Chrissy Teigen gives hope to fans by posting photo of her stretch marks

Chrissy Teigen has inspired her almost 2 million followers by posting a photo that shows she’s human just like everyone else. She got a lot of positive feedback for posting a photo of the stretch marks on her legs.

She captioned a photo of herself sitting cross-legged on the couch while wearing a pair of short denim shorts, “Bruises from bumping kitchen drawer handles for a week. Stretchies say hi!”

The model, and wife of singer John Legend, is known for her colorful choice of photos and comments on social media.

Us Weekly reports this particular photo has served as an inspiration to fans, who often feel the pressures to be skinny in a celebrity-obsessed world. This message coming from a supermodel gives many young girls hope.

Comments like “This just made me feel a lot better about my stretch marks” can be seen all over the comments thread from her post.

Bruises from bumping kitchen drawer handles for a week. Stretchies say hi!

A photo posted by @chrissyteigen on

image via Instagram from Chrissy Teigen

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