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The Internet Is Showing Support For Body-Shamed Mexican Gymnast Alexa Moreno

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One of the great things about the human race is that everyone's body is different. We come in all shapes and sizes, but we tend to limit ourselves into confining labels like "skinny" and "fat" that do nothing but perpetuate unfair beauty standards.

They're certainly not an accurate measure of one's athletic abilities, yet when 22-year-old Mexican gymnast Alexa Moreno took the Olympic stage in Rio, internet trolls bit at the chance to body shame her, ridiculously poking fun at her appearance instead of acknowledging her major accomplishments in the sport.

Though mean tweets have, thankfully, been deleted, there are now hundreds of positive messages for Alexa in their place from Twitter users around the world calling out the unfair shaming of an Olympian who at 4'10" weighs just 99 pounds. Read on to see examples of that so-deserved support. Then, discover even more Latino athletes you should be following during the Games.



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