Simone Biles has achieved legendary status during her feted career as a gymnast. But before cementing her legacy at the highest level of the sport, the American gymnast had to deal with body shaming.
The gymnast, measuring 1.42m, has dominated the gymnastics world for a considerable time now. At the recent 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, the 26-year-old rclinched four gold medals and one silver to prove she still has what it takes.
At the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she won four gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal. In the same year, during an interview with The Today Show, she stated that she learned to accept and embrace her body.
Biles was criticized about her appearance, which made her conscious of her own body to the level where she started wearing sweaters or jackets.
Biles conveyed that she was tired of people questioning her height and wished that people would stop asking her about it.
