Curvy woman’s bikini picture goes viral – can you spot why?

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VIRAL: Stephanie Redmond's picture went viral on Facebook

In this day and age, there has never been more pressure on women to look “perfect”.

And with people constantly sharing photos of themselves online, it’s easy for trolls to body shame.

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Body shaming is something Stephanie Redmond has experienced in the past and so she recently decided to take matters into her own hands.

The mum-of-two has hit back at trolls by posting photo of her size 16 figure in a bikini to Facebook.

Mother of two says she was shocked after bikini photo went viral

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EMPOWERING: Stephanie's post empowered a bunch of women

She wanted to make a stand against “judgemental and shallow” people who had commented on her image – but she was shocked when the photos went viral

The 39-year-old said: "I was lying in the bath and scrolling through Facebook. I was seeing post after post after post of people saying that they were so uncomfortable in the heatwave because they weren't able to wear what they wanted, or if they had gone out in shorts and t-shirt they felt uncomfortable and got snide looks.

"I just thought 'hang on a minute,' I was at the beach this weekend in a very bold red bikini and I didn't care who was looking at me because I was there with my son and my family and I am a size 16 – a proud size 16.

"I thought 'I need to share this on Facebook so other people can see this is okay to wear what they want whatever size.' I expected maybe the cursory 30 odd likes and it just blew off. I didn't realise it would affect so many people."

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The Plymouth administrator's message touched so many women that people even began to get in touch with Stephanie and thank her for posting the image.

Even local shop owner Janine Boylin of Frock The High Street saw the pictures and invited Stephanie to come along for a photoshoot.

Stephanie added: ”I was really surprised and really embarrassed to be asked, but also really excited.

"I had my youngest two-and-a-half years ago I haven't been out since I had him and I've not lost my baby weight – I've not really tried to lose it to be honest.

"So when they offered me the opportunity to come down and do a bit of modelling in my sized clothing I thought yeah, let's do this. This will be fun.”

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COMFORTABLE: Stephanie is comfortable in her own skin

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Janine added: "I really love the way she was saying 'frock you' to anybody that was going to challenge her on that. I loved that.

"It's very important for every woman to be comfortable in their own skin and to dress right now in what they want to wear rather than to buy the dress and then diet to be in the dress they want to be in.

"It's really not the right way around and I think the pressures are so great on women today and they really need to support each other."

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