Readers Respond: How I Feel About Wearing a Bikini

Responses: 149

By Paula Darnell, About.com Guide

I love wearing my bikini! I have little boobs, LONG legs, big thighs and huge hips and butt with a tinyy waist and kinda a "pooch"...but that DOESN'T stop me from wearing a bikini. I feel confident that I'm beautiful and my boyfriend helps with that cause he ALWAYS tells me I'm beautiful :D but just be yourself, if you wanna wear a bikini go ahead dont let ANYONE stop you!(:
—Guest BaybeeBoo

I'm 13 and 5 1 and I weigh 142 lbs! I'm on a diet to get down to 120 and I really am not that fat! I swim 4 days a week so one pieces aren't a big deal, but I have fat all over my stomach and thighs. I'm going on vacation in three months so hopefully I can wear one by then!!!
—Guest ffgghfh

i love wearing bikinis , one-pieces look so crappy on me because they all so wide.. the only thing that i DONT like about bikinis are the bottoms.. like they are just so .. odd.. thats why i wear short butt shorts over top of them, and i feel so confident.. i mean yes im pale, i have a small chest, but i feel so good && sexxy in it. ! just be confident.. at first i was like oh gosh im so pale what are they going to say?! but it turned out just fine.. who cares whether you have a lil bit of fat on your stomach.. or you have back rolls.. dont let that stop you from expressing yourself!!!!
—Guest mykayla

i think wearing a bikini is great becouse the boys start looking at you and start asking you out
—Guest bikini

I am 12 and I weigh about 53 kg I always wanted to ware one but I think I don't look good in it so I'm trying to improve my doing about 20-40 sit-ups a day
—Guest Ella

Ok really I have a bit of a muffin top but my boyfriend says it looks cute when I wear a bikini so I say go for it!!!! Just remeber if u r larger don't cower down it only makes ur stomach bulge and u look fatter!!!!! So instead put ur shoulders back which makes ur boobs look bigger and don't look at the ground raise ur head!!!!! All in all give them hell!!!!!!!!
—Guest Babe and a half

Well, I'm 12 (turning 13 in a month) and I'm 5'4 and 130 pounds. I don't have any rolls and with a little excersice I can flatten my tummy a little bit and I guess I'd look perfect! ^^ and since I live in Peru, summer starts in December, so I'm planning on losing some weight to wear a bikini!! :D
—Guest ILovePie

holy god guys please! you are all amazing please please stop worrying about looking skinny! it really isn't the only thing important in life...go out there in a bikini and rock it! who gives a **** if you look bad - no one cares if you look like you're having fun. get out there and rock it :) x
—Guest emily

i'm 14 and i'm 4'10 i weigh 89 pounds, i have a fine figure that i can deal with, but i have no breasts at all. why is that? all my friends have big chest and nice firm breast, i just never wanna ever go swimming or wear a bikini.. what can i do? how can i get them naturally bigger, fast?
—Guest skinny one

Im a pretty skinny girl. Im considerd underweight because my body weight is in 5th percentile. Im 4 11 and 68 lbs. My ribs are shown. It is incredibly tough when people are just staring at you thinking she is so skinny! Constatly being told your too skinny isn't that fun people. I have average friends who are just super nice to me! They enourage me to wear a bikini. I do and i don't care that people tare about me. Im not starving my self but i play 4 sports, all travel and im not a big boned person so i know i am halthy. Every body please stop judging. And overweight people being told your anerexic by the kids isn't so great either, but dont let people stop you from things you wear
—Guest skinnygirly

Hi you might have seen me before. But I also wanted to say that it's absolutley FINE if you don't wear a bikini. Don't let people intimadate you. Also if your overweight don't be afraid to wear a bikini. If people make fun of you they are just self-concious themselves
—Guest peace

I've always been self concious of my tummy and top of my legs, I'm 17 and have been to concellors and dieticians because of my size, weight and eating habits. I plucked up the courage to wear a bikini swimming with 2 of my friends, I was very self concious but once you get into the pool and have fun you soon forget about what you and everyone else looks like :) I would say go for it. Also everyone who thinks they're fat out there - being constantly told you're skinny is just as frustrating as being told you're fat
—Guest Sophie

Im 11 and im 4. 10. I only weigh 68 pounds. Thats just the way my body is built, skinny. I eat as much as any other normal weight girl but i just dont put on the pounds. So I feel great in a bikini. I look terrible in a one piece. It doesnt fit. They are to wide for me so its all scrunchy on the side. Also im very petite and small looking so they look very weird on me. But be comfortable in you own skin. If you wanna wear a bikini go for it. People can see my ribs but that doesnt make me self concious
—Guest peace

I am 14, 5'2'', and 130 pounds. I like wearing bikinis, but my back has rolls. I like to laugh at my self, and that helps me deal. If I wear a bikini with enough color blocking, it will work. :)
—Guest Shy One

hey, im 12 years old and i love wearing bikinis!!! but my mum always has to check that nothing is showing to much! its kinda anoying but i know shes only doing her job as a mum! out of all of my friends i would say i wear the most bikinis out of them all! and thats how i got my nickname bikini bikini!! lol. i say " who cares what people think of you! just be confident!"
—Guest miss bikini bikini

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