Why Fitness YouTuber Cassey Ho Photoshopped Herself With the 'Perfect' Body ;-By Leah Groth Nov 29, 2018 Cassie Ho Blogilates Instagram@BLOGILATES/INSTAGRAM ( courtecy;- prevention )
Why Fitness YouTuber Cassey Ho Photoshopped Herself With the 'Perfect' Body
"Why do we treat our bodies like we treat fashion? 'Boobs are out! Butts are in!'"
If you haven't been living under a rock, you might have noticed that body types go in-and-out of style like pairs of jeans. Big booties have replaced tiny, perky buns, and curves are now preferred over the waifish look in the 90s—something one fitness influencer finds pretty disturbing.
Cassey Ho, the fitness blogger behind Blogilates, points out the dangers of treating our bodies like fashion in a powerful new Instagram post, where she shares digitally altered images of what she would look like with the “perfect body” throughout history.
In her Instagram post, she starts her body image journey through time in 2018, morphing her athletic figure into a Kardashian-style physique, consisting of a tiny waist, a big booty, and enlarged lips. “Big butts, wide hips, tiny waists, and full lips are in!” she writes.
“There is a huge surge in plastic surgery for butt implants, thanks to Instagram models posting ‘belfies’.” She points out that even plastic surgeons “have become IG-famous” for reshaping women and that butt implants and injections rose 58 percent between 2012 and 2014.
The next image transitions her into a Giselle Bundchen look-alike with big boobs, a flat stomach, and a noticeable thigh gap. “It’s the age of the Victoria’s Secret Angel,” Ho explained. “She’s tall, thin, and she’s always got long legs and a full chest.” She added another fun fact: In 2010, breast augmentation was the highest performed surgery in the United States.
The early 90s were defined by a more emaciated look, according to Ho. “THIN IS IN,” she writes alongside her scary skinny depiction. “Having angular bone structure, looking emaciated, and super skinny is what’s dominating the runways and the magazine covers. There’s even a name for it: ‘heroin chic.’"
Next up she takes us to the 1950s, the era of the hourglass figure. “Elizabeth Taylor's 36-21-36 measurements are the ideal. Marilyn Monroe’s soft voluptuousness is lusted after,” she maintains. “Women are advertised weight gaining pills to fill themselves out. Playboy magazine and Barbie are created in this decade.”
During the 1920s, “Appearing boyish, androgynous and youthful, with minimal breasts, and a straight figure is in!," she claims, explaining that women chose to “hide their curves” by “binding their chests with strips of cloth” in order to maintain a “straight figure suitable for flapper dresses.”
She lastly touches upon the Italian Renaissance—which happened between 1400 and 1700— where full-figured bodies were embraced. “Looking full with a rounded stomach, large hips, and an ample bosom is in. Being well-fed is a sign of wealth and status. Only the poor are thin,” she says.
So what is the point of Ho’s trip down body-image memory lane? The fitness guru wants to make it clear that there is nothing healthy about the body image trend.
“Why do we treat our bodies like we treat fashion?,” she writes. “’Boobs are out! Butts are in!’ Well, the reality is manufacturing our bodies is a lot more dangerous than manufacturing clothes. Stop throwing your body out like it’s fast fashion.”
Her final point is so important: Love and accept yourself—as well as your physique—and don’t try to adapt to a trendy ideal. “Please treat your body with love & respect and do not succumb to the beauty standard. Embrace your body because it is YOUR own perfect body,” she concludes. Amen, sister.
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