Kim Kardashian’s latest trip to Turks and Caicos found the beauty on the beach in a white bikini, showing off her 21-pound weight loss in a playful photo shoot.
Kardashian, 41, showed off her slimmed-down curves in a white two-piece, removing a crop top with the words “The Incredible” on it mid-shoot, while the beauty was photographed by a black-clad friend who saw the reality star who was between the two. snaps through laughs.
The Skims founder faced criticism in June after revealing she’d lost 16 pounds in three weeks in an attempt to squeeze into Marilyn Monroe’s famous “Happy Birthday” dress for the 2022 Met Gala, which she attended with friend, comedian Pete Davidson.
“For me it was like, ‘Okay, Christian Bale can do it for a movie role and that’s acceptable.’ Even Renée Zellweger got heavier for a part. It’s all the same for me,” the reality star told The New York Times after the controversy.
“I didn’t say, ‘Hi everyone, why don’t you go lose this weight in a little while,'” she added, also emphasizing that she “didn’t do anything unhealthy” to fit the dress.
Her personal trainer, Don Brooks, has backed up her statement by saying she has lost weight in a “healthy way”.
“I think one of the misconceptions is that she works very hard. I was there during the trial, and it wasn’t like starving yourself,” Brooks told TMZ shortly after the Met Gala. “She’s been on a really balanced diet and sometimes she didn’t eat that much, but the second thing was going to the gym and doing the work.”
Kardashian later shared on The Today Show that she has since lost another 5 pounds, bringing her total to 21 pounds.
“I have now lost 21 pounds. I’m not trying to lose weight anymore, but I have more energy than ever. I left out so much sugar. I was eating a lot of junk food. I didn’t even realize it. Lots of fried foods. And I completely changed my lifestyle.”