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Simone Biles' Amazing Reply To Body-Shamers

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Ria Das
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Simone Biles, USA gymnast

The extraordinary Olympian gymnast Simone Biles is the kind of athlete who makes you want to work out... she has a physique to die for and several medals from Rio under her belt. You don't need more validation than that, surely! And she's definitely an inspiration to girls around the world.

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But even Simone Biles has to deal with body-shamers, who found a way to criticise her for some ridiculous reason.

Simone Biles Shuts Down Body-Shamers

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Simone Biles Shuts Down Body-Shamers

The 19-year-old Olympic gold-medalist on Tuesday tweeted a body-positive message (secretly showing the middle finger of course!) and encountered some body shamers who targeted her body using words like ‘Fatty’.

https://twitter.com/Jay_Henderson23/status/813945784928522241

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https://twitter.com/VinnyS914/status/813946538565271552

Her response takes the cake -- and that tweet  was retweeted more than 1,900 times and liked more than 16,000 times just a day later.

Also Read: Body Shamers Should Mind Their Own Business, says Artist Kritika Trehan

You go, Simone!

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Also read: How to handle cyber sexism? Stand up to it!

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