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Below Irina Shayk about motherhood, self-love and why you should never read comments.
About true beauty
As a child, I always admired my grandmother. She was my icon in almost everything. She was strong and positive and always had kind words for me. For her, it was all about natural beauty. She never wore makeup and used whatever was in the fridge for her face, like strawberries or cucumbers. She was always so positive and grateful for every day and said, “Always be yourself. Be kind to people.” That’s what real beauty is.
About motherhood and sexuality
My example is Emily Ratajkowski. She is always sexy and feminine and loves her body. Maybe I don’t say it so loudly, but I am completely on the same wavelength with her: you are a mother, but this does not mean that you cannot go out in a tiny skirt or post a sexy photo on social networks.
About the opinion of others
I never cared about people’s opinions, even at the beginning of my modeling career, when they said, “Oh my God, she doesn’t look like a model at all. She’s not skinny, she’s too sexy, she’ll never be a model.” I always said, “No, I’m not going to do that. I’m not going to lose 10 pounds.” I don’t know, maybe it’s because I’m a Capricorn. My mom always said, “You’re so stubborn.” It’s just part of my personality. I am very busy. We don’t have a babysitter, so between trying to manage my career, cook, clean, dress my daughter, take her to school, and do everything about mom, I don’t have time for someone else’s opinion. Why should I click and read 2000 comments? I somehow don’t rely on it. I have friends, my family. They love me and I know who I am.
About self love
I have learned to love my flaws. My daughter is the main reason why I started to love myself even more. She says: “I love dad so much, I love mom so much, I love Nana, I love Granny…” Then she adds: “And I really love myself.” I look at my daughter and think: “Wow, I was not like that at the age of six.” You know what I mean? I didn’t have her thoughts at six. But that’s what we have to teach our children. We teach our daughter that the most important thing is to be kind to people. Every time we send her to school, we say, “Just remember kindness and love.” So I think that’s real beauty, it’s not about putting on masks, putting on makeup, combing your hair, wearing nice clothes. With social media, my daughter grows up in a different environment than me, so sometimes it scares me.But the most important thing is to teach our daughter to value herself more than just being beautiful on the outside.
Source: Hellomagazine
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