A model and advocate went all-natural in an unedited video showing off her unedited skin to the world. Ariella Nyssa, who has more than 720,000 followers, fearlessly zoomed in on her face, hips and eyes. She bared all her so-called "imperfections" - from cellulite to facial hair.
The blonde beauty, who tirelessly campaigns for real depictions of 's bodies, demonstrated that the unique combination of qualities such as skin marks and wrinkles are what constitutes a "normal woman". She said you don't have to look like the "flawless images" scattered across social media all the time. Though the video came with a strong message of self-acceptance, Ariella confessed to her fans that making and sharing it "tested her soul" deeply, as it pushed her to confront personal insecurities head-on.
Alongside the footage, she wrote: "I've thought about people in my life seeing this, people on the internet and judging me. Judging me for all of these things I usually hide because of society's expectations of beauty. "But, as you guys know, posting the things I'm insecure about are where I grow the most in my own self-love journey.
Posting the things I'm insecure about takes the power of societal beauty standards anyway. It gives me my power back." She continued: "That if I say this is beautiful, this is real.
Then this is beautiful and real. I hope this helps you see how beautiful you are - that your insecurities make you imperfectly perfect, and that you are enough." Since the model shared her.