Chrissy Teigen has never been shyabout postinghertruth.
On Monday, July 30, Teigen took to Twitter to get real about body confidence.
Sharing a video of herself, Teigen honed in on her stretch marks, letting viewers know that "this is my new body."
mom bod alert! https://t.co/Qi0BZvLmhV— christine teigen (@christine teigen) 1533000127.0
It may be hard to imagine that someone like Teigen, a Sports Illustrated cover model, would ever not be happy with her body — especially considering how often she dispenses justice to body-shaming trolls. But after having two kids, she's dealing with the fact that her body has changed. That's hard, but she's embracing it with self-love.
Just like the rest of us, Teigen's not immune to the feelings of inadequacy seeing "killer bodies" on social media induces.
That's why — instead of posting anything filtered or photoshopped — Teigen reminded her fans that "regular ol' bodies" are beautiful.
Instagram is crazy. I think it’s awesome people have killer bodies and are proud to show them off (I really do!!) b… https://t.co/yiUHChBcUq— christine teigen (@christine teigen) 1533000671.0
Accepting our own bodies — whatever shape, size, color, stretch marks, or no stretch marks — is an important part of self-love.
Feeling good in your skin is a journey we're all on — even Chrissy Teigen.
also I don’t really call this “body confidence” because I’m not quite there yet. I’m still super insecure. I’m just… https://t.co/4N2fS1fQMo— christine teigen (@christine teigen) 1533001018.0