Ilona Maher.Photo:Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for WSF
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for WSF
The 27-year-old, who played on the 2020 U.S. Olympic team, recently posted a video onTikTokshowing a close-up of her cellulite during a game, commenting how many people think it’s “embarrassing” or “so gross."
“I have cellulite everywhere,” Maher continued. “It is completely normal, completely natural. It doesn’t not take away from your athletic ability or how fast or how fit you are. It’s just something that’s part of your body. We all have it.”
“Rockin my cellulite,” she captioned the post.
Ilona Maher showing off the cellulite on her legs.Ilona Maher/TikTok
Ilona Maher/TikTok
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Maher has often been vocal about body positivity on social media. Back in 2022, the star posted another video onTikTokshowing off her body and letting her followers know that “every body is beautiful.”
“Hey everyone, just your monthly reminder that this is the body of a professional athlete,” she said in the clip. “This is the body of an Olympian. It’s not perfect. It’s not completely lean, it’s not completely toned, but this body is amazing, and it does amazing things for me.”
“There isn’t one body type for female athletes or for women so today I want you all to look in the mirror and appreciate what you got, realize what it does for you and remember you’re beautiful,” she added.
Ilona Maher.Michael Kovac/Getty Images
Michael Kovac/Getty Images
Last summer, the athlete toldNBC Sportsthat her videos are geared towards younger girls so they can have someone to look up to, noting that she never had that as a kid.
“I think like many muscular, broad women, we’re told all our lives that being a woman means being tiny, petite, and pretty, but for me, that’s just not who I am,” Maher said at the time. “That’s never who I am. I’ll never be that tiny, petite woman, I’ll be this big, muscular woman. It’s something that I’m really passionate about, because I don’t feel like I’m doing this body positivity really for myself but for the other young girls.”
“Even my high school self would have really loved to see somebody like this, praising their body, showing them what they can do,” she added. “It’s for other young girls who are constantly being called masculine because they’re strong, because they like being strong. By helping others, it’s helping me in a way to really accept it, because this is who I am and it’s not going to change.”
source: people.com
