Participating in the Time100 Summit, Selena Gomez shared about her experience struggling with today’s unrealistic beauty standards.

Selena Gomez admitted that she used to be someone who chased standards, but she gave up after realizing their absurdity.

“Personally, I feel like there’s a very unrealistic standard when it comes to the beauty world and that makes me a little sad for my generation. And for anyone who looks at something that’s probably been edited edited to look beautiful, I just want to break that” – Selena Gomez shared.

Recently, the public was surprised to see Selena Gomez appear with a “fat” appearance, visibly overweight. The former “Disney princess” now has a deteriorating appearance and a much older face.

Selena was diagnosed with lupus around mid-2012. In early 2017, she had to withdraw and cancel several public events to receive a kidney transplant from her close friend, actress Francia Raisa.

In addition, Selena also struggles with anxiety disorders and depression. In April 2020, she revealed that she has bipolar disorder.

Weight changes and fluctuations are the consequences of taking medication to treat the disease. In a livestream, Selena said: “My body tends to accumulate water when taking medication. That’s completely normal.”

Also during the conversation at the Time100 Summit, the former Disney star explained the reason she decided to launch her own cosmetics brand even though she did not know about makeup, which was that she wanted people to no longer have makeup. I feel like I have to pursue another standard.

“I really just want makeup to be fun for everyone. I don’t believe that everyone has to look a certain way. I spent years doing it and it was draining.” . That’s a waste of time” – the female singer continued talking about the unrealistic beauty standards in today’s world.

Selena Gomez’s cosmetics brand was founded in 2020. To date, this brand is valued by Forbes at 2 billion USD.