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Becky G reveals how Latina stereotypes impacted her while growing up in the public eye

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Becky G. The singer, actress, and businesswoman has been working in the entertainment industry since she was 14 years old.

Like many women in the industry, she has times where she looks back and revisits those overwhelming moments in which unrealistic beauty standards and stereotypes made her question her whole self.During an interview for It Figures —Yahoo Life’s body image series about body confidence, body neutrality, and self-love — the Mexican-American star opened up about feeling pressure for her appearance.“I went through this transition of young girl to young woman in front of the whole world,” she tells Yahoo Life. “You’re exposed all the time — what you look like, how you speak, how you wear something.

It definitely affected me, and it impacted how I viewed my own self.”The proud Latina and LA native became the financial support for her family at a young age, which took a toll on her. “In Latin culture, you know, a lot of the women are very giving — you have to give to everyone else before we give to ourselves,” she explains. “And through therapy, I learned that it’s OK to work on myself, to do things that only I can benefit from, which is a healthy body.”Eva Longoria and Huda Kattan share their thoughts on photoshop and unrealistic beauty standardsMiss Universe Harnaaz Sandhu reacted to the criticism for her weight and revealed her health problemDascha Polanco becomes CALIA’s brand ambassador and joins the Collective communityBecky learned how to find the balance between her career, personal life, and mental health.

However, embarking on a fitness journey wasn’t easy, especially when the world expects all Latinas to be curvy.“The ‘why’ is very important to me.

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