Lots of people have stretch marks - it's simply a part of being alive. That's why one mum refuses to hide her's away. Sarah Nicole Landry, better known as The Bird's Papaya to her 2million Instagram followers, is renowned for spreading messages of self-love on social media.

In a recent body positivity post, she shared stunning snaps of herself wearing a bikini to show that everyone deserves to feel fabulous in swimwear. She uses her platform to open up about the various self-discoveries she's made regarding body image , encouraging others not to fear change. This time she specifically drew attention to how she's been body shamed in the past, and admitted she'd been body shamed more in the last week than she had been her own life.

But, even so, she said it's actually happened to her at every weight and size she's been - as it's been "relentless" since she was a little girl. READ MORE: Curvy model strips down to tiny bikini to show 'bodies are meant to jiggle' Sarah wrote: "What's the point of body shaming? No really. What is it? To keep us feeling small, playing small? Too much, never enough? "I put my body through hell as a size 0, and I was miserable, unhealthy, crumbling.

But I would have done anything to escape the body shaming I received at a larger size. But guess what? It still happened?" Sarah said the comments started coming in after she shared pictures of herself walking on the catwalk. She strutted her stuff in a bikini at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Show during.