In all honesty it’s difficult to accept yourself and your body just the way it is. We are so self critical and conscious about how we look or how we are that it takes a lot of thinking and active trying to love ourselves for who we are. And this is all thanks to the pressure that society puts on all of us to fit into this prototype mold of what’s ‘beautiful.’
However, there are people in the beauty industry who are trying to change this.
26-year-old Ilka Brühl from Germany has taken it upon herself to spread awareness and positivity about her facial condition. She is empowering women from all around the world by sharing her story and modelling.
Since the day she was born she has lived a somewhat troubled life and she has had the condition since then.
According to Bored Panda talking about her condition, she said,”I was born with a facial cleft and my nose airways were not properly formed. In addition, I lacked on the right side of the tear duct, so that the permanent natural moistening of the eye has led to me right tears have always run out of the eye.”
She started posing for some photographers and received a lot of praise for it, she then started modelling and is now become pretty famous. See her stunning pictures below:
1. Ilka looks gorgeous, don’t you guys agree?
2. She lives by her own words- “Remind the world that everyone is beautiful.”
3. She wasn’t always confident, she had countless surgeries but finally accepted her body just as it is- beautiful.
4. She got positive feedback from people when she started posting her pictures. She said, “There was so much positive feedback, that I got more and more courage to show myself as I am. Pure and unaffected.”
5. Her eyes are hypnotic. WOW!
6. Ilka shares her own photos and story so that more people break out of their shell and grow into confident people, ready to smash these stereotypes.
7. She says, “There is only one way to be ugly: by having an ugly character. No one has to hide because of their appearance!”
8. She is making a breakthrough in the beauty industry one post at a time.
9. Isn’t she phenomenal?
10. She even shared a picture of herself as a baby to send out a stronger message about her condition.
Hey guys, moral of the story- there is no definition of ‘perfect’. Don’t let yourself be bound by these ideas of society.
And kudos to Ilka, because of people like her, little kids may grow up in a more accepting and positive world. ?