The best revenge is looking good – just ask Jessika Power.
A year after being shamed for her ‘foul and disgusting’ cellulite, the Married At First Sight star has silenced her online trolls by debuting her body transformation.
The 27-year-old flaunted her toned physique in a pink snakeskin bikini while at the beach with her boyfriend, James Brown, on Wednesday.
The best revenge is looking good! A year after being shamed for her ‘foul and disgusting’ cellulite, Jessika Power has silenced her online trolls by debuting her body transformation
Jessika looked confident in the skimpy swimwear as she frolicked with James and doted on her seven-year-old stepson, Jaxon.
Her derrière looked toned and smooth as she showcased her assets in the G-string bottoms, with no cellulite in sight.
She may have been working on her figure to prove her critics wrong after she was cruelly body-shamed last year.
Flawless: The 27-year-old flaunted her toned physique in a pink snakeskin bikini while at the beach with her boyfriend, James Brown (right), Wednesday
Jessika attracted online abuse after photos of her in a bikini were published in March 2019 when she was a participant on Married At First Sight.
One Instagram troll said the reality star’s backside was ‘dimply’ and ‘disgusting’.
They wrote: ‘I love the photos that show the foul, disgusting cellulite on Jessika – power ass and thighs. It is so revolting… She is so gross.’
Several of Jessika’s co-stars, including Jules Robinson and Mike Gunner, defended her in the comments section at the time.
‘That’s really uncalled for and very hurtful!’ wrote Mike.
Jules added: ‘Shamefully wrong, this comment… judge people on their behaviour, that’s your right. I totally get that. But don’t start insulting her on her appearance.’
‘Disgusting’: Jessika attracted online abuse after photos of her in a bikini were published in March 2019 when she was a participant on Married At First Sight. Pictured with Dan Webb
In October, she was body-shamed yet again after photos surfaced of her on a girls’ holiday in Queensland.
Jessika said she had been ‘mocked’ and ‘slut-shamed’ since appearing on MAFS, but the most hurtful comments were the awful ones about her body.
‘So this year I’ve been judged, mocked, insulted, slut shamed, been on the receiving end of endless death threats, violent threats and been told to kill myself endless times,’ she wrote on Instagram.
‘But the one that stood out to me and affected me the most was the outrageous and horrific body-shaming I received online from one bad photo, so others could join in on ripping my confidence to shreds while giggling behind their keyboards.’
Jessika revealed the most extraordinary part of the body-shaming was that most of the abuse came from women in their forties and fifties.
Hitting the gym: Jessika may have been working on her figure to prove her critics wrong
‘I would expect this sort of disgusting behaviour from a bunch of teens, but I was receiving this from women as old as 50! Mothers who had daughters of their own even,’ she said.
Jessika added that she had been mentally damaged by the abuse.
‘I’ve since worked hard on my body, but no amount of exercise or good eating I do can take away the mental damage I received from all of the online ridicule,’ she said.
‘To this day I don’t like to wear short shorts let alone a bikini I like to be in a comfortable environment with people I trust so my paranoia doesn’t tell me constantly: “Everyone’s looking at you, Jess. Cover up, cover up!”‘
Reality star: Jessika rose to fame on Married At First Sight’s sixth season in 2019. Pictured with Instagram personality Quaden Bayles
Jessika rose to fame on Married At First Sight’s sixth season in 2019.
She was partnered with hobby farmer Mick Gould but left him for another groom, Dan Webb. However, this relationship didn’t last either.
She has been dating landscaper James Brown for two months.
Unlucky in love! She was partnered with hobby farmer Mick Gould (pictured) but left him for another groom, Dan Webb. However, this relationship didn’t last either