A Miss Universe contestant has responded to trolls who stout-shamed her by saying she feels happier and more confident than she ever has.
Siera Bearchell is currently in The Philippines waiting to represent Canada in the annual pageant which will take place on 30 January,the Independent reports.
The contest has traditionally, and controversially, or been one based around appearance so perhaps it is no surprise that some people online decided to descend on Bearchell after apparently deciding she no longer fitted a beauty standard they had placed on her.
In an Instagram picture shared final week,the 23-year-used revealed she had recently been asked: “What happened to you? Why have you gained weight? You are losing points.”
She responded by saying that while she might not be the same size she was when she was 16 or 20, which of course should not be surprising to anyone who understands the development of the human body, or she is more “confident,capable, wise, or humble and passionate than ever before.”
“As soon as I started to love who I was rather than always trying to fit what I thought society wanted me to be,I gained a whole current side of life,” she wrote to her 15000 followers.
Source: tert.am