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WWE Superstar Nikki Bella recently talked with Yahoo Finance and opened up about body shaming. According to Bella,
“Being an identical twin, I’ve been compared my whole life. I’ve been the bigger twin. When I got on TV 10 years ago immediately everyone called me the fat twin.”
Bella found inspiration and hope early on from fellow Latina pop culture icon Jennifer Lopez,
“She literally changed my life. I remember her talking about her curves and being a Latina, and I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, I go through that! I was going through puberty, and being like, ‘Why am I getting all these curves?’ She started to make me love it. I remember being confident at a very young age, like, ‘Yeah this is what I’ve got and it was literally J.Lo that gave that to me.”
Bella teams with fellow WWE Superstar Nia Jax for this weekend’s Curvy Con , a three day New York City based event for plus sized celebrities.
Bella’s Birdie Bee clothing line features plus sized clothing, something she’d like to see more of,
“I think every store should have a size for everyone. Every brand should have a size for everyone.”
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Nikki Bella DWTS Week 5
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 16: Professional wrestler Nikki Bella (L) and dancer Artem Chigvintsev pose at "Dancing with the Stars" season 25 at CBS Televison City on October 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
Nikki Bella DWTS Week 5
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 16: Professional wrestler Nikki Bella (L) and dancer Artem Chigvintsev pose at "Dancing with the Stars" season 25 at CBS Televison City on October 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
Nikki Bella DWTS Week 5
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 16: Professional wrestler Nikki Bella (L) and dancer Artem Chigvintsev pose at "Dancing with the Stars" season 25 at CBS Televison City on October 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
Nikki Bella DWTS Week 5
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 16: Professional wrestler Nikki Bella poses at "Dancing with the Stars" season 25 at CBS Televison City on October 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
Nikki Bella DWTS Week 5
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 16: Professional wrestler Nikki Bella (L) and dancer Artem Chigvintsev pose at "Dancing with the Stars" season 25 at CBS Televison City on October 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
Nikki Bella DWTS Week 5
DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 2505" - The 10 remaining celebrities will transform into some of the most magical Disney characters from their favorite Disney films and celebrate the magnificence of "Disney Night," on "Dancing with the Stars," live, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. ABC/Eric McCandless / ABC Via Getty Images)NIKKI BELLA, ARTEM CHIGVINTSEV
Nikki Bella DWTS Week 5
DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 2505" - The 10 remaining celebrities will transform into some of the most magical Disney characters from their favorite Disney films and celebrate the magnificence of "Disney Night," on "Dancing with the Stars," live, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. ABC/Eric McCandless / ABC Via Getty Images)NIKKI BELLA, ARTEM CHIGVINTSEV
Nikki Bella DWTS Week 5
DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 2505" - The 10 remaining celebrities will transform into some of the most magical Disney characters from their favorite Disney films and celebrate the magnificence of "Disney Night," on "Dancing with the Stars," live, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. ABC/Eric McCandless / ABC Via Getty Images)TOM BERGERON, NIKKI BELLA, ARTEM CHIGVINTSEV
Nikki Bella DWTS Week 5
DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 2505" - The 10 remaining celebrities will transform into some of the most magical Disney characters from their favorite Disney films and celebrate the magnificence of "Disney Night," on "Dancing with the Stars," live, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. ABC/Eric McCandless / ABC Via Getty Images)TOM BERGERON, NIKKI BELLA, ARTEM CHIGVINTSEV
Nikki Bella DWTS Week 5
DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 2505" - The 10 remaining celebrities will transform into some of the most magical Disney characters from their favorite Disney films and celebrate the magnificence of "Disney Night," on "Dancing with the Stars," live, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. ABC/Eric McCandless / ABC Via Getty Images)NIKKI BELLA, ARTEM CHIGVINTSEV
Nikki Bella DWTS Week 5
DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 2505" - The 10 remaining celebrities will transform into some of the most magical Disney characters from their favorite Disney films and celebrate the magnificence of "Disney Night," on "Dancing with the Stars," live, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. ABC/Eric McCandless / ABC Via Getty Images)NIKKI BELLA
Nikki Bella DWTS Week 5
DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 2505" - The 10 remaining celebrities will transform into some of the most magical Disney characters from their favorite Disney films and celebrate the magnificence of "Disney Night," on "Dancing with the Stars," live, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. ABC/Eric McCandless / ABC Via Getty Images)NIKKI BELLA