Kim Kardashian fans have praised her for showing off her real body in unedited bikini photos which resurfaced over the weekend.
The reality TV star was papped during a holiday to Mexico in 2017 to celebrate sister Kourtney’s birthday.
And snaps of her famous bum – including her cellulite – later went viral.
Looking very different to how she does now, the 41-year-old flaunted her curvier figure in a Gucci swimsuit which she teamed with aviator sunglasses and big hoop earrings.
Instead of the platinum blonde locks she rocks these days, Kim was brunette and wore her shorter hair tied back in a casual bun.
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The five-year-old photos were reposted on social media platform Reddit following Kim’s recent weight loss.
Fans were quick to comment, saying it was important for young women to see what real bodies look like, even celebrity ones.
Praising her natural beauty, one fan wrote: “She has cellulite and body bumps like every other woman. She just looks human."
“This is how anybody looks unedited. Cellulite is so normal whatever size you’re at and it shows depending on lighting,” said another.
While a third added: “As much as these pics hurt Kim to be released it was important for young women to see that Instagram does not reflect real life.”
At the time the photos emerged, Kim claimed they had been Photoshopped to make her look “way worse”.
The moment she saw the pictures was later shown on Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
Mum-of-four Kim is heard saying: “Oh my God. I don’t get it. I literally don’t look like this.”
She then rushes inside to “untag herself in everything” as the photos spread on social media.
During an appearance on US talk show The View, Kim said the unflattering photos inspired her to get back in the gym.
She said: “I saw these awful photos of myself when I was on a trip to Mexico and people were Photoshopping them and sharpening them.
“I definitely was not in my best shape. I hadn’t worked out in about 12 weeks. I’d had two surgeries on my uterus.
“[After seeing the photos] I was like ‘OK, I’m going to get it together’ and I started working out with this bodybuilder girl.”
These days Kim, who is now dating Saturday Night Live comic Pete Davidson, is the slimmest she has ever looked.
She recently admitted to losing 16lbs in three weeks so she could fit into the Marilyn Monroe dress she wore to the Met Gala.
“I tried the dress on and it didn’t fit me. I said, ‘Give me three weeks,’” she told Vogue on the red carpet.
“I had to lose 16 pounds. It was such a challenge. I was determined to it into it. I haven’t had carbs or sugar in about three weeks.”
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