I have always had a healthy body type. However, I don’t remember having body-image issues when I was young. I had women like Rani Mukherjee, Kajol, Madhuri Dixit, Hilary Duff, and Raven Symoné to look up to who more or less had a fuller body type. But it was when Kareena Kapoor flaunted her 0-size figure and later came the Kardashians did I start having some major issues with how my body looked like.
It was until much later that I realised how the entertainment and fashion industry perpetuates a fake image of beauty. For example, Kim Kardashian recently posted a video wearing an extra-tight corset, flaunting an unrealistic waist-line which is disproportionate to the rest of her body.
I mean, it is biologically impossible to have large breasts, large rounded hips, yet a tiny waist!
Have a look at the video here:
Thankfully, there are people on the internet who are calling Kim Kardashian out for setting and glorifying an unhealthy body standard. Many asked her if she can even breathe! Others pointed out how there are millions of young girls who will grow up having self-esteem issues because their bodies don’t look this way.
Do you not think that celebrities with a great number of followers need to be more responsible about the kind of ideas they are perpetuating?