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Miss Nepal Jane Dipika Garrett owned the Miss Universe platform, flaunting her curves, more like what most girls and women are; not the "thin" prescribed bodies!
“I think success varies depending on each person. For me, to be on this stage and to speak my truth is something that matters a lot.” – Miss Nepal Jane Dipika Garrett.
Miss Nepal Jane Dipika Garrett is making history as the first Body Inclusive Model in Miss Universe 2023. This 22-year-old, an entrepreneur and advocates for hormonal & mental health, is breaking barriers and questions societal norms, highlighting that beauty surpasses conventional standards. In a world frequently preoccupied with slim figures, her participation and making it to top 20 serves as a poignant reminder that beauty cannot be confined to a fixed norms as set by society.
Through her massive display of confidence and wholehearted acceptance of her own body, Jane Dipika Garrett has emerged as an inspirational figure for many young girls and women across the globe.
It inspired me to the core to find courage & boldness to stand by myself; feel healthy and to find a new definition of success too.
I often come across a section of society tethered to age old preoccupied beauty measurements and give judgments on that.
Recently I attended one function at one of my relative’s place. I got to meet many close and dear ones after long time. Sadly, most of them were busy talking about who’s what rather than how (have you been).
“Oh! You gained weight …!”
“You became sooo thin…any illness?”
“Your dark circles are too prominent!”
“I think she is taller than him.”
Ridiculously, there was hardly any warmth in the conversation but only measurements of beauty and judgments flowing.
“O girl! What happened…you look so plump than the last time I saw you?”
I replied boldly, “It does not matter how fat or thin I am; as long as I feel healthy and successful the way I want to be, nothing else matters.”
And I believe that we women should embrace their distinctive qualities and aim for excellence in every facet of our lives eradicating all insecurities and low self-esteem.
I love myself whether tall or short;
I love myself whether dark or fair;
I love myself whether plump or too thin;
I love myself even if I have dark circles or not,
And that’s success to me.
Images source: Miss Nepal Jane Dipika Garrett on Instagram
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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