Jelena Dokic's powerful message on body image
Jelena Dokic has shared a powerful message about body image, after years of online trolls commenting on her weight.
The tennis great took to Instagram to share before and after photos of her from nine months ago with the caption: "NOW THE SAME PERSON REGARDLESS OF MY SIZE".
"Whether 30 kilos more on the left 10 months ago or now. Proud of myself in exactly the same way," she said.
"Because my size and number on the scale doesn't define me.
"My kindness, hard work, humility, loyalty, good heart, resilience, strength in face adversity and fighting spirit does. And that's what really matters."
"Nobody at your funeral will ever talk about your size," Dokic continued.
"They will talk about who you were as a person. So make sure they can say what an amazing and kind person you were. And that's what it's about. Legacy of kindness and being a good person.
"And if you do it at a size 20 or a size 2, it really doesn't matter. But don't ever judge anyone and don't ever base your opinion on others based on their size.
"Because then you are just not a good person and it's not kind."
She then urged her followers to be kind before saying that she is not ashamed of who she was "because it doesn't matter what size I am as long as I am a good person."
She continued saying that no matter what size she is "nobody will shame me into feeling bad about myself and who I am especially nobody that sits behind a keyboard or phone and takes time out of their life to write something negative to someone else especially someone that you don't even know."
"And the same goes if you see me or anyone else in person and you judge us and base your opinion of us based on our size," she said.
"That's just terrible. And what you think of me and others based on size says everything about you. Full stop."
Dokic has been a vocal advocate for body positivity, after years of online trolls commenting on her changing body size.
Just last month she opened up about her body transformation and struggles with depression and an eating disorder.
Images: Instagram