Kim Kardashian Life & Style Magazine Unairbrushed Bikini Photoshoot
In the May 11 issue of Life & Style Magazine — on newsstands Friday, May 1 — Kim Kardashian opens up about the recent controversy surrounding her photoshoot for the May issue of Complex Magazine and reveals what she really thinks about her body.
Life & Style says their pictures of Kim in her bikini have not been retouched in any way — and that’s cool with Kim.
“I chose to do the shoot because I am so sick of people giving me a hard time for those photos that came out in Complex…”
“I love my body the way it is,” the 28-year-old tells Life & Style Magazine. “I’m not perfect. I have cellulite, so what. If there’s a picture that’s not perfect, where I have cellulite, then people say I’m big. I’m built a certain way, and you just can’t change the way you’re built,” says the star of E!’s Keeping Up With The Kardashians. “In Hollywood, people are used to stick-skinny women, and that’s never going to be me.”
L&S: Why does everyone attack your size?
Kim: I really don’t know. If there’s a picture that’s not perfect, where I have cellulite, then people say I’m big. I’m built a certain way, and you just can’t change the way you’re built. People attack my true size, but the reality is that I look bigger on TV [on her E! show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians]. In Hollywood, people are used to stick-skinny women, and that’s never going to be me. Growing up, I’d look at skinny models and feel like I looked different. But my parents always told us to be proud of who we are. When I was younger I was uncomfortable, but as I grew up, I grew into it.
L&S: People don’t believe you’re a size 2. Why not?
Kim: I don’t think people get how petite I am because I’m so curvy. I’m small and curvy. The No. 1 thing people ask when they meet me is, “Did you lose weight?”
L&S: What are your actual measurements?
Kim: I’m 35-26-40. My dress size is a 4 or a 2/4. I wear a size 4 skirt and size 27 jeans.
L&S: Do you ever feel violated by the comments on your body?
Kim: Sometimes I do. On the red carpet, the paparazzi scream for me to turn around because they just want butt shots. People feel so free to talk about my butt, and it’s not comfortable. Girls come up to me and grab my butt, or if I’m doing a TV interview, people ask on camera to squeeze my butt. It’s uncomfortable. I’m like, “Let’s move on. Everyone’s got a butt, why do you care about mine?”
L&S: Why are you so open about your body? You even had a cellulite treatment on your show.
Kim: I’m so tired of people pretending they’re perfect and covering up things when in reality we are who and what we are. You can try to improve that, but the reality is, nobody’s perfect.
L&S: How do you feel when people say you’ve inspired them?
Kim: I love it when people say I’ve inspired them to love their bodies and embrace who they are. It’s so satisfying to know my message is getting across.
Kim is busy promoting the release of her new fitness DVD series, Fit In Your Jeans By Friday.
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On April 29th 2009, Darkestsheevah wrote:
My english is not the best, but I nedd to say that here in Brazil the north american woman seems like a stick! I’m skinny for nature, but I dont think that this north american bodyshape is sexy…here in Brasil, people cares with healthy and anorexy is not a requirement , it’s a desproportion! Nobody wants to see BONES trhough a streched skin! And it’s ridiculous, a celebrity is treated when have beautiful curves like Kardashian and massacred when is anorexic! So what they want? They create this neurosis and support the disfuctions like anorexy, but judge the natural beauty of a woman that is not made of plastic like a doll!
On April 29th 2009, Mel wrote:
Kim needs to get a life. I’m soo sick and tired of her trying to flaunt her assets and he minute she gets busted, she goes on this Curves thing. She’s not a size 2 and she isn’t htat curvy, I wish she’d get a life and stop trying to sell sex. If you wants people to treat her like something, she needs to go to college and stop acting like an airhead. I’m pretty sure armenians are disghusted of her.
On May 11th 2009, Mckaylen wrote:
Mel,
I’m sorry but i dont think your comment is very neccessarry! i mean you must honestly be a hater to have bashed kim like that! she is curvy and she is in the spot light and she is just letting everyone know that she isn’t as perfect as people make her out to be. she has flaws just like everyone else…she isn’t crying about her figure, she is trying to show women that its okay not to be perfect because no one is….and as for the college thing, obviously she is doing pretty well to have her own fashion line and perfume and work out dvd…what are you doing but sitting on here hating on her and her accomplishments and figure…Your the one who needs to get a life… i mean damn! she is doing her thing and she is a great entreprenuer. So honestly dont be another hater to a blog. If you dont have nothing to say, keep it to yourself because all that you wrote up there was straight negativity!
On May 14th 2009, Olivia wrote:
Ms. Kardashian has made me feel better about being a curvy woman. I’m 5 feet tall with a stalky build and hips wide enough to be used as a substitute for the Hoover Dam. But I feel better about taking care of myself knowing that she struggles with it too. Thanks Kim! :)!
On May 22nd 2009, Amy S wrote:
Kim is not a size 2… maybe a size 8. But she looks good !