Can we have an honest conversation about beauty standards in Nigeria? Because apparently, to be considered a fine babe in this country, you need to be thick, have curves in all the right places and look like you were assembled with a particular body template.

If you're naturally slim, suddenly everybody becomes your nutritionist. Aunties will ask if you're eating. Random people will recommend food. Even people who haven't seen you in five years will greet you with "Ah, you've reduced o!" Like it's a national emergency. 

And the funny thing is, some slim girls genuinely struggle with feeling attractive because of how heavily Nigerian pop culture celebrates being thick. From social media comments to relationship conversations, there's this unspoken expectation that women should look a certain way to be considered desirable.

But why must everybody have the same body type to be beautiful?

You can be slim, thick, petite, tall or somewhere in between and still be absolutely stunning. Nobody should have to apologise for their natural body.