Are Celebs
Really Promoting Body Diversity?
by: Kalie Barbato
Body diversity is a topic that is being discussed everywhere. Not one of us is the same, neither are celebrities
the same shape or size. Is it true that a lot of us spend time comparing ourselves to faces we see on the screen?
Of course! But a better question to ask is who should we be looking at?
Amy Schumer is a great example to start. If you have not seen the movie I Feel Pretty, we strongly
suggest that you do. It is about how much being who you truly are can make a difference in your life.
“Every inch of you is perfect, from the bottom to the top” is a lyric that we will not forget thanks to
Meghan Trainor. It does not get more straightforward than that, she really came at us charging full force with
this affirmative statement.
Meanwhile, Jennifer Lawrence openly talks about never starving herself for a role or doing anything
unhealthy to get the part. Seeing an actress choose her comfort and her body over a role in a movie has a big
influence on the viewers.
“I just think we tear down women in this country for all these superficial reasons, and women are so
great and so strong,” says Melissa McCarthy. No doubt, she speaks very highly of being yourself, and this is
one of the many reasons we love her.
James Corden promoted a funny video that had the strong point of body diversity at its root. It
featured him and David Beckham posing in underwear, feeling comfortable in their own skin regardless of the
body type.
In her early days, Kelly Clarkson got ridiculed in the public eye for having a thicker figure. She
struggled with all the comments but eventually decided that she wasn’t going to let anyone change her
opinion of herself.
“I tried to lose weight, and I was making awful music. It was only until I started to be myself that the
music started to flow and people started to listen,” confesses Sam Smith.
No matter who you are, where you are from, the color of your skin, or the inches of your waist, you are
important, beautiful, and worth more than you know. Body diversity is not just a goal but a universal
experience that deserves to be talked about.