On Monday, Selena Gomez sent a brief message of bσdч positivity to her Instagram.

The actress, 31, shared a photo of herself in a tiny zebra swimsuit from the past along with a more recent one in which she showed off her larger bσdч in a white tube top and high-waisted swimsuit bottoms.

“I realized today that I will never look like this again.” Previously confessing to “crying my eyes out” in response to bσdч-shaming remarks, Selena annotated the first image, which was taken in Miami, Florida, in 2013.

In the next photo, which was taken in Mexico in 2023, she commented, “I’m not perfect but I am proud to be who I am… sometimes I forget it’s ok to be me.”

Selena has previously expressed messages of bσdч positivity on several occasions. In February of last year, she also attacked people who shamed themselves for their bodies and admitted that her lupus medication was to blame for her weight gain.

Selena Gomez, 31, shared then and now swimsuit snaps to her Instagram Stories on Monday; (L) Pictured in Miami in 2013, (R) Pictured in Mexico in 2023

Earlier in the day, Gomez visited the skincare clinic Face Place in West Hollywood without makeup and wore grey cashmere-style sweatshirts and beige fuzzy slides.

The 52-year-old institution, which provides medical aesthetic procedures like Kybella, Botox, Radiofrequency Microneedling, and Plasma Fibroblast Skin Tightening, was welcomed by the pop diva with her hands full.

Gomez responded to online trolls who made disparaging remarks about her figure in February of last year by declaring that she would “never be a model.”

The actress advised followers to exercise self-love even in moments of feeling ashamed, and disclosed that she will “hold a lot of water weight” as a result of many Ԁrugs she takes.

‘When I’m off of it, I tend to kind of lose weight,’ stated the Lose You to Love Me singer, who has previously been outspoken about her diagnosis of autoimmune diseаse and her experience with mentаl health issues.

The former Disney star said that the slight side effect is insignificant compared to her health, while still supporting bσdч positivity: “My medications are important, and I believe they are what helps me.”

“Go away, because, honestly, I don’t believe in shaming people for [their] bσdч or anything,” she said to the critics.

“Well, no, I’m not a model,” she stated, “and I never will be.”

“And I think they’re awesome—mind you—I just, I’m definitely not that,” she continued.

‘Today, I realized I will never look like this again…’ she wrote over the first photo, which saw her rocking a tiny zebra swimsuit and showing off her toned physique

‘I’m not perfect but I am proud to be who I am… sometimes I forget it’s ok to be me,’ she wrote on the next image, where she displaying a fuller figure in high-waisted swimsuit bottoms

The hitmaker then kept urging her followers to embrace and cherish who they are.

“I wаnted to encourage and support anyone who is experiencing shame for what they are going through, since nobσdч is aware of the full story,” she stated.

“I just want everyone to know how amazing and gorgeous you are.”

The former cast member of Wizards of Waverly Place emphasized the value of her health over appearances as well.

She admitted, “Yeah, there are days when we might feel awful, but I would much rather be well and take care of myself.”

The founder of Rare Beauty blocked more bσdч-shaming remarks she had gotten the month before after attending the 2023 Golden Globes.

‘I’m a little bit huge right now, because I enjoyed myself during the holidays, huh?’ Selena questioned her nine-year-old half-sister Gracie during an Instagram Live.

I think Gracie agrees, Selena said, ‘But we don’t care.’

In a video posted to her TikTоk Stories in 2022, she also called out bσdч shamers.

To be honest, I don’t give about my weight since it seems like people do. “That doesn’t fit, you’re too big or too small, meh meh meh meh.”

“I am ideal in my current state.” The story’s lesson? Goodbye,’ she said.

Last February she went after bσdч shamers while revealing that her lupus medication is responsible for her weight gain

Gomez previously described portraying herself online as someone who didn’t care about the criticism – when in reality she was ‘crying my eyes out’; Seen in January at Golden Globes

But in an episode of the Apple TV+ documentary series Dear… last year, the celebrity said that bσdч shamers had a greater influence on her than she had previously admitted.

Going viral, Gomez claimed to be ‘bawling my eyes out’ while giving the impression that she didn’t care about the backlash.

“I told a lie.” When I posted a picture of myself online, I would add, “It doesn’t matter.” “I reject what you’re stating,” she uttered. “I’m in the room posting and crying my eyes out because no one should have to hear those things,” the speaker said.

In September 2017, the vocalist of the song “Lose You To Love Me” revealed that she had received a kidney transplant.

Gomez, who had suffered оrgan damage from her lupus diagnosis at the age of 24, needed a kidney transplant, so her friend Francia Raisa decided to give her kidney to save her life.