Height is one of the most recurring themes when talking about the complexes that people suffer with their bodies. According to data from the European Union, 82% of people would like to measure between 5 and 7 centimeters more and growth has been observed in terms of bone elongation surgeries, a painful intervention that seeks to achieve this goal, putting the patient’s health and quality of life at risk.
The need for a long-lined body is appreciated much more when it comes to public people working with their appearance. And although there are jobs where this characteristic is still desired, such as in the world of modeling, the truth is that in Argentina young people have role models who make their small stature their forte and, far from being scared, they manage to succeed with their few centimeters. Lali Esposito, Nicki Nicole and Maria Becerra They are some of the most successful singers on the local scene and although they are no more than 1.60 meters tall, their voices are more powerful than any complex.
“I measure 1.53 meters. The 53 is relevant. It’s not 1.50 and voila, it’s 1.53. I weigh between 44 and 45 kilos, ”Lali declared a while ago with a laugh, making it clear that his height is not a reason for a complex. Quite the contrary, jokes about his height are usually the order of the day. Together with Marley, with whom she has shared the “Around the World” program several times, they even often make jokes about the disparity in the size of both.
Furthermore, one of his hits, “lightly”, accepts the fact that she is short, but uses it to her advantage: “Lali, the light, small and fast one. Pure dynamite everyone says that I am ”, sings the artist who last weekend became the first woman to fill the Vélez Sarsfield stadium and offer her show in front of more than 45 thousand spectators.
“She is a clear example of what I call ‘natural facelift’, which is what one distils when he is satisfied with himself. When someone like her achieves it psychologically, she emanates seduction or joy and transmits many things to others. Her happiness is palpable ”, explains the psychologist to NEWS Beatrice Goldberg, author of the book “I am not satisfied with my body. What I do?”.
María Becerra and Nicki Nicole also fit within this spectrum of petite singers, measuring 1.55 and 1.45 respectively, below the national average for the female sex which stands at 1.60. But her talent does not understand heights and quite the contrary, she serves as an example for her followers. “All of them are happy with what they have. It’s a real show of power.that beyond not having everything that society demands, they work with what they have a lot and use their talent, ”says Goldberg.
In times of social networks and total exhibition, the pressure to fit the canons of beauty it has multiplied and the scrutiny of the bodies has grown enormously. According to a study carried out worldwide by cosmetics brand Dove, young Argentine girls between the ages of 10 and 17 are among the least likely on the planet to describe themselves as pretty, although 79 percent said they will feel more confident when they grow up. Of her self.
In this way, the emergence on the scene of successful singers who do not have a stylized body, but are still confident in themselves, is an example for all young people who have them as a role model. “The common adolescent is in conflict with his body and seeing that their referents, who they follow, don’t have them, does them good”, explains Goldberg.
Without the height that the hegemonic construction demands in these times, all these singers put their artistic capacity ahead and not only do they not care what they say, but also serve as an example for the thousands of young people who follow them.
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