Summer’s here in Xiaoliuqiu.
I’m in the ocean, in a bikini, in front of the camera and I’ve got something to say.
I used to really dislike my face.
My eyes felt too small, my smile looked weird, and the worst part?
My lower face looked exactly like my mom, my upper face just like my dad.
It felt like… none of it was really me.
When I was younger, I used to think maybe if I got double eyelid surgery, life would be different?
I never did it. I don’t regret it now, but sometimes I still wonder:
If I were prettier, would life have been easier?
And because I thought I was too fat, I didn’t wear a swimsuit or go swimming for over 20 years.
I hated being looked at.
The gym made me anxious—it was just... nope.
Things didn’t start to shift until I started learning mermaiding and freediving.
My intructors would teach me how to pose and film me underwater.
And when I saw the photos and videos, I remember thinking:
“Wait. That’s me? Damn—I look good!”
That “I look good” feeling?
I had never experienced it before.
Turns out I didn’t have to change into someone else to be pretty.
When I was doing something I loved, and fully in it—
That version of me was beautiful.
So let’s stop saying stuff like “I’ll take pictures when I lose weight.”
The moment you put on a swimsuit, you have a bikini body.
Add a smile from doing what you love, and you’re stunning.
Let’s go underwater together and take hot mermaid pics .💅
