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Have you ever felt judged for your appearance?

What helps you feel confident in your own skin?

What messages did you grow up hearing about how bodies ‘should’ look?

Who are some public figures that help you feel seen or empowered?

Is there a piece of clothing or style that makes you feel like yourself?

How can fashion be a tool for empowerment rather than comparison?

viral body challenges can make people feel they they need to look a certain way to be accepted, and considered " good looking ". This can bring down someones confidence. Instead, to feel better about ourselves, we can stop comparing ourselves to others, learn self love, and focus on being healthy, not perfect.

yes, many people feel pressure to look like influencers. To build a kinder space, we can be careful about what we post and say, support friends, and remind each other that all bodies are good.

we can speak up when someone makes a hurtful comment and say something kind instead. Online, we can comment with support or report harmful posts.

when we see body challenges on social media we might try these challenges and when we fail to complete them we might feel very self conscious. when seeing these body challenges we can just skip past it.

I think that viral body challenges on social media makes us feel pressured to follow the beauty standards and make us have low self-esteem. We can ignore those videos and try to appreciate how we are

no. we can speak more carefully and be more mindful of our words so that we do not hurt others

if someone is commenting negatively on someone elses looks, i can stand up and stop them

It makes us think that we need to achieve the "perfect" body to fit into these trends. We can choose not to be pressured by these trends.

No. We can just not be pressured by the trends.

We can speak up when people comment say something unkind about another person's body.

for the challenges like the belly button challenge and the thigh gap craze, they need extensive exercise. it influences us by telling us to exercise. the steps we can take is not to do diets, but to eat vegetables and fruits on a weekly or daily basis.

no i have not. what i can do is to make a message online that no matter what appearance you have, its fine.

we should never judge someone or to think of what i wanted to say and think if its kind.

we may think that we aren't pretty if we are unable to attain a certain look that is liked by others. We can learn to accept ourselves and ignore others and their BAD comments because they do not matter

No, because I understand that it's unrealistic. Tell others to be themselves

Ignore them both in real life and online.

Social media often shows "perfect" photos of people with flawless skin, slim bodies, and trendy looks. They made us think that those pictures are beautiful.

No, we have to accept ourselves and not do it just for a beauty standards are are unreal and there for a while of time

To not change at all and to embrace yourself

although she is plus-size fashion influencer, she wears bright and bold clothes with confidence. She shows that beauty is not just being thin. From her, we learn to love ourselves and be proud of who we are, no matter what body shape and weight we are.

seeing people of all shapes and sizes in media helps us feel accepted. It reminds us that everyone is different and that’s normal. It can help us feel better about our own bodies, that even though we are all different, we are still beautiful in our own ways.

some ways are wearing clothes you like, use fun colours, or do your hair in a way that makes you happy. As well as taking care of yourself by doing things that make you feel good and healthy, not thinking about others opinions on you or having the fear of getting judged by others.

It makes people feel that only a particular type of body shape can be accepted. We can choose to ignore the post and learn to accept your body type and love yourself.

nope. i can comment good things to others.

When seeing someone being insulted because if their body shape and all, i can step up for them.

That we should accept the way we are and not listen to other people when they make comments

we will feel insecure

we can wear whatever we want and not be bothered by other people's judgement

what we can learn from her is that any body type is able to model, and not think about other peoples opinions.

they can be insecure about their body and not want to come out of their comfort zone.

to wear whatever is comfortable and makes them confident of themselves.

Viral body challenges on social media often promote unrealistic beauty standards and encourage harmful comparisons, making us feel like our bodies aren't good enough. They focus more on appearance than health, which can damage self-esteem over time. To build a healthier self-image, we can control our social media feeds to other things, focus on what our bodies can do rather than how they look, and remind ourselves that real beauty comes in many forms.

No i have not, but we can focus on other things such as academic achieveness and many others other than just our body

it makes people feel bad about their self when there is nothin wrong with them

Makes people feel insecure about themselves

Tell ourselves that we are pretty

it allows people to think and accept their own body type.

insecure.

choose to wear what you like and ignore those who judge you.

Accept how we look

Social media is a important part of peoples lives they spend hours on it a day so it is really easy to see other peoples body types

Viral body challenges sometimes changes the way people think about themselves, whether if its skinny, healthy body or fat people. They would think about negative thoughts when trying out viral body challenges and if they succeed they would think highly of themselves but if they don't, they would feel disappointed, ashamed and start questioning themselves.

Yes, I have felt pressured to change my appearance and especially my face. Whenever I think of my eyebags, I feel a sense of regret inside of me. I would often sleep late at night watching my devices and not taking care of my eyes. I can make a more positive and accepting by being myself and make it habit for me to start sleeping early to prevent my eyebags from getting darker.

I can respond that everyone is perfect in their own ways and there is no such thing as ugly. Not everyone can look the same and that is something unique about humans. If anyone ever say something negative about your appearance, the best thing to do is to ignore them.