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Brooke Shields<\/a>\u00a0is perhaps one of the most iconic actresses of her generation. She is considered a great beauty by all her fans. However, now she is opening up about some of the unfair criticism the actress has faced in her life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keep reading to learn more about what the actress went through in her life\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Brooke Shields is one of the world\u2019s most successful supermodels. She has made a name for herself both on the runway and on movie screens because of her immense talent and beauty.<\/p>\n

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The 57-year-old beauty icon however has had her fair share of detractors who tried to take away from her success. Now the\u00a0actress<\/a>\u00a0is opening up about her relationship with her mother Teri who was her manager since Shields had been a child.<\/p>\n

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Her mother was her first critic. The actress\u00a0recalls<\/a>, \u201cMy mother would get drunk and say: \u2018Why don\u2019t you move your fat ass?\u2019 So, I\u2019ve always believed I had a fat ass.\u201d She experienced body-shaming from her own mother which skewed how she viewed herself.<\/p>\n

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In 2012, her mother passed away after a lifelong battle with alcoholism. But her remarks about Shields left an impact on the actress that was hard to shake. It took years to repair the damage that was done.<\/p>\n

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In the end, it was her husband of 17 years Chris Henchy, a screen-writer who made the actress accept her body for what it was and made her see her own beauty.<\/p>\n

She\u00a0shared<\/a>, \u201cI would walk backwards out of rooms, and he\u2019d say: \u2018No, I want to grab onto you,\u2019\u201d Shields said. \u201cHe really celebrated my womanliness and my body. And I needed a man to celebrate me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She was previously married to Andre Agassi from 1997 to 1999. She broke into Hollywood as a teenage actress but it was her iconic Calvin Klein jeans ad, shot by Richard Avedon in 1980 that made her into the icon she is today.<\/p>\n

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While the actress was always considered beautiful by the masses, she shares how there would always be criticism about her. She said, \u201cI modeled swimwear when I was 15, and even then I didn\u2019t think I had a swimsuit body.\u201d \u201cI was a cover girl, not a supermodel. I was \u2018neck up\u2019 \u2014 the face, the eyebrows \u2014 and I was always described as \u2018athletic\u2019; \u2018not rail-thin\u2019; \u2018not a runway model.\u2019 Those messages, they seep into your consciousness,\u201d the actress finished.<\/p>\n

A few years ago, she did another swimsuit campaign and teamed up with Calvin Klein for a campaign yet again. She said she dedicated to the role and made sure she looked her best. \u201cI knew that if I didn\u2019t look my best, I\u2019d be embarrassed and mad at myself. I stopped drinking beer and wine, and I worked out three times a week. I was the best version of myself,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cI was also hungry.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is so surprising to see that even a greaty beauty like Brooke Shields was no stranger to insecurities. While the world considered her beautiful, her own mother and other detractors tried to make her feel less than.<\/p>\n

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It is heartening to see that her husband countered her beliefs and reminded her of how beautiful she is; helping her accept her body for what it was.<\/p>\n

Recently, the actress has opened about a sexual assault that she went through more than 30 years ago. In a recent interview with\u00a0People<\/a>, Shields revealed she was assaulted by a Hollywood executive shortly after graduating from Princeton University.<\/p>\n

At the time she blamed herself, but as decades have gone by she\u2019s had time to process what happened.\u201cI\u2019m more angry now than I was able to be then. If you\u2019re afraid, you\u2019re rightfully so. They are scary situations. They don\u2019t have to be violent to be scary.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This is the first time the\u00a0model<\/a>\u00a0turned actress has revealed she was a victim of sexual assault because \u201cPeople weren\u2019t believing those stories back then. I thought I would never work again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Her story, which has sadly become too common in Hollywood, is told in more detail in a soon-to-be released two-part documentary,\u00a0Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields<\/em>.\u201cDoing the documentary, you see it all together, and it\u2019s a miracle that I survived,\u201d Shields said.<\/p>\n

After graduating from Princeton University, Shields found herself at the \u201clowest point\u201d of her career. She met with an unnamed Hollywood executive for dinner who she believed would offer her a movie or a job, but after their meal he invited her to his hotel room.<\/p>\n

He convinced her to go to his room under the guise of calling a cab from his room. But once there he sexually assaulted her.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI didn\u2019t fight,\u201d she said. \u201cI just froze.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shields felt incredibly guilty and blamed herself for the attack. \u201cI kept saying, \u2018I shouldn\u2019t have done that. Why did I go up with him? I shouldn\u2019t have had that drink at dinner.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n

At the time Shields only told one person, her close friend and one-time security consultant Gavin de Becker. But now she\u2019s ready to share her story \u201cwith the hopes of helping people not feel alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody processes their own trauma on a different timeline. I want to be an advocate for women to be able to speak their truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Share this article with others so they can learn more about Brooke Shields<\/strong>.\u00a0The actress has been through so much and is still thriving in her career despite all the adversities she has faced. We send her all our well wishes!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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