Lena Dunham Shares Body-Positive Message Alongside Jogging Pic — Plus 16 More Stars Who LOVE Their Figures!

Updated: Sep 15, 2016 4:26 pm

By Brigitte Ayaz

Lena Dunham may not look like most of the girls in Hollywood, but the actress is content with her body, though that wasn't always the case!

The 29-year-old took to Instagram on Thursday to share a photo of herself on the run while revealing why this particular image makes her feel "strong, swift and proud."

"Not usually one to post a paparazzi shot but this fills me with pride," the Girls star wrote. "Basically my whole life I have hated running and run like a wounded baby Pterodactyl."

But the writer went on to explain how she's come to embrace exercise and living a healthier lifestyle. "I'm not about to embrace that triathlon life but it's a true joy to continue getting more connected to my body and its powers," she shared.

Go, Lena! Scroll through the gallery above to see more celebs who've embraced their figures — flaws and all!

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Tia Mowry

The actress slammed haters who commented on her weight gain. "I am not pregnant, I am just happy," she said. "I've gained these extra 10 [or] 15 pounds because of my cooking show. I'm just enjoying life, and when I want to drop the pounds, I will, but right now I'm happy with who I am."

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Amber Rose

"Yaaaaaas dimples on the booty! #StandUpStraightSoIKnowitsReal #BeautifulBabiesGiveYouBeautifulDimples #MILFIN," the mother-of-one previously said in response to critics who called her butt lumpy.

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Britney Spears

The singer is all about embracing her flaws — "my hips are a little bit wider because I’ve had kids" — but also likes to keep her body in check! "I like my workouts to be effective in a short amount of time," she's shared.

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Chelsea Handler

Posing for a bikini photo, the comedienne revealed, "You know, I had a boyfriend who told me my boobs were too big and that I was fat. And then, I looked in the mirror."

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Demi Lovato

"I really started to accept my body when the trend started becoming less about super skinny models that was completely unattainable for anybody to have," she's said. "Kim Kardashian, say whatever you want about her, but she has revolutionized what's accepted with curves nowadays."

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Iggy Azalea

"It's important people see celebrities, or see me as well, go to the beach and have cellulite and know it, like 'I'm cool, I'm OK with that and I still feel confident,'" she told WHO magazine.

"I don't want to surgery-shame or Botox-shame women, either. It's that balance of being confident with who you are, but also if you do want to change something, if you want to dye your hair or if you want to get breast implants and that makes you happy, I don't think you should be ashamed."

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JWoww

In response to paparazzi photos taken of her in a swimsuit, the reality star wrote on Facebook, "I want to sit here and say that I’m embarrassed by these pictures but honestly I’m not. I’m a new mom that loves to work out but also loves food as well."

She added, "At the end of the day I am not perfect and neither is my body…I will never try to follow the trend of being stick thin. I follow the trend of what I love in life… And what I love is me. Everyone love yourself and consider yourself #flawless."

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Rebel Wilson

When asked about giving into the pressures of Hollywood body standards, she said, “I like being who I am. No pressure could change that.”

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Beyoncé

"I think it's important to feel like a woman, as well as look like a woman," the Grammy winner has said.

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Cameron Diaz

"I enjoy my body a lot more now than I did in my twenties," the married star revealed.

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Tyra Banks

"I feel good about my curves and my imperfections — my booty, my boobs, my thighs — I embrace it all," the new mom shared.

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Mariah Carey

"We should all just embrace who we are physically. I'm not supposed to be a stick figure girl. It's just not me," the diva has said.

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Eva Mendes

"I love my curves, and I embrace them," the mother-of-two revealed.

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Christina Hendricks

"Even now, [weight's] never been a focus in my life," the redhead has shared. "I've always been fit, I've always been active, and I've always been healthy, but I've just tried to live my life the way I live it. It's nice that I've gotten a lot of positive feedback about it lately, but I'm just doing what I normally do."

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Kate Winslet

"I don't have parts of my body that I hate or would like to trade for somebody else's or wish I could surgically adjust into some fantasy version of what they are," the Oscar winner revealed.

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Pink

"I think people have gotten it wrong. They think their opinion matters and holds weight, and I don't know where or why they're giving themselves so much credit, you know? So I thought it was important for me to remind them that I don't care," she told [Entertainment Tonight](http://www.etonline.com/news/164403pinkaddressesherepicresponsetobodyshamersidonttakewelltobullying/)_ of her body shaming haters. "My life is full. I like food a lot and I really like to cook. I like to live."

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Mischa Barton

"I've never claimed to have a perfect body. I eat healthy, I work out. I feel very comfortable. I come from a European family that's always very comfortable with their bodies. You are what you are as a woman," she has said.

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Amy Schumer

"It’s very therapeutic for me to be like, 'Yes, I’m not going to look like a malnourished bird,’ and I like speaking to that, as well as speaking to my work and what I’m doing," she said in a VH1 press conference while promoting her film Trainwreck.

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Jessica Simpson

"I thought I was going to get a breast reduction, but after having kids, I look at myself and I’m like, 'you know what, my boobs are actually really big, but I like how they are.' They’re an asset, and Eric loves them still," the mother-of-two told Women's Health.

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Lena Dunham

"My food intake was a hard thing to share publicly," she told People magazine in 2014. But thanks to boyfriend Jack Antonoff's support, "I really feel good with my size now," she said.