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Couple Bathing Suit Photo Goes Viral
This woman's post has a powerful message about self-confidence
D.G. Sciortino
06.12.17

Curves, rolls, stretch marksโ€ฆ Jasmine โ€œJazzyโ€ Owens loves it all even though it took her a while to fall in love her body. Her husband of six years, Keenan Owens, has always loved her body even though his body is different from hers.

Jasmine recently posted a photo of them at the beach in their bathing suits holding hands.

That post has now gone viral and is spreading a message of body positivity and giving women of all body shapes a boost of confidence just in time for bathing suit season.

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โ€œNever do I think I have to explain myself to anyone but I just have to say this man stole my heart 14 years ago and still today he loves me!!โ€ Jasmine wrote on Instagram. โ€œALL OF ME!!! Now that I truly love myself I can enjoy life with my amazing husband and kids!โ€

But her journey to self-love didnโ€™t happen overnight.

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Jasmine explains that she struggled for years to accept her own body since her husband was โ€œborn fitโ€ and she was not. Keenan basically doesnโ€™t have an ounce of fat on his body and looks like a Ken doll.

You could do your laundry on this guyโ€™s abs.

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โ€œOver the years this man has loved every curve, every roll, and every stretch mark on my body. I never understood why!,โ€ she wrote. โ€œHow could he love something that isnโ€™t โ€˜perfectโ€™? How could a man who was โ€˜born fitโ€™ love someone like me!โ€

Jasmine told the Huffington Post that for many years she let her negative body image prevent her from enjoying life with her family because she wanted to โ€œhide from the world.โ€

She tried diets, supplements, and, at one time, even considered surgery.

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One day she got fed up with it and decided to make a change.

โ€œAs one of my [Instagram] posts said, I stood in the mirror and truly looked at myself. Before I couldnโ€™t even stand to see myself, so to be able to get naked and stand in front of the mirror and just look at my body was a huge first step for me,โ€ she tells Huffington Post. โ€œSince then, I have made steps such as buying my first two-piece bathing suit, wearing it to the pool and to the beach and learning to stop judging myself.โ€

There, of course, were the haters who made negative comments on Jasmineโ€™s post, but she just ignored them.

โ€œI donโ€™t have a flat stomach, I jiggle when I walk, hell if I run up the stairs to fast my body claps (lmao)!!โ€ she writes. โ€œBut now I see I do have the โ€œperfectโ€ body!! Every roll, every curve and every stretch mark is put on me just perfect to make both of us happy!!! I love my body and I finally see why he does too!!โ€

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Her post has gotten more than 82,000 likes and more than 3,000 comments, most of them positive. The coupleโ€™s bathing suit photo is even helping other women to accept and love their own bodies.

โ€œYou look stunning in that bikini!! Youโ€™ve given some hope to see you in that because Iโ€™m going away soon and I very self-conscious because Iโ€™m big too but to see this has made my day,โ€ one Instagram commenter wrote. โ€œI think I might invest in a bikini because seeing how confident you look has helped me think about myself and love my rolls and stretch marks too!! Donโ€™t listen to the haters, just stay positive.โ€

Sometimes all it takes is one picture to help change the world and the women who live in it.

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