Laura Anderson has promised to use her platform to promote body acceptance, as she opened up about the dark side of social media.
The Love Island star posted a holiday snap from her recent trip to Barcelona, and admitted she was hesitant to share the photo with her 1.5 million Instagram followers because of trolls.
“I hesitated to post this photo as I look extremely thin and we all know any trolling against your body, whatever shape is never fun,” Laura shared.
“Reality is pictures can be deceiving and I really want to highlight this on here today. It’s just a picture, an angle, lighting, maybe a filter.”
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“We are all now so easily influenced, more ambitious with our lives you could say but in turn sometimes we’ve become more insecure.”
“We are not in competition with eachother especially not on Instagram and especially not with people we don’t even know so when I see something I ‘like’ I try to be happy for that person and think of it as inspiration instead of resentment or jealousy.”
She added: “This is one of the ways I’ve found to survive on social media.”
“So let’s try not to be so offended by each other’s content, let’s not take a photo so seriously or pull the negative from it. Like in real life we don’t know the full story.”
“For example I like this photo because it’s a happy memory of Toms and I’s favourite day of our holiday together but I know my body ‘at this angle’ will be at the forefront of some Susan’s mouths out there, am I right or am I right? (Sorry if you’re name is Susan)”
“On the flip side, we all naturally choose the best photos of ourselves, is this a crime? Can pictures be too deceiving? How can you please everyone?” she asked.
“This photo is even deceiving to me as I’m the heaviest I’ve ever been but I look like a beanpoll above (nothing wrong with being a beanpoll to my fellow long limbed angels out there)”
“I shouldn’t have to mention my weight and neither should you. I just knew it would be discussed negatively below today if I didn’t.”
“I want to promote body acceptance,” the 31-year-old shared.
“I praise those who share unflattering images of themselves and I vouch now to do the same, would you? We are all influential to someone therefore we have a responsibility to make our Instagram ‘community’ a more real and kinder place.”
“This weeks Goal – To have the confidence to show different versions of you. It’s our Flaws that make us who we are so if we’re here to share then let’s share the real you.”
The news comes after Laura recently hit back at a troll after they accused her of overfiltering an image she posted.
