Jessy Mendiola flaunts bikini bod in response to body-shaming comments

Jessy Mendiola has had just about enough of body shaming comments on social media.

The actress hit out at bashers with a post flaunting her bikini body, while encouraging other girls to be proud of what they have.

 

My body may not be perfect but that will not stop me from being confident with myself. I've had my fair share of body shaming comments. So I know how it feels like to be called "FAT" or "TUMABA". Well, just to inform some of you "PERFECT" people. We all come in different sizes and shapes but that shouldn't stop us from being happy with our own bodies. There are times that you will gain weight and there are times that you will lose it. It's normal. It just shows that you are a human being. So whether you are curvy, malaman, skinny, too skinny, on the plus size or even on the plus plus size, you have ALL the right to be confident with yourself because that is who and what YOU are. If you don't love yourself enough, who else will? Think about it. So go ahead girl, wear that bikini and FLAUNT it. After all, it's YOUR body. Not theirs. Sabi nga ni Demi Lovato "What's wrong with being confident?" ???? #loveyourself #Laban

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May 20, 2016 at 12:51am PDT

"My body may not be perfect but that will not stop me from being confident with myself. I've had my fair share of body shaming comments. So I know how it feels like to be called 'FAT' or 'TUMABA'. Well, just to inform some of you 'PERFECT' people. We all come in different sizes and shapes but that shouldn't stop us from being happy with our own bodies," she wrote on the post.

"There are times that you will gain weight and there are times that you will lose it. It's normal. It just shows that you are a human being. So whether you are curvy, malaman, skinny, too skinny, on the plus size or even on the plus plus size, you have ALL the right to be confident with yourself because that is who and what YOU are. 

"If you don't love yourself enough, who else will? Think about it. So go ahead girl, wear that bikini and FLAUNT it. After all, it's YOUR body. Not theirs. Sabi nga ni Demi Lovato 'What's wrong with being confident?'"

Her post got a tremendous response from fans on social media, garnering more than 20,000 likes in about an hour.

User @richmonjohnpyowhat wrote: "'TUMABA' are you talking about. that's what you call curve. and i think you look way sexier in that :)"

User @august_end91 chimed in: "Everyone is beautiful in their own unique way. Thanks for advocating this truth. #keepdoingyou #perfectjustthewayyouare #loveandbeloved"

—JST, GMA News