Iris Mareike Steen
There is not only praise for her “Playboy” appearance
Iris Mareike Steen
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Iris Mareike Steen drops the covers for “Playboy” for the second time. In the magazine she shows how God created her. In the accompanying interview, she reports that she has learned to love her curves. However, some people are bothered by the statement.
Iris Mareike Steen, 30, once again shows her naked body in “Playboy”. For the first time she was photographed without a cover in 2015, the photo shoot took place in New York at the time. For the second shoot, the GZSZ actress chose her hometown of Hamburg, she was photographed in a pub and on a boat. In the past seven years, she has not only gained life experience, she has also learned to love her curves, explains the 30-year-old. She now has to accept criticism for this statement.
Iris Mareike Steen: How curvy is curvy?
“I’m now quite happy with my curves. That wasn’t always the case. I’ve heard the same thing from many other women, and I find that very sad. In the meantime, I’ve learned to find curves beautiful on me too,” says the 30-year-old opposite “Playboy”. Honorable as the statement is, it is confusing. Because how curvy can you be with a dress size 36 that Iris Mareike Steen wears? There are voices on the internet that say exactly that. “If it’s curvy, I’m out,” writes a user in a Facebook group. “Makes her unsympathetic to me, then always ask me what she would think of people like me,” said another. “Is that supposed to be curvy?” A third said. The response in the private group is clear: beautiful shots of a woman who is a few dress sizes away from “curvy”.
“I’d rather be skinny”
In the meantime, she has learned to love her curves, in the past she “would have preferred to be thin”, according to the GZSZ actress. It is precisely these statements that cause a lack of understanding on social media. Because Iris Mareike Steen is objectively thin. With her pictures and her interview, she wants other women to learn to accept their bodies, whether they are thin or curvy. The only question is: what does “thin” look like to the 30-year-old when she describes herself as “curvy”?