--- title: Chrissy Teigen Flaunts Her Stretch Marks on Instagram description: "Stretchies say hi!" canonical: https://time.com/3821043/chrissy-teigen-instagram-stretch-marks/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-14T15:26:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:43.378Z og:title: Chrissy Teigen Wants the World to See Her Stretch Marks og:description: "Stretchies say hi!" og:url: https://time.com/3821043/chrissy-teigen-instagram-stretch-marks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chrissy Teigen Wants the World to See Her Stretch Marks twitter:description: "Stretchies say hi!" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chrissy Teigen Gives Instagram a Refreshing Look at Her Stretch Marks by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 14, 2015 3:26 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 14, 2015 3:26 PM UTC We typically don’t turn to supermodels for a healthy perspective on body acceptance. But _Sports Illustrated_ [Swimsuit Edition](http://www.si.com/swimsuit/2015/models/chrissy-teigen/photos/1) model Chrissy Teigen has taken to Instagram to spread body positivity. Usually tabloids are the only ones flaunting celebrity stretch marks, but on Monday night, Teigen posted a photo with the caption, “Bruises from bumping kitchen drawer handles for a week. Stretchies say hi!” Social media often gets a bad reputation for fostering feelings of fo-mo, wanderlust and other insecurities. And that’s why it’s so refreshing when public figures like Teigen — or, recently, [Amy Schumer](https://twitter.com/amyschumer/status/565996404863434753) — offer an unfiltered look at supposed flaws. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3821043/chrissy-teigen-instagram-stretch-marks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3821043/chrissy-teigen-instagram-stretch-marks/"},"headline":"Chrissy Teigen Gives Instagram a Refreshing Look at Her Stretch Marks","datePublished":"2015-04-14T15:26:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:43.378Z","description":"\"Stretchies say hi!\"","url":"https://time.com/3821043/chrissy-teigen-instagram-stretch-marks/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","viral","Body Image","Instagram"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3821043/chrissy-teigen-instagram-stretch-marks/","name":"Chrissy Teigen Gives Instagram a Refreshing Look at Her Stretch Marks"}}]}] ```