mikhailovna:

How beautiful. How brave. How… real.

Jessica Simpson went completely natural for her cover shoot in Marie Claire. And you know what I think? I think she’s never looked more beautiful.

Maybe it’s because there is nothing model like about me (short, curvy, well endowed, etc) but I have never liked the model look. When everyone was dying over Kate Moss I thought there wasn’t a young woman more gorgeous than Kate Winslet. I was always taken with the curvier actresses and celebrities like Penelope Cruz or Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Don’t get me wrong some girls are naturally skinny and will literally never gain weight, I know many girls like that and I think they are totally fabulous. And I think that their shape and weight looks just right for them. Giselle is a good example of that. I don’t know if I’m alone in this or not but for me it is quite simple to tell the difference between a starved skinny girl and a natural skinny girl. When you do grotesque things to your body in order to turn it into something it’s not that “skinny look” you were going for will never look right. First off, when you lose weight in forced and unnatural ways it will drop from your face first and you will acquire a malnourished and sallow looking shape. However, if you are simply dropping the weight to be healthier and happier it will look good, right. I know many ladies that are or have dropped weight for the sheer reason that they feel better and kudos to them!

But I’m not saying one look is better than the other. Do I prefer curvier women? Yes! But look at me! I would have my head down the toilet in five minutes if I obsessed over a body shape that wasn’t given to me by God.

I suppose I want to take this opportunity and say that we need to stop the “girl on girl crime” that happens all too often in regards to shape, size, etc. I’ve said this a million times and I’ll say it again: unless you fear that someone is inflicting self-harm in order to look a certain way adore them for who they are. We are all unique but that’s the amazing blessing!

We travel the globe searching for that unique beach or forest to revel in it’s beauty. Yet how often do we take a moment and say “Wow that girl is stunning! She’s not like me/she’s not skinny/she’s not curvy/she’s not like X celebrity…but my she is gorgeous!”

Let’s practice being generous with each other. We have to look out for each other and we have to celebrate each other, regardless of how we look!