PHOTO CREDIT: Jay Mawson for Pour Moi
RADIATING SKIN & BODY CONFIDENCE Honest and transparent Mel B also spilt on how she’s dealt with body confidence through the years. Stating that she’s been through a lot of ups and downs, she says she is very grateful for her body and all it has done for her. She believes comfort and fit are key factors in making women feel confident. “100 percent! I went into this campaign thinking I was a 34D… turns out I’m a 32DD. That proves the point that most women don’t really know their correct bra size. When you find a bra where both boobs fit well, that doesn’t make your boobs spill over for a double bubble or feels too loose or too tight or shows off back fat, you do feel different because you look good in it. And your clothes look better with the right-fitting underwear.” Along with her daughter and mum, Mel’s cute pooch also got in on the camera action! The family joined forces with the luxury lingerie, swimwear and nightwear line with the shared belief that everybody deserves to feel confident and sexy in their own skin, no matter their shape, size, age, or skin tone. CONFIDENT IN HER SKIN From a young age, Mel says she understood that she looked different to other children in her school, so she had to quickly learn to be proud of who she is, her heritage, her hair and body. She has, therefore, always felt confident in her own skin. “I was born a working-class kid in Leeds in the 1970s. My dad was black – from Nevis – and my mum was a blue-eyed English rose blonde. I was brown,” she explains. “My skin was different to most of the other kids’ I went to school with, so I had to learn very fast from a young age to be proud of who I am, to own my heritage, my fro, and my body. That’s how I’ve always felt.”
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