'I think she would have lived a different life with a different head space.' ❤️
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that she had a change in mindset around 2016, coming to terms with her body and accepting herself as she is. “Even with my body, I was like, I’m so tired of not liking myself or waiting to be thinner, waiting to look a certain way to be happy with myself, so I just started embracing all sides of myself,” she said. While she acknowledged the negative role social media can play in body image, Nu said seeing people who looked like her on Instagram helped her accept her own body.
In an essay accompanying her SI Swimsuit photoshoot, Nu wrote about celebrating her body, and having it be accepted in a culture that historically has valued thinness. “I’m second-generation Japanese American, and Japanese culture values being skinny, dainty and small. So for me to be on the cover ofmeant being seen and being honored by a culture that often makes people with bigger bodies like mine feel invisible,”“Of course, it’s not just Japan where there’s a premium on being thin,” Nu continued. “Even here in the U.S.
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