Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu talks about her gluten allergy amid body-shaming (Sabong News)
Author
Stephanie Bernardino
Date
APRIL 05 2022
“A shape of your mind is more important than shape of your body.”
This is what Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu wrote on Twitter posting several photos of her.
The Indian beauty queen shared in another post how around 10 to 30% of the global population suffer from food allergies.
She herself is allergic to gluten.
She manages by eliminating a few food groups from her diet.
“Thank you for understanding. @MissUniverse,” she said.
Last month, Filipina beauty queen and Miss Universe 2018 titleholder Catriona Gray shared her two cents about Harnaaz receiving some remarks over her weight.
In an interview, the 28-year-old Pinay model-singer said: “It’s really unfortunate that the public still finds the need to tear a woman down in that way. We’re campaigning so hard that beauty queens or Miss Universe should be more than an image.”
According to her, Harnaaz should not be limited by her body shape.
“She is a spokesperson at the end of the day,” Catriona pointed out, relating what matters most is that the 22-year-old Indian model-actress is effectively fulfilling her role as Miss Universe 2021.
“I feel like she should be celebrated because what message do we send to other young girls or young people in the public or even on social media when they read those comments and then perhaps compare their bodies,” she said.
“There’s nothing that comes nice out of it so let’s not use derogatory terms in that way. Let’s celebrate women and its Women’s Month pa. And we should celebrate women for what they give to the table – which is their voice, their platform,” Catriona reiterated.
Prior, Harnaaz already issued a reaction to people calling her names because of her appearance.
She said: “Well, I think everybody has their own perspectives but I know that in the end of the day it’s me and how much I love myself, maybe I’m going through some changes, maybe I didn’t sleep well last night, maybe my face is looking puffy today or maybe this is how I am. Because we’re all changing at the end of the day and I think we need to be comfortable. We need to love ourselves. We all go through changes and that should be relatable. So, this is me, and I love myself.”
