Body shaming has not eluded celebrities and many have come under the spotlight for being too fat or too skinny. Check out the list below.
Social stereotypes and perceptions around body types and beauty standards lead people to judge others. And body shaming has not eluded celebrities many of who have come under the spotlight for being too fat or too skinny, having an awkward body type or being too flawless. As a result, while some gave up and fell into the trap of changing themselves over the years, a few others remain unsatisfied. However, most did find the courage to speak up for themselves and accept their bodies as is.
Some celebrities who have come under the social media radar and body-shamed are Vidya Balan, Illeana D'Cruz, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to name a few. Check out the list below for others.
1. Vidya Balan
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Actress Vidya Balan has been very vocal about the fact that she has been trolled, body-shamed, fat-shamed uncountable times. However, over the years, she did finally accept the way she was and love her body the way it is rather than give in to social stereotypes. During an exclusive chat with DNA, when Vidya was once asked if she has ever been told to look and dress in a certain way, she had said, "Of course. I think everyone knows that about me in my career, everyone's had an opinion on what I should wear, what I should weigh, and all of that, and it's damn annoying. And it used to bother me before, but it stopped bothering me. And when it stopped bothering me, people stopped talking. But I have to say my mother's not given up on saying wear some jewellery."
2. Ileana D'Cruz
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Bollywood star Ileana D'Cruz has gone on record to state that she suffered from body dysmorphic disorder, which led to depression. In a recent interview with Bollywood Bubble, Ileana had opened up on her struggles with body-shaming. She said, "I went through body-shaming right from the time I was 12. I had just hit puberty and growing up. You are hit with these weird comments. And people are passing comments about your body and saying, ‘Oh My God, why is your butt so big?’ And I am like, ‘What do you mean?’ You think you are fine and then suddenly you have random people saying things about you and you start to believe what they are saying." "So I think it’s a deeply ingrained scare because you are carrying it for so many years. It takes a lot of inner strength to tell yourself that what they are saying doesn’t matter. What your feel about yourself is most important. And it’s something I tell myself every single day" she added.
3. Sonakshi Sinha
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It's a known fact that actress Sonakshi Sinha has been targeted for her weight and body type for years. In fact, even before Sonakshi entered into films, she was bullied as a child because of her weight. However, she did not let that get in her way. In an interview with Cosmopolitan, Sonakshi said, "You know, I was always an overweight child. I used to be 95 kilos in school. People bullied me, and the boys called me names. I never took the bullying to heart. And I didn’t let it bring me down because I’ve always known there’s much more to me than my weight or my size," she said. How brave!
4. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
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Remember the time Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made a Cannes appearance right after her pregnancy and decided to flaunt that postpartum weight gain? Well, how can one forget. The former beauty queen was brutally trolled for her looks and her massive weight gain. However, as confident as Aishwarya Rai always is, she had made a statement back then during an interview saying, "You guys can troll me as much as you want."
5. Huma Qureshi
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Actress Huma Qureshi has been subjected to body shaming several times and there's no denying it. "There are a lot of people out there who are just bullies. They constantly keep telling you that you are too fat, too thin, your teeth are not fine, you can’t speak English really well, and you are too short, etc. Bullies will be bullies and I think body-shaming is something that people all over the world are not condoning and condemning because it’s not cool. We need to set better role models for young women," Huma had told Femina in an interview.
6. Tara Sutaria
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From being called anorexic to being body-shamed for gaining a few kilos, Tara Sutaria has dealt with it all. During an interview with Pinkvilla, Tara had said on the topic of body-shaming, "People do say hurtful things every now and then. Some people called me anorexic when I did SOTY 2. A little while later, I put on 2-3 kilos and they were like she's put on weight. That's something I have come to terms with it. It used to bother me a lot in the beginning."
