The negativity was so massive at one point that Harutyunyan, a 23-year-old who’s made already several appearances on Gucci catwalks led by Alessandro Michele, spoke out to the Italian La Repubblica about it.
Now her story is making headlines at Forbes, where author Rebecca Ann Hughes published her article titled “Who Is Armine Harutyunyan And How Did She Become A Victim of Body-Shaming In Italy?”
Hughes argues that even those who pride themselves on their “open-mindedness” and praised Harutyunyan as an “unconventional” beauty are part of the problem because by labeling the model “as an exception is to reinforce the established, restrictive beauty standards.”
“People are scared by everything that is different,” Harutyunyan told La Repubblica in the interview, but for her, “there are many different ways of being beautiful.” Harutyunyan says she is determined to ignore all the negative comments. “It is better to be different than conform to others, even if this is not understood by everyone,” she said. “My advice is to concentrate on ...
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