Model Adriana Lima denounced society’s “superficial values” and opened up about the body image pressures that come with her job in a statement posted via Instagram on Saturday.
The Victoria’s Secret Angel posted a screenshot in which she expressed solidarity with women everywhere who feel the need to look or behave a certain way because of society’s expectations.
“I have my own things/insecurities too, I am not afraid anymore to express them, they are part of me,” Lima shared in the statement. “My job puts me in such a big pressure to look a certain way, I was thinking, how we woman have to carry so much ... I am tired of the impositions, we ‘as woman’ can’t be continuing living in a world with such superficial values, it’s not fair for us.”
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