{"id":3716,"date":"2019-01-27T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tilibeauty.co.uk\/?p=3716"},"modified":"2019-01-27T07:00:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T07:00:52","slug":"anushka-moore-the-body-positivity-lessons-of-midsize-collective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/beauty-insider\/josie-e\/anushka-moore-the-body-positivity-lessons-of-midsize-collective\/","title":{"rendered":"Anushka Moore: the body positivity lessons of Midsize Collective"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It was my first day back at Zumba after the Christmas break and I couldn\u2019t help but wonder, as I used my elbows to fight for the tiny square of space I had to do our routine in, why the class had been so much busier than usual. My question was answered when I overheard two of my Zumba teacher\u2019s \u2018Front Row Divas\u2019 talking after class. \u201cNEW YEAR NEW ME!\u201d one of them exclaimed excitedly as I inwardly cringed.<\/p>\n
The Front Row Divas were usually the first to arrive at every class, bagged the spaces right behind the instructor and knew the moves to a level of precision that they could put her out of a job if she wasn\u2019t careful. Front Row Diva A was telling Front Row Diva B that she had done three classes every morning that week. \u201cIt\u2019s never too early to get bikini body ready, babe!\u201d she claimed as she mimicked the sassy girl emoji. And here I was thinking all one needed to have a bikini body was to own a body and a bikini at the same time.<\/p>\n
She then went on to bring out her phone and reference a bunch of bikini photos of her favourite Instagram influencer holidaying it up in Cartagena, while they both commented on how amazing she was for fitting into her size 6 jeans again after having a baby a month ago.<\/p>\n
the rest of us, who ironically make up majority of the British population, were completely left out of the fashion narrative<\/p><\/blockquote>\n