Nadia Jaftha slams fat-shamers, embraces her body
"Still fat AF" - award-winning content creator, Nadia Jaftha, had the perfect response to an internet troll.
Social media users have become all too comfortable calling people fat online, but influencer, Nadia Jaftha, is not taking the hate lying down.
The 29-year-old took to Instagram to share a shocking message she received from a follower in her direct messages. The user had commented on one of her Instagram Stories: "Still fat AF."
Nadia used the hateful comment to show her followers that it doesn't matter what people think of you as long as you love yourself.
She shared a video of herself jiggling her thighs and arms to Nicki Minaj's 'Super Freaky Girl'. Nadia also shared a message about loving your body because it does a lot for you.
Watch her video below.
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Many of Nadia's friends and followers flooded the comments section with messages of support.
"And even if you were fat, since when is that an insult, this isn’t the 90s! You’re either hot or not and you my friend are fire," 'Real Housewives of Cape Town' star Rushda 'RushTush' Moosajee wrote.
Singer and actress, Ammara Brown, wrote: "Your beautiful self inside and out.. waking up to this desperado.. at 7:25am opening a fake account, to come embarrass themselves... moving along."
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While her haters are busy hating, Nadia is busy winning at life. She won three awards at the DStv Content Creator Awards in September.
She was recognised in the 'Comedy Award', 'Thumb-Stopping Award' and 'Content of the Year Award presented by DStv' categories.
"I’m so so grateful and overwhelmed," Nadia said after her big wins. She also starred in a feature film in 2022. Nadia played journalist Emma Woods in the comedy, 'Who's My Daddy?'.
The movie, which premiered in September, stars Sans Moonsamy, Alfred Ntombela and the late Shaleen Surtie-Richards.
Shaleen "died peacefully in her sleep" in June 2021. The actress made her final movie appearance in the film. Nadia, who studied film at UCT, revealed in August that starring in the movie was a dream come true.
"I’m so happy to finally be doing what I love and don’t worry, I’ll do the influencer things too. I just want to let you know that DREAMS DO COME TRUE and my biggest wish for you is that you always push through despite what others may think or say - trust me... it’s an everyday struggle for me. I’m so grateful and overwhelmed," she said.
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Main image credit: Instagram/@nadiajaftha