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22-07-2025
- Entertainment
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Ilona Maher Slams Kate Moss's Toxic Diet Culture Quote
In recent months, Ilona Maher has won praise for her honest comments on body image and acceptance. When she featured in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue earlier this year, the 28-year-old rugby player — who won bronze with the US at the 2024 Olympics — quickly made it known that her journey to self-love wasn't necessarily an easy one. 'Thank you to @si_swimsuit for once again letting me showcase my strong, powerful body and for making me feel so beautiful,' she wrote on Instagram. 'For young Ilona wearing a bikini was once unthinkable but now I'd actually prefer to be prancing around in one. Stay sexy, folks.' And after walking in a swimsuit at the Miami Swim Show last month, Ilona had the perfect response when asked if it was 'tough.' She said, 'I love it. I love showing my body. I love showing what this body has done for me…I think other girls seeing that, and feeling like, 'Oh my gosh, I look like her, I have the frame of her' not only has helped me and made me feel more confident, I think it helps others.' The athlete won praise from fans who found her comment super refreshing, especially following years of toxic diet culture. And more recently, Ilona directly addressed said diet culture in a candid TikTok, during which she perfectly discredited Kate Moss's regrettably infamous quote from the '00s: 'Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.' 'Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels… Uh, y'all tried being strong?' Ilona said as she flexed her muscles. 'I feel good, I feel well fed. I feel ready to take on anybody.' 'You guys gotta try this shit, it is a different level,' she said. 'I love it.' Ilona then added, 'Also, have you guys tasted tiramisu? Because… my God.' Reacting to the TikTok, several Reddit users praised Ilona for her refreshing take. 'What a queen. I am so grateful to have a role model like her, wish my high school self could've seen this. It makes me want to cry, it would have flipped a switch in my brain,' one person said. Love to see it.
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04-06-2025
- Entertainment
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Ilona Maher Loves Her Body On Sports Illustrated Cover
Ilona Maher has a simple message for anyone who's wondering if it's "tough" for her to be photographed in a swimsuit. The bronze-winning Olympic rugby player recently covered Sports Illustrated, before going on to walk at the Miami Swim Show last week. On a recent episode of the Today show, Ilona said that she was once asked if it was "tough" being in a swimsuit. In response, she said, "I love it. I love showing my body. I love showing what this body has done for me." "I've been to two Olympics now. It does amazing things on the field. It's just perfect for what it does and so strong," she continued. "I think other girls seeing that, and feeling like, 'Oh my gosh, I look like her, I have the frame of her' not only has helped me and made me feel more confident, I think it helps others," she added. "You can be just as confident, feel as beautiful as I do." Ilona further said she did "zero prep" for the shoot, explaining, "I don't want to look back on my cover years from now and be like, 'Wow, I wish I looked like that now.' Well, you didn't even look like that then. I want to just be myself out there." "I have very little control to go on a weird diet. I cannot do that. Life's too short," she concluded. You can watch the full interview with Ilona here.
