Camila Cabello Reflects on Paparazzi Beach Photos & The Way Society Reacts to How She Looks

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Camila Cabello is speaking out after photos were taken of her at the beach this weekend. The 25-year-old singer was photographed in a bikini during an afternoon at the beach on Saturday afternoon (April 2) in Miami, Fla.

Soon after the photos were out there, Camila took to her Instagram account to share a lengthy open letter about the photos and the way society reacts to the way she looks. “Every time I’ve gone to this beach club in Miami I get papped – somehow when I check in paps know and get me in my bikini and every time I’ve felt super vulnerable and unprepared – I’ve worn bikinis that were to small and paid no mind to how I looked, then saw pictures online and comments and been so upset,” Camila began her open letter. “I reminded myself when it impacted my self esteem that I was thinking the culture’s thoughts and not my own.

A culture who has gotten so used to an image of what a ‘healthy’ woman’s body looks like that is completely not real for a lot of women.” Click inside to read the rest of the open letter… “Photoshop, restrictive eating, over exercising, and choosing angles that make our bodies look different than how they are in the moment and in their natural form, when we take a deep breath, when we eat a meal, when we allow the waves to tussle us around.

I remind myself of this, listen to podcasts on intuitive eating, follow women who accept their cellulite, stretch marks, bellies , bloating, and weight fluctuations… and still,” Camila continued. “I’m a single woman in her 20s in the middle of a sh-t ton of promo and i want to feel like I look ‘good.’” Camila then talked about her trip to the beach on Saturday. “Today I got a new bikini, a whole f–kin cute outfit, put lip gloss on, and didn’t eat