TBH, they’re worth stanning alone just for standing up to the haters.
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Body shamers and body-shaming is not a new problem. For the longest time, people just can’t seem to keep their opinions to themselves and instead leave nasty and unwanted comments about other people’s bodies. But just because it’s a regular problem on social media, that doesn’t mean we should just accept it as fact, something these Gen Z stars have shown us. One thing about the current generation is that they aren’t afraid to fight for what is right, and that includes clapping back at body shamers. Scroll down for the personalities who didn’t let petty trolls and their below-the-belt comments breath with their clapbacks.
XYRIEL MANABAT
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Body hair is normal. It’s a fact of life. But that hasn’t stopped people from equating body hair on women with being ugly. Case in point, a hater once took it upon themselves to comment on Xyriel’s armpit hair. Not one to let the mean comments get to her, Xyriel responded like a boss saying: “Uhmm coz tao ako? So what about it?” Exactly Xyriel. Her candid and self-assured reply serves as a reminder to embrace ourselves and not let the shallow standards of others define us.
AC BONIFACIO
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No matter how you look, no one is deserving of being body-shamed, and that includes skinny-shaming. It’s a problem that has sadly plagued many celebs, including AC Bonifacio. Taking to her Instagram stories, AC called out a netizen who DMed her that she needed to gain weight to look better and lit them up. “NOBODY should feel shame over their weight, clothing size, or body shape.” Her concise message also spoke to the important fact that we aren’t tied to anyone’s opinion about our body but our own. As AC puts it, “It is not my responsibility to be up to your standard. I love how I look and how I am.”
LORIN GUTIERREZ
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There’s a plague going around society, and it’s people trying to police young women showing their bodies. Even Lorin Gutierrez had to deal with it when a netizen commented on one of her posts that she should stop showing so much skin and save it for her special someone. A dumb statement, we know.
As expected, Lorin let them have it with a scorching response that channeled the energy of young women dealing with backward-thinking trolls. “Girls should be able to choose whether they want to be conservative or showy depending on what they feel comfortable with, not for a ‘special na tao’ because that special person, whoever they may be, doesn’t own me and should be ok with me being confident in my own skin.”
MIEL PANGILINAN
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If you follow Miel Pangilinan on TikTok, then you know that, aside from posting about her daily life and love of NCT Dream, she also gives her haters a lesson on minding their business. Such was the case when she had a clapback ready for a user who tried to shame her for having stretch marks. FYI, stretch marks are normal, and there is nothing to be ashamed about having them.
EMMANUELLE ATIENZA
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You would think that teenagers posting pictures of themselves on Instagram would be a normal teenage thing to do. But that wasn’t the case for model and mental health advocate Emmanuelle Atienza, who faced a slew of unsolicited comments shaming her for posting revealing photos of herself. Her response? A classy and sassy clapback by posting a picture of herself in a bikini and captioning it, “Lol cant see the haters.”
ALEXA ILACAD
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Alexa Ilacad has had many iconic moments over the years, but our favorite was when she ended a body shamer telling her to “loose weight” with just one word. Wrong comment and wrong spelling? Yikes. Take it from Alexa on how to disregard unsolicited advice like a queen.
ANJI SALVACION
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We love that Anji Salvacion isn’t afraid to play around with her style and explore different looks and aesthetics. But that somehow gave trolls the green signal to bash and body-shame her for showing more skin. It’s clear though that Anji doesn’t let the hate get to her as she shared during an interview, “I don’t care if people are gonna bash me. I just love my body!” As she should.
JUSTIN DE DIOS AND JOSH CULLEN
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Ted Failon may be a top journalist, but he needed to do his research when he tried to insinuate that SB19’s Justin was not Filipino because of his nose shape during an episode of his radio program. And while Justin did not directly respond to the remarks, which is still a valid form for a clapback, Josh playfully did when he posted a TikTok video alluding to the controversy.
RAVEN RIGOR
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Xyriel Manabat has been killing it in her return to showbiz. But for the trolls, they just can’t stop talking about how much her body has changed. This was the case during the 2023 Star Magical Prom when netizens couldn’t keep their mouths shut with their lewd comments. To the rescue was Xyriel’s Dirty Linen co-star Raven Rigor, who took to social media and reminded us that there are still gentlemen in this world. “Please respect women. There is more to her than meets the eye,” he said in a post.
ANGELIQUE MANTO
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No matter your body size, people will always sadly have something to say. It’s something that Angelique Manto has experienced, yet she is not the one to mess around with when it comes to unsolicited comments about her body. The content creator and former Miss Universe Philippines delegate delivered an essay-sized clapback to a netizen she caught insulting her in her DMs and giving a backhanded compliment in her comments section. “I can work on myself time and time again, but beyond the physical, hope we can work on what we do and how we make others feel,” she wrote.
Angelique then ended her message with a reminder a lot of people need to hear. “The amount of time you spend writing a comment that could shake a person is the same amount of time you can do something kind. Choose better.” Spoken like a true queen.
KD ESTRADA
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KD Estrada and Alexa Ilacad have built an unbreakable bond that even haters can’t shatter. Just look at when a now-deleted account on X tried to body-shame Alexa and KD came in with the deflect with his response, “Kapal ng mukha neto ganda ka?” We too would delete our account if we were that embarrassed.
VENICE BEKTAS
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Given that the Philippines is a predominantly conservative country, women still face hate and criticism for the simple act of wanting to show some skin. It’s a societal ill that Venice Bektaş rightfully called out. In an interview, the Gen Z personality clapped back at people who think that women who show more skin lack self-respect. “I feel like just because someone wants to show off a little bit more skin… of course, we live in the Philippines, so of course, some people want to show off more skin. And I feel like because people want to show off more skin, wear more clothes for the warm weather, people think that you have less self-respect, which I don’t agree with at all.”
She added, “So I think that’s probably, I think that’s a bias against women that people should no longer perpetuate.” The future is in safe hands with a new generation who think like Venice.
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