Ashley Graham Says Beauty Industry Is Not Inclusive Enough

Bella Breakdown Ashley Graham is a 31-year-old plus-size fashion and beauty model. In the year 2016, the brunette beauty, Ashley Graham, made history by being the very first plus-size model to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue and she received a lot of backlash. Basically, a great number of critics condemned the choice to put or rather to have Ashley Graham grace the cover according to them, it was glorifying being overweight. However, these criticism never for one slowed down her career as Ashley Graham went ahead to grace the cover of bigger magazines despite being plus-size....

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Body-Positivity Is On The Rise!

Bella Breakdown Body-positivity has been a hot topic for the past couple of years and people are finally starting to adopt it. Most of us can think of a time when we went into a fitting room that had awful lighting, and we hated how we looked. Instead of the day being about getting a new blouse for work, it then became about how we hate our body. This is the exact feeling the body positivity movement is trying to eliminate, in men and women alike. As summer is approaching so is bathing suit season. But this summer things...

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Plus-size swimsuits you’ll want to keep in your beach bag all summer long

Bella Breakdown Feel like you are on vacation with this Trainer Aloha Bikini, which retails for $43.40 at swimsuitsforall. This burnt orange netted bikini top from Forever 21 is incredibly sexy and only costs $19.90. The off the shoulder white ruffled Hera Bikini is $68.60 at swimsuitsforall. You will feel like a goddess in the black lace up swimsuit from Forever 21. The Reflection Swimsuit from Nordstrom hugs your curves in all the right places. The gorgeous plum color really stands out! Make a shimmering statement with the Rainbow one-piece swimsuit from Forever 21. You will feel like one...

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The 2017 Met Gala Best Dressed List

Oh. My. Gown. Ok, we’ll admit it, this year’s Met Gala theme “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between” left us giddy and curious, very curious in fact. Don’t get us wrong, we LOVE the work of the esteemed fashion goddess Rei Kawakubo (serious, look her up, she’s GOLDEN). But, her impressive body of work left us serious wondering about just how Hollywood’s elite would envision their homage to her on the cream carpet. Well, let us just take a moment to tell you that this year’s Met Gala was BEYOND PERFECTION, (and no, it’s not just because...

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9 Inspiring Social Media Moments from Body Positive Celebs

Bella Breakdown These women are leading the movement, and they know they look good doing it. #1 Chrissy Teigen shows off her stretch marks commenting “my thighs have tributaries”. #2 Zendaya posted how shocked she was when her hips and torso were altered in a photograph. She was upset by how these things “make women self-conscious and create the unrealistic ideals of beauty that we have.” #3 Laverne Cox revealed that the only “surgeon” she uses is the beauty filter on Snapchat. She is happy waking up and just being herself. #4 Amy Schumer describes herself as fearless and...

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