Mekayla Diehl: Miss Indiana Earns Praise For Showing Off Normal, Curvier Body


Mekayla Diehl may not have won the Miss USA pageant, but Miss Indiana is the one causing a stir on social media after showing off her normal, curvier figure in the competition.

The contestant stood out from the normally stick-thin beauty queens in the competition, and afterward pictures of Mekayla’s swimsuit competition went viral on Twitter.

The attention was a lot for the 25-year-old Indiana resident, who said she was glad to find so much support for her healthy physique.

“It’s quite overwhelming, in a positive way,” Diehl told Fox & Friends.

Mekayla Diehl said it was never her intention to become an inspiration to others, but was glad to see so many people stand by her.

“I wanted to just continue a healthy lifestyle and inspire others to go after their dreams,” she said. “I never imagined that it would be in a swimsuit.”

She has earned some big fans as well. Supermodel Petra Nemcova said the though Mekayla’s run was fantastic, saying it was great to see a different body type represented on such a big stage.

“Each person has a different body type,” Nemcova said. “Some people are naturally skinny, some curvy. We have to celebrate all different shapes of the body. The main thing is to be healthy.”

There were plenty more fans who took to Twitter with their support of Mekayla Diehl.

Diehl said she puts a lot of work into staying fit, and though she may not have a rail-thin physique, she is still proud of her body.

“I trained very hard for the body I have, but I didn’t go to extremes, and I’m proud of that,” she said.

In the end, Mekayla Diehl didn’t make it out of the Miss USA semifinals, but among her thousands of new fans she is the true winner.

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