Angel Locsin & Body Positivity

As I browse on the Internet yesterday morning, I came across a picture of Angel Locsin with a heavier body form and she looked to have added weight as compared to the pictures of her that I have seen last year and on the early part of this year. I immediately thought of looking back to the picture that I have with her. I knew that I was able to post the picture in my old blog and I was able to find it. The picture was taken on the last week of November 2009 when I saw her join a fun run sponsored by McDonalds. Actually, the picture was taken after we finished the event. And sometime in the past I saw movies where she starred and she got famous for portraying the local super heroine "Darna" and in other TV drama series in one of the biggest TV networks in the country. Comparing her body figure before and now is a big difference that I felt shocked about her body transformation.

After I posted my blog and photo video on YouTube, some of my friends sent me some messages telling me that she has some sickness or body problem and that is the reason why she can not move her body a lot and could not even do some exercises. Later, I found out an article on Google where a TV Talk Show personality asked her why she gained weight. She admitted in the said TV interview that she had a spine injury since 2015 and she is slowly recovering for the past years but it was a painful process because her movements were limited that she could not do some workout and exercises. She ignored her bashers on body shaming and she said that she concentrates more on her charity works and be happy with her daily life.

For the past 24 hours, Angel's fans and supporters rallied behind her when pictures of her at the present time became viral on the Internet in order to defend her. Her fans and supporters talked and defended her by using the words "body positivity". What impressed me since yesterday is that the good PR for Angel Locsin is really working with lots of her fans and supporters defending her in the printed media, online news platforms, and in Social Media. You Tube Channels (to include me as a "newbie") had been enjoying posting videos of the pictures of Angel Locsin from the past and from the present. Most of these videos are informational and supports the plight of the actress. 

Personally, I was surprised to see her latest pictures posted in the Internet and tried to find out what went wrong with her since the time that I first met her in November 2009. Since that personal meeting, I have been a fan of her in her movies and TV Movie Series. It was only yesterday that I found out about her spine injury that she could barely move her body. For the past months when this Covid-19 Pandemic started, Angel Locsin was there to help to raise funds in support to the Government's effort to fight such virus. She even went to the extent of acquiring and distributing PPEs to our Frontliners. In short, she was very visible in her Charity works to help those people who in need during these times that we are in this Covid-19 situation. I really like her as a Movie & TV Personality and being a philanthropist in her civilian capacity.

Hereunder is the definition on "Body Positivity" as taken from the famous publication, Psychology Today: 

How do you define body positivity?

Mallorie Dunn: To me, body positivity means accepting the body you have as well as the changes in shape, size, and ability it may undergo due to nature, age, or your own personal choices throughout your lifetime. It's the understanding that your worth and what's going on with you physically are two separate entities — that no matter what's happening inside, outside, or to your body, you're still just as worthwhile as the person next to you.

Kaila Prins: I like to think that body positivity's intention is really body acceptance. The idea that you can live comfortably in your body, as it is right now, or work on treating it right through nourishment and joyful movement and self care without punishing yourself for looking the way you do.

[According to the data crunchers at Whisper, 35.1 percent define body positivity as "being okay with flaws;" 29.3 percent define it as "loving yourself;" 21.1 percent define it as "being confident;" and 14.5 percent of users define it as "appreciating your body."] 

How does someone become body positive?

Connie Sobczak: To be body positive, it is important to assume responsibility for figuring out what your body needs. In many ways, this feels harder than having an external "expert" voice tell you what to eat and how to move.

But playing with the word "responsibility" makes it much less intimidating: response ability simply becomes the ability to respond to the stimuli present. In this case, it is the ability to respond to sensations of hunger or fullness and the need for movement or rest.