Alex Mariah Peter: Model and “GNTM” winner sets a strong sign for Body Positivity
In 2021 wonAs the first trans* woman the 16th season of. The shoot was now exactly five years ago. Today she is successful as a model and influencer. On Instagram she shares bluntly and honestly excerpts from her life - even in difficult moments - with her almost 250,000 followers: inside. Now she publishes an emotional statement and thus sets such an important sign againstBodyshamingand for.
Alex Mariah Peter: The model is now defending itself against Bodyshaming
Last year, reporting on Alex Mariah Peter's body increased. The headlines were in a wide variety of media: "So she has changed since her victory" or "GNTM winner now weighs 111 kilograms".
Apart from the fact that it is certainly not easy if your own body becomes a public discussion basis, you don't have to think long as to which message is actually behind such title lines. It is the old, long overtaking, a model must fit into the size of the clothes 34. Alex Mariah Peter shows how problematic and irrelevant this idea is in 2025 in her latest Instagram post.
Body Podiatry: Alex Mariah Peter is so strong for her own body
The video shows Alex how she runs naked at “Germany's Next Top Model” at the time. Your silhouette is clearly recognizable. The text “I Wonder What i'll Look Like in 5 years” is above the video (in German: “I wonder how I will look in 5 years”). The song “Creep” from Radiohead runs in the background.
This is followed by a few quick cuts with short sequences that Alex today - five years later - show how she stands in a short black dress at the traffic light and moves out her high heels. No, she not only pulls her off, she literally hurls her onto the asphalt and then runs barefoot and smiling across the street. The cut changes again and again between the traffic lights and the catwalk. The video represents exactly what Alex Mariah Peter himself describes as her “No Bullshit” posture, and is a clear statement for her self-response-then as now.
Alex Mariah Peter reflects so honestly about body positivity and self -inspection
The caption below is just as strong as the video. In these lines, Alex Mariah Peter reflects on thattoxic self -optimization on social media. She writes: "For many, a glow-up is what you can see from the outside-often measured by a number on the label." She also explains that she would like to say that she would not matter to her size and social conventions. But reality looks different. The mere fact that she admits herself so honestly testifies to strength.
"You might think I had a glow-down," she writes, showing that the social pressure with its ideal ideas is still deeply anchored in her. "But it feels different for me," she continues, "I am on a much more important journey-a mental glow-up." And that is not always easy for her either. Two days earlier, the model posted a photo on which it is visibly suffering on the couch. That too is part of your trip, and that is completely normal.
“My exterior glow-up used to be more important to me. In recent years my interior. Now my goal is to reconcile both - without pressure, but with self -inspection. ” This incredibly strong message ends with the words: "Your body and your soul deserve that you are good for them and take care of them."
Alex Mariah Peter: So her post is an important sign forallAffected by Bodyshaming
Standing for Body Posity does not mean to defy the public always right away and the pressure. Rather, it means to be honest with yourself to be forgiving with yourself and respect yourself. So much that you give yourself the time you need to work on yourself. In the end - and Alex Mariah Peter made this very clear in her statement - is only crucial how you feel.
The comment column under your post proves that this self -reflection is an important sign for all affected people of Bodyshaming. And that many just had to hear that. “You are a big role model”, “Thanks for the reminder” or “very great words! Thanks for that, she just needed it, ”fans write under her video. It would not be Instagram if there were not a few haters: on the inside on this topic. Fortunately, they are limited. “Glow-Down”? On the contrary - the encouragement predominates. We also think: Alex Mariah Peter beams as beautiful from the outside as from the inside!
