Superstar Jennifer Lopez has revealed that her figure wasn't always looked at as desirable because smaller bodies were considered to be the peak of beauty when she first became known in the entertainment industry.

Speaking to MTV News, the beauty admitted that she's so happy that fuller figures and bigger backsides are now being celebrated because curves should be appreciated and not criticised:

"It’s about time. It’s the year of the booty, for Christ’s sake, it’s been so long. Before we were just considered like heavy, like we weren’t ‘in shape’ or whatever if you had a big butt or something. So now it’s kind of nice that people are embracing womanly curves in that way.”

She went onto add that when she first came onto the scene as a singer and actress, she was 'considered heavy' because she had shapely legs and a bigger bottom:

“Years ago when I came out to LA to act, and sing and dance and be on ‘In Living Color’ and all that stuff, I was considered heavy. My thighs were too big, my butt was too big, I had a small waist, I wasn’t like everybody else and I knew that, but at the end of the day, this is who I am and this is different from what you’re used to, but it’s beautiful too.”

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