I have started writing this post today with a great big sigh, I was watching This Morning, this afternoon about a recent survey that they did about women and their images/ looks/bodies. Shobna Gulati, Sunita from Corrie, that's Coronation street to you unfamiliar was being interviewed about the topic. She revealed that she has had major issues with her body and image and that she has had surgery and therapy.
I was in total shock after watching her interview on This Morning, but I know and have meant many women like her. I suppose there are many of us who would have do what she did and had surgery if we had the money.
Women's body image survey results
This Morning finds that over 80% of women want to change their body shape
Posted on Nov 24, 2010 by Gemma Varley
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The results of This Morning's body image survey have shockingly revealed that over three quarters of women are unhappy with their bodies and over 80% want to change their body shape.
Now Magazine Online
Shobna Gulati: I'd rate myself less than 5 out of 10
Monday, 1 November 2010
The Coronation Street star fights her body insecurity
Shobna Gulati bares all for Now
As Coronation Street star Shobna Gulati sits down for a chat at our exclusive shoot, she admits she's feeling a little nervous about stripping off.
‘I'm wondering how I'd make my boobs look remotely attractive,' she laughs.
For a gorgeous, slim soap star, Shobna, 44 - who's recently lost 1st in weight - isn't confident about her figure.
'If 10 is the happiest I've ever been about my body, then I think that would've been when I was a baby. Now it's less than 5,' she tells Now.
'I'd change my stomach completely - my tummy texture. There's no exercise that can get rid of that.'
But if Shobna does ever have a tummy tuck, it will because she wants it and not because of the pressure to look perfect for any man.
'Some men are very unkind to women. I had an ex-partner who said that my body was damaged because I'd had a baby,' she reveals.
'Or he'd point at my tummy and go: "I can see your gut," and I said: "Oh can you? I think you should leave my house."'
You go, girl!
See the full story about Shobna Gulati in Now Magazine dated 8 November 2010
She tells Now: 'I think we've got a lot to learn from American women. They're just happy in their skin. Maybe if I looked all glammed up like Katy Perry, I'd be happy.'
Shobna added that an ex-boyfriend had made her feel uncomfortable with baring her flesh.
She revealed: 'I have to say, some men are very unkind to women. I had an ex-partner who said that my body was damaged because I'd had a baby.
'Or he'd point at my tummy and go: "I can see your gut."' and I said: 'Oh can you? I think you should leave my house.'"
'If 10 is the happiest I've ever been about my body, then I think that would've been when I was a baby. Now it's less than five.'
Shobna first appeared as Sunita in Corrie in 2001. She left in 2006 after her character discovered her husband Dev had carried out multiple affairs behind her back.
However, her character returned to the soap and got back together with Dev earlier this year.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1325348/Coronation-Streets-Shobna-Gulati-poses-topless-Katy-Perry-steamy-photo-shoot.html#ixzz16GxG0iyL
My Comments
I have got mixed feeling about this, on one hand is makes me happy to know that me setting u my style consultancy for new mums and women with children was definitely the right thing to do, because women need that support and a way to build there confidence after having a child or children. Women bodies do change after having children, and it can be a lot to deal with for some women. Some women get on great and have lot of support but the women who don't really do suffer.I felt really comfortable watching her in the interview on this morning though, for a women who stays in front of a camera everyday for a living Shobna looked very comfortable and showed all the signs of someone who isn't comfortable with herself. It took me back to a place where I have been and if I am honest a place where i haven't totally left yet. I wish her well and if I could have shouted through the TV I would have told her to read the Science of Getting Rich. Its all in the mind.
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