>>> SO WE'RE TALKING BODY IMAGE
TODAY.
AND HOW COMFORTABLE YOU WOULD BE
WITH YOUR NAKED SELF, PUTTING IT
ALL OUT THERE.
DO YOU FEEL EXPOSED THE SECOND
YOU STEP OUT OF THE SHOWER AND
UNCOMFORTABLE AND IMMEDIATELY
GRAB YOUR TOWEL?
YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
MOST WOMEN SAY THEY FEEL EXACTLY
THAT WAY.
THAT'S WHY "WOMEN'S HEALTH"
MAGAZINE OUT WITH THEIR SECOND
ANNUAL NAKED TRUTH ISSUE, TRYING
TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES OF BODY
IMAGE THAT SO MANY WOMEN
STRUGGLE WITH.
THE MAGAZINE HIGHLIGHTS WOMEN
BARING IT ALL DARING TO SHARE
THEIR MOST VULNERABLE SELF AND
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BODY IMAGE.
WATCH.
>> THREE STRONG WOMEN ARE BARING
IT ALL, MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY,
AND EMOTIONALLY IN SEPTEMBER'S
WOMEN'S HEALTH NAKED TRUTH
ISSUE.
ACTRESS BEST KNOWN FOR HER ROLE
AS DAIYA DIAZ IN "ORANGE IS THE
NEW BLACK" SHED HER PRISON GUARD
FOR BIRTHDAY SUIT.
SHE SAID YOU CAN LEARN TO LOVE
YOUR BODY WITHOUT LIKING
EVERYTHING.
MIA IS A MODEL AND PROFESSIONAL
THAI FIGHTER.
FOR 15 YEARS SHE WAS TRAINED TO
THINK FOOD WAS A REWARD FOR
STARVATION.
BUT NO MORE. A SOCIAL MEDIA
INFLUENCER, WHO ONCE WEIGHED 235
POUNDS.
WHEN SHE DROPPED THE WEIGHT,
IRONICALLY SHE LOST SOMETHING
MORE IMPORTANT, HER CONFIDENCE.
TODAY SHE IS FINALLY AT PEACE
WITH EVERY INCH OF HERSELF.
NOW THESE THREE WOMEN HAVE
JOINED FORCES SHARING THEIR
NAKED TRUTHS ON LOVING THE SKIN
THEY ARE IN.
JOINING ME NOW, ACTRESS DASHA,
MODEL ACTIVIST MIA AND SOCIAL
MEDIA INFLUENCER SHENAY
ALEXANDER.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT HAS TO BE SCARY.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU ARE OUT THERE
BARING IT FOR THE MAGAZINES
EVERY DAY.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT -- FIRST OF
ALL, PHOTO SHOOT DAY, HOW WAS
IT?
>> IT WAS FUN.
>> ACTUALLY WE ALL OVERLAPPED,
AND WE ALL OVERLAPPED.
IT WAS EMPOWERING TO SEE THE
OTHER GIRL DO IT.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOU
TOOK OFF THE ROBE.
>> COMPETITIVE.
>> I WOULD IMAGINE IN YOUR MIND,
PEM POWERING, A ROOM FULL OF
PEOPLE STARING AT YOUR NAKED
BODY.
MAYBE THIS ISN'T A GOOD IDEA.
>> EVERYONE MADE US FEEL
COMFORTABLE.
WE WERE ALL TOGETHER.
THESE ARE LIKE REAL WOMEN.
I NEVER EXPECTED SOMEONE WOULD
BRONZE EVERY PART OF ME.
>> IS THAT WHAT THAT IS?
BRONZER.
>> IT'S A THING TODAY.
>> WHAT KIND OF BRONZER IS THAT,
THAT'S GOOD BRONZER.
>> I WENT AFTER HER AND SHE LEFT
BRONZER PATCHES.
>> LIKE ALL SORTS OF PRINTS ON
THE AIR.
>> WHEN YOU FIRST SAW PROOFS,
FIRST PRINTS BACK, HOW DID YOU
FEEL?
>> FIRST TO BE HONESTS, I
STARTED CRITICIZING MYSELF.
OH, MY GOD, THEY COULD FIX THAT
OR FIX THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WHY DON'T YOU
REALIZE THIS IS A MOMENT IN YOUR
LIFE YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD
BE PART OF.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT YOUR SIZE 0 --
I'M NOT YOUR SIZE 12, 20, I'M
MORE OF LIKE IN BETWEEN.
FOR ME I WAS LIKE, I NEED TO
JUST EMBRACE THAT.
THIS IS ME.
>> THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF
DOING IT, NOT TO ERASE THE
SO-CALLED FLAWS.
>> EXACTLY.
>> IT'S A -- WE'VE BEEN TALKING
A LOT ON THE SHOW HOW HOLLYWOOD
DOESN'T LET YOU ACT UNLESS YOU
ARE A CERTAIN SIZE OR AGE.
I'M SURE YOU FEEL THAT PRESSURE.
IT'S BOLD OF YOU TO GO OUT THERE
AND SAY, THIS IS ME.
ALL OF ME.
>> ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
WOMEN YOU'VE EVER SEEN,
HONESTLY.
>> DON'T YOU THINK WE'RE JUST
NOW GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE
IN OUR SOCIETY, IN OUR HISTORY
WHERE WE'RE ALLOWING THAT?
ALL MY GROWING UP, YOU TELL ME,
YOU HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN SIZE,
OTHERWISE THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED
ATTRACTIVE.
WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING TO THE
POINT WHERE WE'RE ACCEPTING
DIFFERENT BODY SIZES.
>> IT'S AN AMAZING THING.
TO HAVE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE
IN THEIR OWN SKIN AN SAY I SEE
SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE ME ON THE
PAGE OF A MAGAZINE.
LITTLE GIRLS ARE SEEING THAT.
I'M THANKFUL WOMEN'S HEALTH IS
GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SHOW HEALTH THAT WAY AND
SEXINESS.
>> ALL REPRESENTATION.
YOU DESERVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S
OUT THERE AND RELATE TO THAT.
>> I BELIEVE IT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE.
I BELIEVE LITTLE GIRLS SITTING
AT HOME WHO ARE NOT A SIZE 00,
HEY, MAYBE I SHOULD BE LOOKING
AT THOSE THIGHS IN THE MIRROR
AND SAY, RIGHT ON, SISTER.
AND WHERE IS MY BRONZER, WHERE
IS MY BRONZER.
>> WHERE IS THE BRONZER
>> SO BARING IT ALL CAN BE
SCARY.
THIS GROUP OF WOMEN FACED THEIR
FEARS AND SHARED THEIR NAKED
TRUTH TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO
EMBRACE THEIR BODIES, CURVES AND
ALL.
IT'S ALL IN THE NAKED TRUTH
ISSUE OF "WOMEN'S HEALTH."
WE HAVE THREE WOMEN HERE TODAY,
ACTRESS DASCHA POLANCO, ACTRESS
AND FIGHTER MIA KANG AND SOCIAL
MEDIA INFLUENCER CHINAE
ALEXANDER.
ALSO LIZ, YOU DIDN'T JUST ASK
THE WOMEN TO DO IT.
YOU HALFWAY DID IT.
YOU TOOK OFF THE TOP AND LET
THEM PHOTOGRAPH YOU.
WHY?
>> ON MY EDITOR'S LETTER, I WAS
SHOWN NUDE FROM THE TOP UP.
I'LL BE HONEST, I DID NOT EXPECT
TO GO THERE AND DO THAT.
AS I SAT DOWN TO WRITE MY
EDITOR'S LETTER FOR THIS ISSUE
AND EXPLAIN WHY WE PICKED THE
NAKED TRUTH AS A THEME, I
REALIZED I HAD TO REALLY EMBRACE
IT MYSELF IN ORDER TO TALK
AUTHENTICALLY ABOUT IT, I HAD TO
REALLY WALK THE WALK AND GO DO
IT WITH THESE AMAZING, STRONG,
EMPOWERED WOMEN.
I'M SO GLAD I DID.
>> CAN I ASK YOU, WE HAD SO MUCH
PUSHBACK IN THE WAKE OF THE
#METOO MOVEMENT, MY OWN BELIEF
IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT'S
HAPPENED AS A RESULT IS PEOPLE
ARE SAYING, IT'S NO LONGER OKAY
FOR WOMEN TO BE SEXY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE
ARE BEING PRESENTED WITH THIS
CHOICE.
I STILL THINK WHATEVER YOUR
SHAPE, WHATEVER YOUR SIZE, IT'S
OKAY TO BE SEXY.
YOU CAN BE STRONG, SMART, SEXY,
DO IT ALL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
CHOOSE.
>> HONESTY AND RESPECT HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH ONE ANOTHER.
>> YOU'VE OPENED UP ABOUT THE
FACT UTE STRUGGLED WITH EATING
DISORDERS, A MODEL, KICKING AND
TAKING NAMES.
I CAN ONLY SAY THAT WORD ONCE A
SHOW.
YOU FOUND YOUR STRENGTH THROUGH
THIS MUAY THAI FIGHTING, WHICH
IS QUITE -- I WANT TO SAY THE
WORD AGAIN BUT I CAN'T.
>> I ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO BE
MULTI-DIMENSIONAL.
IT'S BEEN SO LONG WE'VE BEEN PUT
INTO A BOX WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE
TO CHOOSE.
WE CAN ONLY DO ONE THING ONE
WAY, YOU DON'T.
YOU CAN BE SMART, STRONG, SEXY,
BUSINESSWOMAN, MOTHER, BE
WHATEVER YOU NEED TO BE.
DON'T EVER FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO
BE PUT IN A BOX.
>> YOU'RE ON "ORANGE IS THE NEW
BLACK" AND YOUR DAUGHTER IS ON
"ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK," TOO.
HOW DO YOU RAISE A DAUGHTER IN
THIS ENVIRONMENT OUT THERE TO
NOT HAVE ALL THOSE ISSUES THAT
WE ALL HAVE.
>> FREE RANGE PARENTING.
IT'S A NEW TERM WE USE NOW, FREE
RANGE.
I REALLY THINK THAT THE FACT
THAT I'VE STRUGGLED WITH
CONFIDENCE, AND I'VE FELT AT ONE
POINT WEAK BECAUSE OF IT HAS
ACTUALLY BEEN A PLACE I FOUND
MORE STRENGTH TO EMBODY EVERY
PART OF ME AND EMBRACE
EVERYTHING THAT I BRING FORWARD,
RIGHT?
WHETHER IT'S MY TALENT, MY
CURVES, MOVES, SENSUALITY, I'M
OKAY WITH EMBRACING THAT.
FOR MY DAUGHTER AND FOR MY SON,
IN MY HOUSEHOLD I CREATE AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE CONFIDENCE,
WHERE LOOKING AT YOUR SELF IN
THE MIRROR EVERY DAY AND SAYING,
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ONLY BEAUTIFUL
ON THE OUTSIDE, I'M BEAUTIFUL
WITHIN.
I HAVE SO MUCH STRENGTH AND SO
MUCH POWER REGARDLESS OF IF IT'S
A MALE OR FEMALE.
I TRY TO REALLY NOT ONLY TEACH
THEM BUT INSTILL IN THEM
SUBCONSCIOUSLY WITH WHAT I DO
AROUND THEM.
>> HONESTLY, THAT IS HALF THE
BATTLE IN LIFE.
HOWEVER YOU FEEL ABOUT
SOMETHING, IT'S GOING TO
>>> WE ARE BACK WITH ACTRESS
DASCHA POLANCO, MIA KANG SOCIAL
INFLUENCER MY -- CHINAE
ALEXANDER.
YOU WERE 225 POUNDS, LOST WEIGHT
AND WERE AS UNHAPPY AS YOU'VE
EVER BEEN.
>> CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
I REALLY STARTED FROM A PLACE OF
CONFIDENCE.
WHENEVER I WAS AT MY MOST AND
HEALTHY, I THOUGHT I WAS AMAZING
AND I REALLY OWNED IT.
I NEVER FELT HINDERED BY MY
WEIGHT BUT I KIND OF STARTED
DOWN A PATH OF I'M GOING TO TRY
THIS HEALTH AND FITNESS THING.
I REALIZED AT MY SMALLEST I WAS
BASING MY WORTH OFF OF WHAT
OTHER PEOPLE THOUGHT OF ME.
I'D WALK INTO A PARTY AND IF
PEOPLE DIDN'T SAY YOU LOOK SO
SKINNY, YOU LOOK SO FIT, WHAT
ARE YOU GOING, I WOULD LEAVE AND
FEEL THIS EMPTINESS.
>> I WAS THE SAME WAY, THE MOST
MISERABLE WHEN YOU'RE THE
SMALLEST.
>> WHEN YOU GET INTO YOUR OWN
HEAD THAT WAY AND START BASING
YOUR WORTH OFF OTHER PEOPLE,
THAT EATS AWAY AT YOU.
I GAINED BACK TEN SANITY POUNDS.
I HAVE THIS LIFESTYLE THAT'S
FLEXIBLE.
I'VE GOTTEN BACK TO REALLY TRULY
DEEPLY LOVING MYSELF.
NOW MY MISSION ON SOCIAL MEDIA
IS TO HELP OTHERS DO THE SAME
AND REALIZE THAT BODY IMAGE HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR SIZE.
BODY IMAGE HAS TO DO WITH WHAT'S
INSIDE OF YOU.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY IT.
>> YOU CAN BE A SIZE 0 AND FEEL
BAD ABOUT YOUR SELF AND YOU CAN
BE A SIZE 22, SO IT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE WAY YOU LOOK.
>> YOU HAVE TO GET COMFORTABLE
WITHIN YOUR OWN SKIN, RIGHT?
THAT'S THE THING.
PEOPLE CAN TELL IF YOU'RE
UNHAPPY AND PROJECTING
UNHAPPINESS.
THEY SAY YOU TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO
TREAT YOU.
THAT'S TRUE WHEN IT COMES TO
BODY IMAGE AS WELL.
YOU TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO FEEL
ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND HOW YOU
LOOK.
IF YOU LOOK, FEEL YOU'RE
AWESOME, PEOPLE WILL FEEL IT,
TOO.
>> I THINK YOU HAVE TO TEACH
YOUR SELF HOW TO TREAT YOUR SELF
AND SPEND TIME ON THAT JOURNEY.