Selena Gomez is candid about her body image.
On Monday night, the singer shared a series of Instagram stories, showing off her body in photos from years past.
The Just the murders in the building The 31-year-old star was the first to share a photo from an earlier date, in which she was photographed in a zebra bikini. She wrote in her Instagram Story: “Today I realized that I will never look like this again…”
After the first photo, she followed up with a more recent picture in a bathing suit. This photo shows Gomez in a black high-waisted bikini bottom with a white tube bikini top.
Another caption in Story read: “I’m not perfect, but I’m proud to be who I am… Sometimes I forget it’s okay to be me.”
Selena Gomez sizzles in a tight white dress in a chic throwback photo
The Rare Beauty founder’s recent posts follow her previous body-positive messages, along with instances where she’s been called out by bodyshamers for sharing unpleasant comments about her body.
In April 2022 Selena + chef the star called out body shamers who criticized her appearance. “Honestly, I don’t care about my weight because people make jokes about it anyway,” she said in her TikTok stories. “‘You’re too small’, ‘you’re too big’, ‘it doesn’t fit.’ ‘Meh meh meh meh.'”
Bitch, I’m perfect the way I am, she added. “Moral of the story? Goodbye.”
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Selena Gomez in April 2022 Tiktok
After the actress appeared at the 80th Golden Globe Awards in January 2023, she received comments from netizens about her physical appearance.
In a recorded Instagram Live video reposted via the popnewsdaily TikTok account, Gomez addressed critics while talking to her 9-year-old sister, Gracie Elliott Teefey.
“I’m a little big right now because I’ve been enjoying myself over the holidays,” she told her followers before turning her head to Gracie, asking her opinion, “right?”
After Gracie seemed to agree with the singer, Gomez burst out laughing.
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Selena Gomez and Gracie Elliot Teefey on January 10, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Selena Gomez calls out body shamers who criticize her appearance: ‘I don’t care about my weight’
In a March 2023 Instagram video shared on the Rare Beauty Instagram account, the entrepreneur revealed the affirmations she would pass on to her younger self.
“Something I would like to tell my younger self is: Appreciate the face and body you have. You may not look like everyone else, but you are who you are and be proud of it,” Gomez said in the video.
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Gomez — who underwent a kidney transplant in September 2017 due to complications from lupus — previously explained that her condition causes “weight fluctuations” that previously plagued her.
“I have lupus and I struggle with kidney problems and high blood pressure, so I deal with a lot of health issues, and for me, that’s when I really started to pay more attention to my body image,” she said in an interview with friend Raquelle Stevens on your video podcast Giving back to a generation in November 2019
The “Lose You to Love Me” singer said the “combination” of her lupus and the medication she needs is changing her weight.
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