10 Women Pose In Swimsuits To Show That Every Body Is A Summer Body

People found these and immediately had to show somebody else.

Although the world is increasingly talking about body positivity, in Eastern European countries the movement is only starting to be active.

In a small country such as Lithuania, which for a long time belonged to the Soviet Union, society still holds a strong stereotypical opinion considering beauty standards.

Women are accustomed to seeing only perfectly coated faces and ideal bodies while browsing various magazines and social networks, watching advertisements on tv screens, catching opinion-makers’ messages on body image.

Scars? Stretch marks? Fat? No way – only well-structured life stories and beautiful women here! That‘s why every year when the summer season comes close most women begin to think about what kind of diet can help to create a stereotypical perfect summer body.

So far the only “Body positive” movement initiative in Lithuania “Dydis nesvarbu” (translated as “Size does not matter”) brought 10 different women to be photographed wearing swimwear for the project “Summer for Everybody”. It‘s hard to believe how much strength and experiences exist in each of their stories and behind these beautiful photos.

The bodies of the women who were posing for the photo series were not retouched at all.

The key idea of the initiative is to show the diversity of the body. We know it may be marked with a physical disability, congenital or postoperative scars. We know there are loads of various forms of women’s chest, bellies, and thighs. We know that our bodies change after having a baby and wait… summer is also for the elderly ladies to get a tan!

Idea: ‘Summer for Everybody’; Idea author: Giedre Valaviciute (Dydis nesvarbu); Photo: Monika Pozerskyte; Photo studio: ‘Pix Studija’; Style: Lina Bernotaityte; MUA: ‘SLA Academy Vilnius’.