I’m plus-size – I don’t feel the need to build a ‘beach body’ for swimsuit season, people ‘wish they had my confidence’
AS warm weather approaches, a plus-size woman is showing that she doesn’t need a particular type of body to catch some rays in a bikini.
She says a “beach body” isn’t a requirement to wear a swimsuit, and some social media users wish they were as confident as her.
In a YouTube short, Stella Williams (@StellaWilliams) showed people that she fearlessly wears what she wants.
“Reminder: swim season is around the corner and you don’t need to build a ‘beach body’ to wear a bathing suit,” Williams wrote in her video.
“If bikinis were only for skinny people they wouldn’t make them in plus-size,” she added in her caption.
She was all smiles as she sported a pink two-piece – a bikini top with a matching skirt that stopped mid-thigh.
Her energy was radiant and she looked confident and gorgeous in the vibrant shade of pink, with many YouTube users quick to point this out.
“I wish I had your confidence. You are beautiful! And I agree, pink is your color,” one inspired person wrote.
“Loving your confidence!!!!!” another viewer said with the same sentiment.
“I know that’s right! Normalize self-love at all sizes!” a third chimed in.
Tons of other people affirmed that pink was her color as well.
“Pretty color on you!”
“I’m not mad at it. I love that color on her!!”
“Girl as long as you’re happy. Pink is your color!!”
Others were focused on her beauty.
“You’re so beautiful!” one wrote and “So pretty!!” added an additional person.
And one woman shared her candid experience with wearing a two-piece.
She wrote: “I wore my first two-piece to the beach in Miami last year. I was TERRIFIED at first, but seeing myself in a super covering rash guard just made me look and feel self-conscious.
“Wearing a two-piece that showed my belly and my arms [was] so liberating, and guess what! Nobody cared!
“For me, the biggest block was mental, and thankfully, I was able to ignore anyone else and just have a great time.”