American Eagle's lingerie and swimwear line, Aerie, is celebrating curve appeal in the best way ever and I am totally here for it. The brand included self-proclaimed "curve model" and "Queen of In-Between" Barbie Ferreira with four other women of different shapes and sizes in the new #AerieREAL campaign.
For the past two years, #AerieREAL has been celebrating women's naturally beautiful bodies; there is no Photoshopping or retouching in their ads.
In a video for the campaign, Ferreira, who's a size 12, shows off what she was born with in the most unapologetic way ever, giving so much life in a pink strappy bikini.
"Not being retouched in the images is something that's very important to me," Ferreira says in the video. "People knowing that's what I look like without anyone's perception of what my body needs to look like."
In a past interview with Vice, Ferreira talked about how, growing up, she didn't have any curvy models to look up to and expressed her opinion on the term "plus-size," which she believes is flawed.
Ferreira's final words in the ad teaser might arguably be the realest statement of the year yet: "The world needs more women who are strong." You can say that again, girl!
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