Serba salah, sepertinya itu yang dialami oleh Gigi Hadid. Ketika memulai kariernya sebagai model, Gigi mendapat body shaming yang menyebutnya terlalu gemuk untuk seorang model.
Akhir-akhir ini, Gigi kembali mendapat body shaming yang bilang dia terlalu kurus dan ada banyak perubahan di dirinya.
Ternyata, Gigi juga mengakuinya dan hal itu berhubungan dengan penyakit Hashimoto yang diidapnya.
Lewat Twitter, Gigi mengungkapkan isi hatinya. Mengharukan banget, girls.
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Twit Gigi
Berikut penjelasan Gigi lewat akun Twitter miliknya.
For those of you so determined to come up w why my body has changed over the years, you may not know that when I started @ 17 I was not yet diagnosed w/Hashimoto’s disease; those of u who called me “too big for the industry” were seeing inflammation & water retention due to that.
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) February 11, 2018
Over the last few years I’ve been properly medicated to help symptoms including those, as well as extreme fatigue, metabolism issues, body’s ability to retain heat, etc ... I was also part of a holistic medical trial that helped my thyroid levels balance out.
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) February 11, 2018
Although stress & excessive travel can also affect the body, I have always eaten the same, my body just handles it differently now that my health is better. I may be “too skinny” for u, honestly this skinny isn’t what I want to be, but I feel healthier internally and (cont)
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) February 11, 2018
(cont) am still learning and growing with my body everyday, as everyone is.
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) February 11, 2018
I will not further explain the way my body looks, just as anyone, with a body type that doesnt suit ur “beauty” expectation, shouldnt have to. Not to judge others, but drugs are not my thing, stop putting me in that box just because u dont understand the way my body has matured.
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) February 11, 2018
Please, as social media users & human beings in general, learn to have more empathy for others and know that you never really know the whole story. Use your energy to lift those that you admire rather than be cruel to those u don’t.
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) February 11, 2018
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Penjelasan Gigi
Gigi menyebutkan, “untuk kamu yang selalu membicarakan soal tubuhku yang berubah selama beberapa tahun terakhir, kamu mungkin tidak tahu ketika aku berumur 17 tahun, aku didiagnosa penyakit Hashimoto.
Untuk kamu yang bilang aku ‘terlalu besar untuk industri’ sekarang pasti sudah melihat inflamasi dan membuatku menampung banyak air karenanya.”
Cewek ini melanjutkan, kalau selama bertahun-tahun ini dia menjalani pengobatan untuk melawan penyakit ini.
| Penulis | : | Ifnur Hikmah |
| Editor | : | Ifnur Hikmah |
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