Beyoncé said motherhood and age has made her feel ‘more womanly and secure’ with her curves
by Julia Naftulin
- In a new interview in Elle magazine, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter discussed her body evolution and how motherhood and getting older helped her come to terms with her changing body.
- “If someone told me 15 years ago that my body would go through so many changes and fluctuations, and that I would feel more womanly and secure with my curves, I would not have believed them,” the “Formation” singer said.
- Knowles-Carter also said she recently learned how to find self-worth beyond her physical appearance and discussed how rewarding that experience has been.
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It may be hard to believe, but even superstar Beyoncé isn’t always secure in her appearance.
In a new interview in Elle magazine, Knowles-Carter discussed her body evolution and how motherhood and getting older has helped her come to terms with her changing body.
After going through a difficult pregnancy with her twins Rumi and Sir, Knowles-Carter said she used 2019 as a year to focus on self-care and her own health. To do this, she said she focuses on a healthy diet and does acupuncture, meditation, and breathing exercises.
It paid off.
“If someone told me 15 years ago that my body would go through so many changes and fluctuations, and that I would feel more womanly and secure with my curves, I would not have believed them,” the “Formation” singer said.
Knowles-Carter also said she recently learned how to find self-worth beyond her physical appearance and discussed how rewarding that experience has been.
She said she now knows she’s “more than enough no matter what stage I’m at in life. Giving zero f—-s is the most liberating place to be.”
This isn’t the first time Beyoncé has opened up about her difficult pregnancy
The Netflix documentary “Homecoming” that details Knowles-Carter’s 2018 Coachella performance also offered a look into the the complications the songstress faced because she had toxemia (also known as preeclampsia), a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure, weight gain, and protein in the urine.
Beyoncé also detailed her complicated pregnancy in a personal essay in the September 2018 issue of Vogue.
In the essay, the mom of three wrote she was “swollen from toxemia and had been on bed rest for over a month” during the time. Ultimately, the condition caused her to have an emergency C-section to deliver the twins. Following the birth, she and the twins spent weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit.
“I was in survival mode and did not grasp it all until months later,” Beyoncé wrote.