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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Andrew Young

Over half of women have no body confidence and 75% avoid looking in mirror

Over half of women (57%) claim they have no body confidence – with three in five saying there is not enough body diversity represented in the media.

Almost a fifth (18%) say they feel insecure about their body, with the same number having cancelled a date as a result, while 26% have missed or cancelled a birthday celebration.

And three-quarters, of the 2,000 women polled, say they can't even bring themselves to look in a mirror because of how they feel about their body.

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