This influencer wants you to know what her body really looks like

Daniella Scott
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Photo credit: Ariella Nyssa - Instagram
Photo credit: Ariella Nyssa - Instagram

From Cosmopolitan

By now, we are very used to the influencer Instagram bikini shot. We've seen so many of these over the years that we've lost track of the number of washboard abs, imperceptibly perky bums and anti-gravity boobs we've witnessed during our morning scroll. If this makes you feel bad about yourself, you're not alone - we've all been there.

Which is why Sydney based influencer Ariella Nyssa has started using her platform to show people what the body of an influencer really looks like, without posing or editing her body. In October of this year Ariella posted on Instagram saying "There were nights that I curled up in a ball and would cry just because I felt so bad about being ME... No more diets, no more starvation, no more guilt when I miss days at the gym and most importantly no more self-hatred."

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Images. Images that are taken and stashed away in a camera roll. Until we sift through and delete them because they don’t fit into how society sees us or how we want to see ourselves. I urge you, post your unready photos! Post the photos that you “don’t like” at first glance. It’s so freeing and makes you realise how BEAUTIFUL you really are 💛💛

A post shared by Ariella Nyssa (@ariellanyssa) on Nov 20, 2019 at 3:20pm PST

Since then, Ariella has been using her platform to spread this message, urging her followers to embrace however they look, "No matter the angle. No matter the size. No matter the fat percentage. No matter your skin. No matter the size of your stomach. No matter the cellulite. No matter your face."

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Not ready but still cute 🤷🏼♀️💁🏼♀️ This photo probably would have been one that was chucked in the ‘recently deleted’ folder on my phone. But why? Because this isn’t societies expectation of “beauty”. This isn’t what you see all over the media and on the TV. This photo in fact would probably be used for the opposite of self love and it makes me so FRIGGEN MAD! You don’t have to change, you don’t have to be a size 6. Be whoever and whatever you want to be and F%#* society 🦋🦋🦋

A post shared by Ariella Nyssa (@ariellanyssa) on Nov 26, 2019 at 11:00pm PST

Her posts are flooded with messages of love and support from her followers, such as one that said, "Such an inspiration and thank you for helping me love my body more resulting in better mental health acceptance."

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It’s my time of the month so at first I HATED these photos that @_chriistopherdaviid took of me. I was so bloated and felt like blugh (only word/sound to describe what you feel like on your period 😂) but... Once I looked past all of societies expectations on what I SHOULD look like, I remembered that I am BEAUTIFUL at ANY time of the month 🤷🏼♀️ This bloated belly is C-U-T-E 👏🏻Whenever you feel down about your time of the month, remember your body is a MIRACLE and we need to praise it! 👙💜

A post shared by Ariella Nyssa (@ariellanyssa) on Nov 17, 2019 at 10:59pm PST

In September, Ariella set up another Instagram account called The Self Love Bible, where she posts pictures and captions of followers who are all on their own self journey.

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Our stunning girl @jennadlerrr 💕 🦋 “My name is Jenna. I’m 21 years old and I’m from Melbourne, Australia. I went through high school with a group of friends that were all skinnier than me, I never felt like I was as good as them or good enough because of that. It’s taken me a while to get here but I’m finally starting to realise that skinny isn’t the only thing that’s beautiful. I’m so much happier now that I’ve realised that. I’m happy to rock a bikini and I don’t care what anybody else thinks. So long as I’m happy that’s all that matters 😘” - Jenna Adler, 21 Melbourne 🇦🇺

A post shared by ARIELLA NYSSA (@theselflovebible__) on Oct 13, 2019 at 11:39pm PDT

This, this right here, is a vibe.

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