking care of myself, my hair's done, nails done, clothes and shoes on point. It's the little things that make a difference and before I never used to make an effort and I would think that it would magically transform me into a princess...but in reality we have to make the changes ourselves and have fun whilst doing it.

I don't even know what this post is about but just learn to love yourself and if you don't like what you see, accept it and the change will come.

Plus Sized and Curvy is Beautiful TOO- Part 2 - Ashley Graham

Ashley Graham is a plus sized model and there was controversy and a double standards with an advert she did for lanebryant which fox and nbc wouldn't allow to air because it was too hot but there is so much more revealing things that we see on tv e.g victoria secrets and all these sexy purfume adverts. Makes you think did they not air it because it went against everything that they drumming on us that women should be only a certain size.



When I saw this I was wow, she looks good and she's not a size 0 or 2...whichever one.



There was video on the side bar on youtube and I clicked this video and something hit me...for the first time I looked at these skinny girls and I felt sorry for them...Like it's sad. I would rather have the body I have than look like any of these girls here...It's sad...that this society see's this as the only beauty of a women.

But you know what, I will never look like that nor will never want to look like that. I love my body even though I might have my up's and down's. I need to carry on embracing what I have and use it to my advantage.

Final video:



Here she talks about some of the things I have been saying...I feel like she's a good role model for bigger women as she shows them that they can be beautiful and be happy in their skin.

Plus Sized and Curvy is Beautiful TOO- Part 1 - Maggie Yumi Brown

Maggie Yumi Brown = Classy, Elegant and beautiful woman.

These past couple of days each brick that I built to help me feel good about my body and the way it is has just been knocked down one by one. In this society with the media and people’s general opinions on the fact that skinny is better it makes me feel like maybe I should exercise 3 hours a day and start dieting again. I see these women and their like I have lost weight and everyone is like ohh, she looks so good, blah, blah blah…Even though this is the third time she has lost the weight after gaining it again.

With the media it’s just non-stop skinny, skinny, skinny and it just kind of got to my head like I am not pretty unless I am a size 8/size 2 in the USA. Another thing is you feel like you can’t look good, you can’t wear this unless you become skinny, lose weight. Those are the thoughts that will make the cycle to begin again. Those thoughts of my body is not good enough, I need to be like this. It’s not good.
So I went online and I found something that showed me that you can be a size 14,16,18 whatever and still be beautiful and dress well…all those things. That’s why I am going to start this series of plus sized women with pictures, video…the whole shebang. For motivation because clearly the media is going the opposite way were the women are just getting smaller and smaller.

Ok, firstly, on my hunt I found out about Maggie Yumi Brown who is a plus sized model and what I love about her is her style and elegance. She looks like she owns her body and that gave me confidence to embrace my body and work with what I have.

Be Happy.

Enjoy your holiday.

Learn to love yourself before you can truely love others.

Be spontaneous and most of all feel good doing it.