She's a model, she's a cook, she's married to singer/songwriter John Legend, and she's her own biggest critic. Not in a bad way--she just knows how to poke fun at herself, whereas most celebrities can't even handle a bad movie review. Chrissy Teigen is what every girl should strive to be.
In January, during the Golden Globes, a stray camera caught Chrissy during an emotional moment while she listened to her husband John give his acceptance speech for an award he won for Best Original Song. The picture immediately went viral, and made its way across Twitter, Instagram, and anywhere else people could think to put it on the Internet. Instead of being annoyed and taking her anger out on people who were making fun of her, the model almost immediately responded to the backlash by saying that she "didn't get a chance to practice her crying face".
Later on that night, Chrissy even posted her Instagram photo of her and John together, mocking her face from earlier in the night. The girl knows how to take a joke, that's for sure.
Most recently, Chrissy posted another photo on her personal Instagram. It was of her crossed legs, where the viewer can clearly see bruises and *gasp* stretch marks on her legs. But if you're a model, you can't have stretch marks, right? Wrong. The caption read, "Bruises from bumping kitchen door handles for a week. Stretchies say hi!"
The picture instantly went viral (Chrissy seems to have a knack for knowing how to blow up the Internet). She received praise from thousands of women everywhere, many of them thanking her for being so real and boosting their confidence. After all, if a world-renowned MODEL can have stretch marks, the rest of us can feel a little better about having them, right?
The moral of the story is that Chrissy Teigen brings a sort of carefree, lightheartedness that more of the rich and famous should have. She doesn't care too much about what people think of her, and she's absolutely okay with showing off her imperfections. She reminds us all that we're all human and we all have flaws. And she's hilarious, down-to-earth, and gorgeous. I guess I should tone it down before people accuse me of having a crush... but honestly, they wouldn't be too far off. If you're looking for someone to look up to, look no further than Chrissy. She's perfect because she's not.
