This Morning star Ashley James wowed fans in a bikini.
The TV star shared a video clip in which she flaunted her curves in a blue and white skimpy bikini, twirling around to show her figure from several different angles as she told fans: “Your body is always a bikini body.” Make-up free, she also included some close-ups of her skin as she encouraged others to embrace their look.
“Sometimes I feel silly doing posts like this these days, but then I think back to the girl and woman I was who would torture herself over every zoomed in part of her body – and I do it for her,” she said. “For you, if that’s still you.”
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Ashley, 37, said in the last few years she had come to “love my body”. “Which is ironic in some ways that it’s the oldest it’s been, I’ve birthed and breastfed two kids, and I’m not the smallest version of myself – like back when I was modelling,” she said.
(Image: Ashley James/Instagram)
“Basically all the things were made to fear as women – being older, children ‘ruining’ your body, not trying to be small, deflated and empty b00bs. What I’ve learned is that feeling sexy and confident doesn’t come from being the smallest and shrunken version of yourself with zero ‘flaws’, but from just learning to accept yourself.
“So when I think about doing these sort of posts, I cringe a bit, but I look around at diet culture and talk of Ozempic, and a return to ‘skinny’ as a trend and I think it’s important to keep pointing it out. Keep fighting.”
(Image: Ashley James/Instagram)
Reflecting on her 20s, Ashley said she could remember being sat on a beach in Dubai covering up with a towel “because I was worried about my ‘belly’, my body hair, my ingrown hairs. Looking back of course I looked incredible, but when we obsess over shrinking ourselves and zoom in on every detail we never see it!” she said.
“Now I live a life free from restrictions and diets and I exercise for fun and not punishment and I wish I could have had this confidence when I was younger. How different life could have been. Now I love my body, not because of how it looks but because of everything it lets me do. I want that for everyone.”
(Image: Ashley James/Instagram)
Ashley was praised by fans after opening up in the post, with many posting messages in the comments section saying she was “amazing” and that her message was “refreshing”. “Thank you for this,” said one, as another called it a “fabulous post”.
“I love you for this,” said someone else. Another fan exclaimed: “Yes yes yes! Love posts like this. Makes me feel like I’m normal and becoming more accepting of my body after birthing 2 babies and being pregnant 4 times.”
“Thanks, you make us all feel better,” commented somebody else.
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