We are lucky enough to now to live in a society that is all about body positivity as opposed to body shaming. A big part of the movement to accept ourselves for who are comes from the many celebrities who have used their social media presence to let their millions of followers know about their own flaws which they have shared and owned. Read on to find out which stars are spreading the message that imperfection is perfection...

In 2014, ‘Green Light’ hitmaker Lorde, 26, took to Twitter to compare a series of photographs taken during her Lollapalooza Chile concert. One of them was edited, and the other one was filter-free. She posted an inspiring message on her social media account which read: “I find this curious - two photos from today, one edited so my skin is perfect and one real. Remember flaws are OK.”

'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law' actress Jameela Jamil, 36, does not hide her flaws. In fact, she happily shows them off! In a 2019 Instagram post Jameela showed all her followers the stretch marks that she gets on her boobs. She wrote: "Boob stretch marks are a normal, beautiful thing. I have stretch marks all over my body and I hereby rename them all Babe Marks. "They are a sign my body dared to take up extra space in a society that demands our eternal thinness. They are my badge of honour for resisting society’s weaponizing of the female form. My face is white because I wear spf 100 sunscreen like a boss."

In a candid letter written to her mother Oracene Price, tennis legend Serena Williams, 41, opened up about how she has struggled with bullying throughout her career, due to her body shape. She recalled: "I've been called man because I appeared outwardly strong.” Later on, Serena made it clear that, if there’s something she is proud of, that’s her body! She encouraged women to embrace their shapes and sizes by writing: "I just work hard, and I was born with this badass body and proud of it. I am proud we were able to show them what some women look like. We don't all look the same. We are curvy, strong, muscular, tall, small, just to name a few, and all the same: We are women and proud!"

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, 54, was born with a paralyzed left eye and he underwent five surgeries by the age of six to try and correct the issue. The last of the procedures didn’t work as planned, and left him with a drooping eyelid. Although he hated this flaw when he was growing up, Thom learned to accept and embrace it and recalled an encounter with lady that gave him the confidence to stop fretting over it. In response to a young fan's question about his famous eye, he answered by saying: “When I was your age I was convinced that girls would think that was really not nice at all. I worked in this pub and this old woman – she was so funny – she used to come in all the time, and she was the first person who really said to me, ‘It’s the nicest thing about you.' She was p***** at the time, but I went with it."

The supermodel rose to fame after appearing on ‘America’s Next Top Model’ back in 2014. Winnie has a unique look due to her vitiligo skin condition, which she was diagnosed with at the age of four. The condition is characterized by the loss of pigment on certain areas of the skin, something that Winnie herself has addressed via her social media platforms. In 2019, Harlow wrote: “My skin has changed so much in the past six years. It's incredible. Evolution of vitiligo is beautiful. Don’t be ashamed of what makes you different. My skin changes all the time, I relearn how to do my makeup all the time based on what suits it in that time. Skin is just skin. We shouldn’t judge based on it, condition or race. Like our minds and souls, my skin is ever evolving.”

Jessica Alba, 41, has taken the conversation on imperfections to a whole new level, adopting them as her own personal daily mantra. In 2017, she told Us Weekly that she follows a Japanese philosophy known as wabi-sabi, which is based on embracing imperfections, rather than on achieving perfection as the latter could cause anxiety and stress. She said: “I am an earthy person and I’m a tactile person. There’s this Japanese philosophy called ‘wabi-sabi’ that I sort of live by. It’s enjoying and embracing the imperfections of real life.”

Ashley Graham has been at the forefront of the body positivity movement. In 2016, she made history by become the first plus-size model to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit issue. Her book 'A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like' advocates for the importance of embracing who you are and making the most of your body and looks. Ashley is a frequent poster on Instagram and regular shares images of her stretch marks, rolls of fat and cellulite to show that she is beautiful but not perfect. She has said: "I work out. I do my best to eat well. I love the skin I'm in. And I'm not ashamed of a few lumps, bumps or cellulite... and you shouldn't be either.”

In 2018, Kendall Jenner faced an online onslaught of trolls for attending the Golden Globes with evident acne on her face. The ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ star took advantage of a Twitter post to shut down all the hate! After a user wrote: “OK but Kendall Jenner showing up and strutting her acne while looking like a gorgeous star is what every girl needs to understand,” she simply wrote back: “Never let that s*** stop you!”

Back in 2011, when her hit single ‘Born This Way’ was released, Lady Gaga opened up about why imperfections in people are what makes them interesting and beautiful. She said: “I love imperfections. And people are imperfect in a perfect way."

‘This Is Us’ actor Milo Ventimiglia has a unique smile, characterized by the fact that one side of his mouth turns slightly upwards. Although this feature makes him Milo, the 47-year-old actor has been asked by directors to lose the crooked mouth, something he can't, and won't, do. He shared: “They’d be like, ‘Could you stop doing that thing with your mouth where your lip is going down?’. And I’d be like, ‘Hey, I was born that way.' I mean, look, I can’t get away from it now. It’s who I am, you know? I’ve got a crooked mouth.”