A woman who was initially “confused” after her unedited bikini photo went viral has argued its popularity proves women are “tired” of cultural beauty standards.
US influencer and podcast host Carly Weinstein recently shared a series of snaps from a holiday to Spain in which she can be seen posing in a gold two-piece in front of the blue waters of Mallorca.
Her “hot” photos quickly went viral, with women praising her for promoting a “realistic” body image, a situation that Carly said left her grappling with “body image issues”.
She’s now opened up about why she believes so many women resonated with her photos, while sharing her own “ups and downs” around how society perceives women’s bodies.
“I posted a bikini photo around a week ago and it kinda went viral because of the way my body looks,” she wrote in a post on Instagram.
“So many people have been commenting things like ‘this is what a real body looks like’, or ‘I finally see a body that looks like mine!!’
“Now first of all this sent me into a SPIRAL because I didn’t even think twice about the ...
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