In the latest Shark Tank India promo shared by Sony Entertainment Television, judge Namita Thapar opened up about being body shamed. While listening to a pitch about a clothing brand that sells plus-size clothing, the executive director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals admitted to having experienced body-shaming herself. Namita has previously spoken out about being body shamed. Namita revealed in an interview a few months ago that she was body shamed as a teenager for being overweight and having facial hair. Also read: Netizens disagree with Shark Tank’s Namita Thapar after she claims a ‘educated househelp’ posted a hateful comment on her phone.
In the latest Shark Tank India promo shared by Sony Entertainment Television, judge Namita Thapar opened up about being body shamed. While listening to a pitch about a clothing brand that sells plus-size clothing, the executive director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals admitted to having experienced body-shaming herself. Namita has previously spoken out about being body shamed. Namita revealed in an interview a few months ago that she was body shamed as a teenager for being overweight and having facial hair.
Namita said to an entrepreneur pitching her business idea in the Shark Tank India season 2 promo released on Thursday, “Sach much India mein, jo yeh’moti, moti’ bulate hain, uski target main bhi ban chuki hoon, jo yeh’moti, moti’ bulate hain, uski target main bhi ban chuki hoon. Aapne aesa kyun nahi socha ki mein only plus size ke liye fashion banati hoon, na ki sab sizes ke liye (I have experienced body shaming and been labelled as fat. Why didn’t you create an exclusive brand for plus-sized women instead of having all sizes?”
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The pitcher replied in Hindi to Namita’s question, “The most serious issue in the plus-size industry is that plus-size people are treated as outcasts. By not having a separate size chart or collection for them, we want them to feel included. They are included in our entire collection.”
Namita told author Chetan Bhagat on his YouTube talk show last August that she had low self-esteem and was bullied because of her weight and facial hair until she was 21. “I was not like this as a child. “As a teenager, I was very overweight, I had a lot of facial hair and acne, I was body shamed a lot… and I used to feel very ugly,” Namita told Chetan Bhagat on his chat show Deeptalk.
“No guy looked at me, it was me looking at the guys and having crushes, let’s just say that,” she added. When you’re a teenager and you’re body-shamed like that, it leaves a lot of scars… I had a lot of facial hair and acne, and a guy in my class would refer to me as “the girl with the moustache” in Marathi.”
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