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"  After gaining and losing over 100 pounds and having five kids, Jenny G. Perry, 37, finally learned how to love her body. She wants other women to do the same, which is why she penned a body-positive essay about embracing her imperfect shape on The Huffington Post. &amp;quot;Regardless of anyone else&amp;#039;s standards, I feel a responsibility to my daughters and even my sons to practice what I believe about loving our bodies completely. I have stretch marks and I&amp;#039;m sexy as hell,&amp;quot; she writes.  Perry fights against the kind of ethos that Shape had when they told weight-loss blogger Brooke Birmingham to put her shirt on in order to keep her extra stomach skin hidden in the photo. Perry proudly posed in a bikini for Oprah magazine and calls her stretch marks &amp;quot;goddess tattoos.&amp;quot;  [From Cosmopolitan.com] Related:16 Real, Beautiful Women in Every Stage of PregnancyThis Woman Will Change How You See &amp;quot;Before&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;After&amp;quot; Weight Loss Pics Forever "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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