Former Maxim Cover Girl Candice Swanepoel Defends Post-Baby Bikini Body Against Internet Trolls

“I carried my son for nine months in there, I think I’ve earned the right to have a little tummy.”

Candice Swanepoel had choice words for the sad trolls who dare criticize her postpartum bikini body.

The former Maxim cover model shared a paparazzi photo taken just days after she gave birth to her second child, accompanied by a stern message for would-be haters. 

“This is me 12 days after having my son. If you have something bad to say about it … Check yourself,” she wrote on her Instagram story.

“Society can be so cruel to one another. Beauty standards are sometimes impossible for women these days. I am not ashamed to show my post-partum tummy, I am proud actually,” she continued. “I carried my son for nine months in there, I think I’ve earned the right to have a little tummy.”

“We are normal people too, so let me enjoy the beach in peace please,” she concluded.

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It’s not the first time the gorgeous Victoria’s Secret Angel has shut down body shamers. According to Fox News, she previously posted a different photo of her prominent baby bump with the following caption: 

“I don’t have to hide my stomach just because people have unrealistic standards of women. We create life … What can you do?”

Damn straight. Swanepoel is one beautiful mother—baby bump or not. The photos below prove it:  

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h/t: New York Post