Curves, rolls, stretch marksโฆ Jasmine โJazzyโ 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.
โNever 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. โALL 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 didnโt happen overnight.
Jasmine explains that she struggled for years to accept her own body since her husband was โborn fitโ and she was not. Keenan basically doesnโt have an ounce of fat on his body and looks like a Ken doll.
You could do your laundry on this guyโs abs.
โOver the years this man has loved every curve, every roll, and every stretch mark on my body. I never understood why!,โ she wrote. โHow could he love something that isnโt โperfectโ? How could a man who was โborn 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 โhide from the world.โ
She tried diets, supplements, and, at one time, even considered surgery.
One day she got fed up with it and decided to make a change.
โAs one of my [Instagram] posts said, I stood in the mirror and truly looked at myself. Before I couldnโt 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. โSince 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 Jasmineโs post, but she just ignored them.
โI donโt 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. โBut now I see I do have the โperfectโ 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
Her post has gotten more than 82,000 likes and more than 3,000 comments, most of them positive. The coupleโs bathing suit photo is even helping other women to accept and love their own bodies.
โYou look stunning in that bikini!! Youโve given some hope to see you in that because Iโm going away soon and I very self-conscious because Iโm big too but to see this has made my day,โ one Instagram commenter wrote. โI 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!! Donโt 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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