The small boobs issue.

(Not recommended for the few guys who lurk my blog, unless you're brave and empathic.)

I've had this in my Drafts for quite a long time now, but Jia Yee blogging about embracing her height gave me the boost I needed to finally post this.

Before I start, I'd like to say that I don't have anything against girls with big boobs. If you're born naturally busty, well good for you! 

But some of us girls aren't as fortunate.

Or at least I used to think a flatter chest was a misfortune, or even a curse. I even seriously considered getting plastic surgery or something to "correct" it.

Now I realize how silly I was, because there's no need to correct something that's perfect just the way it is, that needs no correction.

What's wrong with not having huge boobs? Absolutely nothing. Girls aren't made all the same, so we don't all have the same cup-size. Thus, there isn't just one size that is "acceptable" or "right".

If we (speaking on behalf of all late-bloomers) love our small boobs and are fine with it, what right does anyone have to tell us otherwise? None. We shouldn't have to be judged for something we have no control over.

The mentality that bigger boobs immediately equates to beauty is completely wrong. Not that girls with big boobs aren't beautiful, but all my life growing up I have been bombarded by the subconscious message that because I am flatter-chested, I am automatically not pretty enough.

That is so wrong, in so many ways. It is so wrong to let girls grow up thinking that boobs are all that matters. Valuing a girl merely by the size of her chest is demeaning and demoralizing.

Wanting bigger boobs is so often a self-esteem or confidence issue. And even more often, what other people think doesn't matter, because we are our own worst critics. You are the only one who can change your frame of mind, and decide that you are comfortable with what you were born with.

So lately, I've been searching for Hollywood stars who have smaller boobies just like me, and who are absolutely gorgeous. They are role-models to me because they are so confident, in a world where girls their age are hopping in and out of the plastic surgeon's office on a daily basis.

Dianna Agron (Glee).

Alessandra Ambrosio, far right (Victoria's Secret Angel).

AnnaLynne McCord (90210).

I have small boobs and I like 'em. For other girls with small boobs, you'll know how convenient they are too! Another useful thing is... you'll know a boy likes you for you, and not how well you fill out your tight shirt. And when you need cleavage, push-up bras come to the rescue. We have the best of both worlds!

In an image-obsessed world, surrounded by body-conscious teenagers and all sorts of peer pressure, I am a 16-year-old learning to love my body, just the way it is. I am beautiful, and you are too :)

Don't ever let anyone else, boy or girl, convince you otherwise, because that just makes them bitter, mean and sad for trying to put another person down.

Darryl: "I don't wanna marry a girl with huge boobs."

Me (obviously confused): "Huh, why?! I thought all guys like big boobs."

Darryl: "No, cause when they're old, it will landir (sag)."

BAHAHAHHAHAHAH wtf Darryl!!! (Forgot how we ended up talking about boobs in the first place. xD)

Want fake gigantic boobs? Nah.

Bedazzled Franken-tittays. How do you like that? Heidi Montag seriously needs to get herself a bigger bikini.