The also director of the documentary Metamorphosis of Aitana, Chloë Wallace, has published a forceful message on Instagram in which she verbalizes her frustration with current beauty standards and the growing pressure to achieve extreme thinness. In her text, Wallace denounces that the images we constantly consume —especially on red carpets, events, and social media— promote a body ideal that rekindles eating disorders (ED) and normalizes potentially dangerous practices.
Wallace describes how these aesthetic pressures directly affect women: from the obsession with weight to the idea that the body must be increasingly thin to be valued or considered successful. She points out that this dynamic often shifts towards new methods such as pharmacological treatments (for example, Ozempic) which, under the guise of well-being or health, promote hunger suppression and perpetuate the idea that “less is better”.
Her reflection has generated a wave of reactions and support, including that of well-known figures such as Aitana, Nicole Wallace and Diana Gómez, as well as comments from health professionals who appreciate her courage for addressing a structural problem that particularly affects adolescents and young women.
This speech by Wallace adds to the growing public debate about beauty standards, mental health, and gender roles in contemporary society, highlighting the importance of questioning and rethinking the messages that women receive about their bodies and their worth.