'I still have not mastered feeling 100 percent confident in my body,' admitted the professional dancer in an interview with Yahoo! Style.
- May 20, 2015
AceShowbiz - Having all the qualities any other women would envy her for, including beauty, curvy body, and successful career, Julianne Hough still doesn't feel confident with herself. "I still have not mastered feeling 100 percent confident in my body," the 26-year-old admitted in an interview for Yahoo! Style.
"I still have days where I look in the mirror and say, 'Thanks, Grandma, for giving me my thighs!' " she revealed before adding, "But at the same time, it's all in your head. If you love your body, then your body is going to love you back." The professional dancer continued saying, "When you see yourself, you can sit there and pick pictures apart all day long. My boyfriend [NHL player Brooks Laich] tells me all the time, 'Why is that whenever you take a picture and look at you, you want to take another one? Can't you just be happy with the actual picture where we're together?' So I've now had to coach myself to look at a picture and not say, 'Do I look good in it?' but 'That's a great picture, overall.' "
Still struggling to embrace her body, Hough began talking about her new lifestyle website juliannehough.com which she officially launched in March. "I never saw myself as a blogger or somebody that would give tips on anything until about a year ago," she said. "I was out on my dance tour and meeting fans, and people would ask some random questions. With everything I want to do, and have a voice for on the personal side of things-like kindness and gratitude and compassion-I felt like I could do something really cool."
Hough went on relating the website and the subjects it contained with the common crisis that usually exists among young girls. "I know what it feels like to be sad or depressed," she explained. "The only way to fix that is by being kind to others. And then that makes your day. I want girls to know they have the power within them to be happy and to feel great. That's what those challenges are. It's not to show how great you are; it's more to get that feeling of, 'Oh, this feels so good-to be happy!' I just want everybody to be happy. This sounds like rainbows and butterflies right now. But that's the gift I want to give with the gift I've been given."
