8 Celebrities Who Were Forced to Lose Weight But Ignored Criticism and Achieved Success

When looking at J. Lo, Misty Copeland or Jennifer Lawrence, it’s hard to imagine that there was a time when their bodies didn’t meet generally accepted beauty standards. But these women have managed to turn what was considered their weakness into a strength, publicly demonstrating that you don’t have to follow stereotypes to love yourself and succeed.

O awesome.club believes there is nothing wrong with natural beauty. We’ve compiled stories from a number of celebrities who at the time were able to stand up for their right to be themselves and, as a result, were successful.

Jennifer Lopez is one of the most successful singers of her generation, a famous dancer, actress and producer. More than 75 million copies of her albums have been sold worldwide. And recently the Council of Fashion Designers of America appointed J. Lo. as the most stylish woman of 2019. In many ways, she was helped to succeed by her famous silhouette, which has become one of the most successful fashion icons of our time.

However, things didn’t always go so well. In an interview with InStyle, Jennifer Lopez said that early in her career several people in the entertainment industry hinted that it wouldn’t hurt her to “lose a few pounds.” But the young woman didn’t care what others thought. And as time has shown, she was absolutely right.

Amber Tamblyn is an American poet and actress, who has starred in several films, including The call and Django Unchainedas well as in the television series Doctor House and Two and a Half Men🇧🇷 She is a self-sufficient and self-confident woman. However, it was not always like this.

In 2008, Amber Tamblyn suffered under pressure from her Warner Bros. agent. The young woman played an important role in the film Four Girlfriends and a Traveling Jeans 2 and was considered a rising young star. Her agent called to congratulate her on the film’s success, but hinted during the conversation that Amber needed to lose weight. This situation greatly affected the girl’s self-esteem.

Today, Amber Tamblyn supports the #TimesUp movement and advocates for women’s rights in various fields.

Misty Copeland is a ballerina, the first African-American to join the American Ballet Theatre. She is the embodiment of grace. However, even the ballerinas are not free from critics, who claim that her body is an instrument that simply must conform to the traditional aesthetics of ballet. Early in her career, she was strongly recommended to lose weight.

Due to pressure from the professional community, she began to have health problems. However, the young woman managed to resist the situation, finally proving that the silhouette is not an obstacle for talent. In 2015, Misty Copeland made the list of the 100 most influential people in the world, according to Time magazine.

Ashley Benson is an American actress, best known for television series Days of Our Lives and Pretty Little Liars🇧🇷 Despite being quite petite, the young woman also had to face the fact that she was considered too chubby for certain roles. Ashley takes this kind of situation with humor and doesn’t care about the numbers on the scale, considering that a person shouldn’t lose an ounce if they don’t feel like they really need it.

This model plus size Americana inspires girls who think they are overweight to believe in themselves. To date, Ashley Graham has collaborated with several well-known brands such as Ford Models, Glamour, Levi’s, Lane Bryant, Marina Rinaldi and Addition Elle. It’s hard to imagine that this confident woman had issues with her self-esteem.

As a child, Ashley’s non-standard silhouette provoked mockery from her peers and uncertainty from her parents, who constantly warned the girl of her overweight. However, this “feedback”, as well as the explicit insinuations of some agents, forced Ashley to become adamant and show everyone that the fashion world is not just open to thin people.

American singer and actress Kelly Clarkson has always had a tendency to be overweight. But after the birth of her daughter and having gained several pounds, she faced particularly terrible criticism on social media. The tweets that stood out the most for their brutality were those of British journalist Katie Hopkins. However, Clarkson didn’t allow the viral criticism to get into her head, openly responding to enemies that she lives in a free world and doesn’t care what people think of her weight.

In 2018, Kelly managed to lose around 20 kg. She was diagnosed with thyroid disease and began to devote a lot of time to a healthy diet, but commented that exercise is not for her and that she would never be seen in a gym.

If there’s anyone who hates the word “fat”, it’s Jennifer Lawrence. Despite the impressive filmography, the actress is not a fan of diets and does not seek the ephemeral ideal forms. In an interview with the English magazine “Harper’s Bazaar”, Jennifer said that everyone is so used to being thin and that when a woman has a normal weight she is immediately considered fat.

The young woman openly declares that calling someone fat on television should be illegal. And if anyone tries to insinuate about the need to go on a diet, it will just send that person to hell.

Tyra Banks is a famous American top model, actress, singer, producer and television host. Despite today showing complete confidence in herself, at the beginning of her career she had to face severe criticism not only from the media, but also from her professional environment.

It still hurts him to remember the moment a tabloid published a picture of him in a bathing suit with the title “Tyra the pork chop”. Especially painful for the young woman was the incident during the preparation for a fashion show in Milan, when two seamstresses called her fat in conversation. And some stylists have openly stated that they wouldn’t work with Tyra “because of her thighs.”

Today, Banks tries to inspire women to love themselves at any age and in any condition. To that end, she posed in a bathing suit for the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit magazine. According to Tyra, these photos were dedicated to all the women who were once told they weren’t good enough because of their silhouette, age, hairstyle or anything else.

In one of the interviews, actress Carrie Fisher said that the film industry only cares about weight and appearance, and in that sense nothing has changed in the last 38 years of her career. The actress openly criticized Hollywood’s obsession with appearances and pointed out that asking a person to lose weight, in her opinion, is the same as asking to rejuvenate. But contrary to the laws of the fashion industry, our heroines managed to become real stars and achieve significant successes in their profession.

And what would you choose: fight with yourself trying to comply with gender laws or oppose the system and write your own? Do you follow or dictate fashion?