Olympic Gymnast Alexa Moreno Has Been Called A 'Pig' By Body-Shamers

Thankfully, common sense has now prevailed in the Twitterverse and many other suitably-impressed mere mortals have now come to her defense. Image: screengrab.

Thankfully, common sense has now prevailed in the Twitterverse and many other suitably-impressed mere mortals have now come to her defense. Image: screengrab.

This article originally appeared on Mamamia and has been republished with permission.

Content notice: fatphobia, mention of weight in pounds.

Despite weighing a sprightly 45kg [99lbs], being capable of aerial splits and competing in the OLYMPICS, a Mexican gymnast has been compared to a “pig” for absolutely no reason.

After competing for her country in the artistic gymnastics in Rio on Sunday [August 7], 22-year-old Alexa Moreno was taunted online by cruel trolls.

Apparently, Olympic-level taut is not taut enough.

One Twitter user captioned an image of Peppa Pig with the words: “Exclusive images of Alexa Moreno following her gymnastics routine.”

Meanwhile, some other a**hole tweeted, “Alexa Moreno has the body of two gymnasts together, a diet before going to the Olympics would have been nice.”

 

 

It’s worth noting that, aside from having a teenie tiny BMI, Mexico is rarely represented in gymnastics at an Olympic-level. [Editor’s note: And, of course, it must be noted that BMI is neither an indicator of health nor fitness.]

By all accounts Morena killed it, too — expertly landing herself into 12th place.

Thankfully, common sense has now prevailed in the Twitterverse and many other suitably-impressed mere mortals have now come to her defense.

 

 

 

 

 

We’d like to see a troll to a back flip like that, to be quite honest.

 

 


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