{"id":280852,"date":"2019-10-01T10:39:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T16:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1078569"},"modified":"2019-10-01T10:39:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T16:39:07","slug":"jourdan-dunn-thought-calf-implants-would-help-with-her-body-image-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/jourdan-dunn-thought-calf-implants-would-help-with-her-body-image-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"Jourdan Dunn Thought Calf Implants Would Help With Her Body Image Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jourdan Dunn<\/a><\/strong> knows firsthand the public scrutiny that often comes with being a model. In the November cover story for British<\/em> Vogue<\/a><\/em>, the supermodel opened up about her relationship with her body and the challenges of growing up in the fashion industry.<\/p>\n

“Being a young girl, growing up in the industry and having your insecurities get you jobs\u2014it’s highlighted,” the 29-year-old model said.<\/p>\n

Dunn felt insecure about her body well before she ever stepped foot on her first runway.<\/p>\n

“Being Caribbean, everybody in my family has curves. My mum is curvy, my cousins,” Dunn said. “Then seeing music videos…being at home and pretending I’m a video girl, then realizing I can’t be a video girl because I ain’t got that to be backing it up, but, whatever, I’m going to still shake it! That was definitely a thing.”<\/p>\n

At one point, she felt so insecure about her legs that she considered getting plastic surgery.<\/p>\n

“When I was younger, I was actually thinking of having calf implants,” Dunn divulged.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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However, she didn’t let the haters stop her and used her voice to make a difference. She spoke out against racial disparity in the fashion industry. This was during a time when she was one of the only black models being hired. In 2008, for example, she was the first black model to walk a Prada show in 10 years. In 2015, her first-ever British<\/em> Vogue<\/em> cover dropped<\/a>, marking the outlet’s first solo black cover model in 12 years.<\/p>\n

“I just said what was on my mind,” she said. “I did start feeling like a lone voice because I felt like, ‘I’m being vocal and my peers are being silent.’ I was like, \u2018I don’t want to talk about this anymore. Why am I the only one? You’re going through the same thing. You look like me.'”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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To read her full interview, check out British Vogue<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Don’t miss E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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