Body Positivity Influencers to Follow

Today, the media is full of messages of what the “perfect body” is. The truth is, there is no “perfect body.” Throughout social media, there is a plethora of influencers on many platforms who spread this message, along with several other messages surrounding body positivity and self love. Social media can be full of toxic messages surrounding body image at times, but these influencers remind their followers the importance of body positivity. Here are a few you should check out!

Brittani Lancaster

Using her platforms on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube, Brittani Lancaster spreads messages about positive body image. One of her main pieces of content she creates are “What I Eat in a Day'' videos on TikTok, where she goes through her day filming what she eats. Throughout these videos, she highlights how “balance is key,'' and she discusses intuitive eating. Brittani also opens up about her recovery from two eating disorders and shares her journey through her recovery. She also talks about being a part of the LGBTQ+ community and discusses the importance of having a healthy relationship with food. Brittani reminds her followers how health looks different on everyone, and she stresses the importance of remembering how beautiful you are. You can find her on TikTok and Instagram @brittanilancaster, and her Youtube channel is “Brittani Lancaster.”

https://www.tiktok.com/@brittanilancaster?lang=en

https://www.instagram.com/brittanilancaster/?hl=en

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSd-1hdsDfcK2g7sRyytlOA?app=desktop

Sienna Gomez

Over the past four months, Sienna Gomez has gained a large following on Tiktok. She is an advocate for body positivity and spreads messages about being confident in yourself. Sienna reminds her followers how posing, lighting, and angles can alter how images look on social media, and she stresses the importance of remembering how nothing on social media is “perfect.” She highlights how she has come to embrace her insecurities and love herself, and spreads positive messages throughout her platforms. You can find her on TikTok @siennamae and @siennamaegomezz .

https://www.tiktok.com/@siennamae?lang=en

https://www.tiktok.com/@siennamaegomezz?lang=en

https://www.instagram.com/siennamaegomez/?hl=en

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMrXANDUIWs3-AiblYES9gg

Tiffany Ima

Tiffany Ima is a content creator on Instagram who primarily focuses on body confidence. Her account is full of posts with encouraging messages that spread body positivity and confidence. Many of her posts talk about how your value isn’t defined by the way your body looks, how you can’t judge someone's health by their appearance, and how building a healthy relationship with food is important. Through her encouraging posts and captions, Tiffany Ima builds up her follower’s confidence and spreads encouraging body image messages. You can find her on Instagram @tiffanyima .

https://www.instagram.com/tiffanyima/

Clara Guillem

Clara Guillem is an influencer on both TikTok and Instagram who primarily creates content on body confidence and mental health. Through her videos on TikTok, she reminds her followers to remember how images of celebrities and models on social media can be altered through posing, clothing, and angles, and why it is important to think before you compare yourselves to them. Clara also highlights this through her Instagram by posting her favorite and least favorite photo in each post. She also discusses her mental health through her content, talks about her recovery journey from her eating disorder, and highlights having a healthy relationship with food. Through her social media platforms, Clara gives her followers body confidence and mental health advice. You can find her on TikTok and Instagram @claraandherself, and her podcast called “Sike Ward”.

https://www.instagram.com/claraandherself/?hl=en

https://www.tiktok.com/@claraandherself?lang=en

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sike-ward/id1528486384

Kadeeja Sel Khan

Kadeeja Sel Khan is a body positive influencer who focuses on “keeping it real.” She is an acne model who focuses on bringing reality to the world of social media. Through her Instagram posts, she highlights how photoshop can play a major role when it comes to hiding acne and scars, and how important it is to not believe everything you see on social media. She talks about her journey of accepting her skin and how she has learned to love herself and “the skin she is in.” She reminds her followers the impact that photoshop has, and how prevalent it is throughout photos on social media. Kadeeja won the “Keeping it Real Influencer 2020” Good Influence award from Fabulous Magazine, and was also interviewed by Elle UK about her skin journey and finding products that worked for her. You can find Kadeeja on Instagram @emeraldxbeauty .

https://www.instagram.com/emeraldxbeauty/

Ava Jules

Ava Jules is a Youtuber and influencer who primarily creates lifestyle content, but she does also talk about body confidence on her Youtube channel and Instagram. She opens up about her journey to self-love and how she became more confident in her body. Ava shares her tips when it comes to being confident and loving yourself for who you are. She talks about the ups and downs of body confidence, and how “we weren’t made to be perfect; we were made to be real.” Her Youtube channel is “Ava Jules,” and you can find her on Instagram @avajules_ and on TikTok @avajules.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNqLK36Gm214qufpgC5C45w

https://www.instagram.com/avajules_/

https://www.tiktok.com/@avajules?sec_uid=MS4wLjABAAAA9gwE3lDBp4ty6ftWnt3ztdc_A0V2eDj1GHOpz3BlmI_CcUSef89rqXKZji7bUlyb&source=h5_m