Karina Irby has detailed the awful abuse she receives about her cellulite. The Gold Coast woman is fighting unrealistic beauty standards. Photo / Instagram, KarinaIrby
Karina Irby has detailed the awful abuse she receives about her cellulite. The Gold Coast woman is fighting unrealistic beauty standards. Photo / Instagram, KarinaIrby
A bikini model who proudly shows off her unedited figure in photos on her social media has revealed the horrifying messages she receives online about her cellulite.
Gold Coast influencer and bikini designer Karina Irby regularly celebrates "real female bodies" on her social media account.
However, her body-positive attitude andefforts to normalise unedited photos often opens the business owner and influencer to vile abuse from strangers.
Recently, the 31-year-old revealed a particular video that showed her booty in its unedited glory attracted a number of horrendous messages, including one telling Karina to self-harm.
As a result, Karina called out the comment, telling her 1.2 million followers the abuse is unacceptable.
In a second post to her social media account, Karina shared the same image and asked, "What's the first thing you noticed about these photos?
"If you're (sic) answer was my cellulite and uneven skin then you're probably not seeing enough normal/unedited female bodies in your feed enough.
"Normalise the normal. Stop editing your lumps."
Followers were quick to praise Karina, agreeing with her message.
"In unlearning stupid beauty standards I've shifted how I see pictures like this and instead of even thinking of picking you apart I'm just like wow she's f***ing beautiful," one said.
"Happiness. Confidence. Normal life," another stated.
While one woman wrote, "No I was admiring those freaking curves honey. Gorgeous. Get it!"
Others pointed out things they noticed aside from her natural figure in the snap.
