Women in the show business industry are often scrutinized for the way they look, whether it be the wrong dress, hairstyle or even their weight. This type of scrutiny is referred to as body-shaming and it encompasses any type of critique made on the body.  

Raven-Symoné of “The View” and Gigi Hadid, 20-year-old supermodel, have recently been put in the spotlight for talking about their experiences with body-shaming. Monday on “The View” Raven-Symoné and her co-hosts discussed the pressures of being a woman in the show business industry.

“I would not get my show if I did not look a certain way,” Raven-Symoné said.

The 29-year-old former Disney Channel star later added, “This goes through all of our industry, just fat-shaming in general. Not accepting the female’s body for the different and many beautiful shapes it has.”

During the same show, Whoopi Goldberg of “The View” also chimed in to tell her story of losing weight and then being told she needed to look a certain way for the role she would be playing.

“I showed up for this TV show and the guy went, ‘Where did you go? I needed you to be the size you were,'” Goldberg said.

Raven-Symoné went on to admit that she had been criticized for losing weight at one point in her career.

“I felt like when I lost all of my weight, big-girl season came. It was like [there are] so many big girls that are now famous and I was over here like starving,” Raven-Symoné said. 

She went on to reveal that she was forced to wear a fat suit on her show “State of Georgia” because she was not the size they wanted for the role.

Hadid has also been under fire by body-shamers and is firing back.

Hadid posted to Instagram to defend her figure, writing, “So many people are so quick to comment negative opinions this month.”

 

A photo posted by Gigi Hadid (@gigihadid) on Sep 28, 2015 at 4:25am PDT

Body-shamers have criticized that Hadid is not the typical stick-thin supermodel, like the world is used to seeing on magazine covers. She reveals that she was told to lose weight in the past.

Hadid signed to the top modeling agency IMG Models in 2011 when she was still in high school. 

“No, I don’t have the same body type as the other models,” Hadid said on Instagram. “I represent a body image that wasn’t accepted in high-fashion before, and I’m lucky to be supported by the designers, stylists and editors.”  

Hours after her Instagram post, Hadid began to receive a round of applause from other notable names in the fashion industry such as Tyra Banks.

Banks responded on Instagram to Hadid’s post saying, “I haven’t met you yet @gigihadid but I FEEL you so much. Your words are powerful. Your words are necessary. Your words are vulnerable. Your words are real. Sending you love and hugs. From one model that had curves and a unique walk to another, Tyra.”

Body-positive people, like Raven-Symoné, Hadid, Goldberg and Banks, celebrate their bodies and choose to be around people who do not negatively comment on a person’s body. Their messages to love one’s body can help other women love the skin they’re in and set the precedence to overcome the body-shaming movement.