{"id":85286,"date":"2024-03-25T19:41:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T19:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/kaitlyn-bristowe-reflects-on-body-dysmorphia-before-modeling-swimsuit\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T19:41:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T19:41:53","slug":"kaitlyn-bristowe-reflects-on-body-dysmorphia-before-modeling-swimsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/kaitlyn-bristowe-reflects-on-body-dysmorphia-before-modeling-swimsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaitlyn Bristowe Reflects on Body Dysmorphia Before Modeling Swimsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kaitlyn-bristowe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Kaitlyn Bristowe<\/b><\/a> reflected on her body dysmorphia battle ahead of a swimsuit photoshoot.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>Bachelorette <\/i>alum, 38, revealed in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fstories%2Fkaitlynbristowe%2F3331130056419356948%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram Story<\/a> on Sunday, March 24, that she\u2019s \u201cnervous\u201d about the shoot \u201cbecause we are not editing any of the photos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I need to celebrate the small wins,\u201d she wrote over a photo of junk food. \u201c5 years ago I would have thought I need[ed] to eat air and grilled chicken to prep. Right now in this moment I\u2019m [thinking] \u2018ugh I love snacks. Eating these snacks aren\u2019t going to change my body overnight AND \u2026 working out and not feeding my body will only make me miserable.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bristowe added that she\u2019s \u201cgonna be hard on myself no matter what,\u201d but wants to \u201clove on this body that I keep strong and healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Kaitlyn Bristowe\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI still struggle but recognizing growth is a WIN, Body [dysmorphia] is real,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The TV personality\u2019s body image isn\u2019t the only thing she has opened up about struggling with in recent times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/bachelor-nation-couples-who-got-together-outside-the-show\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bachelor-Nation-Couples-Katie-and-John.jpg?crop=0px%2C31px%2C1500px%2C848px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Katie Thurston and John Hersey\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bachelor-Nation-Couples-Katie-and-John.jpg?quality=70&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/bachelor-nation-couples-who-got-together-outside-the-show\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Bachelor Nation Couples Who Got Together Outside the Show<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tWhat happens on The Bachelor, doesn\u2019t always stay on The Bachelor! While many couples have found \u2014 or lost \u2014 love on the reality TV dating franchise over the years, others have met their match within Bachelor Nation after their season ended. Katie Thurston joined the club of offcamera Bachelor Nation couples in November 2021 [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>During a February episode of Bristowe\u2019s \u201cOff the Vine\u201d podcast, cohost <b>Stassi Schroeder <\/b>asked<b> <\/b>Bristowe if ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kaitlyn-bristowe-thought-she-was-asexual-near-a-relationships-end\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lost her sex drive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, oh, yeah, it was gone,\u201d she replied. \u201cI thought I was asexual. I literally thought I was asexual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Schroeder asked whether this occurred to Bristowe during a romance, she said that it occurred \u201cat the end\u201d of a relationship.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3558314\" style=\"width: 683px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:149.85714285714%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3558314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kaitlyn-Bristowe-Reflects-on-Body-Dysmorphia-Ahead-of-Swimsuit-Photoshoot.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Kaitlyn Bristowe Reflects on Body Dysmorphia Ahead of Swimsuit Photoshoot\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kaitlyn-Bristowe-Reflects-on-Body-Dysmorphia-Ahead-of-Swimsuit-Photoshoot.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kaitlyn-Bristowe-Reflects-on-Body-Dysmorphia-Ahead-of-Swimsuit-Photoshoot.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kaitlyn-Bristowe-Reflects-on-Body-Dysmorphia-Ahead-of-Swimsuit-Photoshoot.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kaitlyn-Bristowe-Reflects-on-Body-Dysmorphia-Ahead-of-Swimsuit-Photoshoot.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kaitlyn-Bristowe-Reflects-on-Body-Dysmorphia-Ahead-of-Swimsuit-Photoshoot.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kaitlyn-Bristowe-Reflects-on-Body-Dysmorphia-Ahead-of-Swimsuit-Photoshoot.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kaitlyn-Bristowe-Reflects-on-Body-Dysmorphia-Ahead-of-Swimsuit-Photoshoot.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kaitlyn-Bristowe-Reflects-on-Body-Dysmorphia-Ahead-of-Swimsuit-Photoshoot.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kaitlyn-Bristowe-Reflects-on-Body-Dysmorphia-Ahead-of-Swimsuit-Photoshoot.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Kaitlyn Bristowe<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Gotham\/FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018I think at this point I could see myself more with a woman\u2019 \u2014 I actually thought that \u2014 than a man,\u201d Bristowe recalled. \u201cI get it. Like, I think women are hot. I could do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bristowe described noticing a difference after dating a couple of men.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI had that urge. \u2026 I was like, \u2018Ooh, I kinda would like to hook up,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cI was really proud of myself for that because I was like, \u2018OK, I\u2019m not the desert down there.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/kaitlyn-bristowe-nick-vialls-messy-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-2.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"From Nearly Engaged to Feuding Exes: Kaitlyn and Nick's Messy Timeline\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-2.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/kaitlyn-bristowe-nick-vialls-messy-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Kaitlyn Bristowe and Nick Viall\u2019s Messy Relationship Timeline<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tNot all Bachelor Nation breakups are created equal. Years after Kaitlyn Bristowe and Nick Viall\u2019s controversial relationship played out on season 11 of The Bachelorette, the exes struggled to stay on good terms. Following Nick\u2019s stint on season 10 of The Bachelorette, in which he was the runner-up for Andi Dorfman\u2019s heart, he started talking [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/bachelor-nation\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Bachelor Nation<\/i><\/a> first saw Bristowe when she competed for the affection of <b>Chris Soules <\/b>during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/tag\/the-bachelor\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The Bachelor<\/i><\/a>\u2019s 19th season in 2015. Despite not receiving Soules\u2019 final rose, she later became one of the dual leads in Season 11 of <i>The Bachelorette<\/i> alongside fellow contestant <b>Britt Nilsson<\/b>. Bristowe emerged as the winner when the male contestants voted for the woman they wanted to remain as the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Bristowe ended the hit ABC dating show engaged to <b>Shawn Booth<\/b>. The couple were together for three years before calling off their engagement in November 2018. Bristowe moved on with former Bachelorette contestant Jason Tartick whom she started dating in January 2019. They split in August 2023, two years after getting engaged.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/kaitlyn-bristowe-reflects-on-body-dysmorphia-before-modeling-swimsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaitlyn Bristowe reflected on her body dysmorphia battle ahead of a swimsuit photoshoot. The Bachelorette alum, 38, revealed in her Instagram Story on Sunday, March 24, that she\u2019s \u201cnervous\u201d about the shoot \u201cbecause we are not editing any of the photos.\u201d \u201cBut I need to celebrate the small wins,\u201d she wrote over a photo of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85286","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}