Kris Bernal puts forward body positivity as she turns 32
Kris Bernal posed topless for photographer Josh Ke at Lucas Studios to mark her birthday. It is a win for women in the industry.
Women have always been body-shamed and slut-shamed for showing off their bodies. If a woman does not pass the beauty standards, they are humiliated; if they are considered “sexy”, they are called names. They never win.
That’s why it is empowering to see Kris Bernal, a famous actress, do something like this for her birthday. In one of the photos, she can be seen lying on her bed flaunting her fit body. She turned 32 last May 17.
In her third photo for the shoot, she talked about body positivity. She captioned it,
Body positivity is not just about how someone looks. It’s embracing who you are as a person. Tbh, before I used to get affected on how people perceive how I look, “Pandak, Anorexic, Butiki, Kawayan..” and the list goes on, but now I learned how to bring positivity to myself and other people by embracing my flaws. There’s always beauty in embracing who you are and working towards making yourself better.
It is powerful to see an influential celebrity share her experience of being ridiculed for the way her body looks. This is despite being conventionally beautiful. People always have something bad to say. I applaud Kris so much for this.
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Also, she shared some inspiring words about “maturity” in the first photo that she posted.
Maturity does come with age but still not all people who are at 30s can be called mature. I think with all the experiences that I carried throughout my journey, I learned how to be mature in different aspects. Maturity in dealing with people, situation, and in dealing with myself. I learned the hard way tho! It wasn’t an easy ride especially when the pandemic hit but yes it contributed to my maturity.
She continued the idea in her second post, with a caption,
I don’t try to interchange the word growth and maturity. I think it is related to each other but it is completely different from each other as well. Growth is something that you constantly encounter. I’ve grown so much in the past years of my life and I continue to grow. This is something I embrace: that I am not a perfect person and I’m a work in progress. I continue to choose growth everyday no matter how hard the journey may be for me to grow.
Kris really spoke about important topics and she is admirable as ever. She distinguished the idea between growth and maturity. This relatable. Yes, some people can be called “mature”, but that doesn’t equate to growth. We grow every day even as mature individuals.
Lastly, she shared a photo of her dinner date with her fiancé Perry Choi to celebrate her birthday. Kris got engaged to Choi, who is a chef and businessman, in February last year. The caption read,
Tonight is special as we celebrate my birthday tomorrow. Thank you, Lord for another year. Nothing fancy for my birthday but I’m happy that I can be with my loved ones. I guess as I age and since it is still pandemic, you will learn and appreciate what are the essential things in life. As for me, TIME is my #essential. It’s the one thing that I’m wishing and praying for my birthday.
They first revealed their relationship in 2017, and just last January Bernal thanked her partner for loving her “endlessly, honestly, constantly, completely, with all [his] heart, mind, and being.”
I continue to hope that most celebrities be brave and prove important topics like Kris. We all wish her a wonderful year ahead as a 32-year-old beautiful woman.
