--- title: Alexa Moreno's Fans Defend Her From Body Shaming on Twitter description: Alexa Moreno placed 31st in the qualifying rounds, and fans defended her from trolls on Twitter canonical: https://time.com/4446642/mexican-gymnast-alexa-moreno-body-shaming-twitter/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-10T16:22:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:07.045Z og:title: Mexican Gymnast's Fans Defend Her From Body Shaming on Twitter og:description: Alexa Moreno placed 31st in the qualifying rounds og:url: https://time.com/4446642/mexican-gymnast-alexa-moreno-body-shaming-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24214484e74dd3a6/6988a1d997cdffc36b6ad655/alexa-moreno.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5568 og:image:height: 3132 og:image:alt: GYMNASTICS-OLY-2016-RIO og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mexican Gymnast's Fans Defend Her From Body Shaming on Twitter twitter:description: Alexa Moreno placed 31st in the qualifying rounds twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24214484e74dd3a6/6988a1d997cdffc36b6ad655/alexa-moreno.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mexican Gymnast's Fans Defend Her From Body Shaming on Twitter > Sponsored content. 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Emmanuel Dunand—AFP/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 10, 2016 4:22 PM UTC The [Olympics](http://time.com/4444363/leslie-jones-nbc-2016-rio-olympics/) are a perfect opportunity for fans to admire the physiques and accomplishments of athletes who can do what we mere mortals can hardly fathom. Yet as with anything in the digital age, the trolls still like to come out and find something to criticize. Mexican gymnast Alexa Moreno may not have expected much attention in the qualifying rounds on Sunday—her country isn’t known for strong performance in the sport—and she placed 31st, failing to qualify for the finals. But she still got her 15 minutes of fame on Twitter, where some [came out](https://twitter.com/Javo%5F%5FO/status/762477762904850433?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) to [criticize](http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/mexican-gymnast-body-shaming-twitter-olympics/?utm%5Fcid=hp-hh-sec#Dgjn2zHj9qqi) her athletic build. But good citizens of the Internet quickly took to social media to defend the athlete with admiration and encouragement, with messages like “#AlexaMoreno is a GREAT woman!” > [](https://twitter.com/soygrandiosa/status/763281575236603904) > [](https://twitter.com/ScarlettEArcher/status/763271151346999296) > [](https://twitter.com/DrTMG/status/763264637433511936) > [](https://twitter.com/jucruz86/status/763129131370442752) Sorry, trolls: Moreno is a star on and off the balance beam. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4446642/mexican-gymnast-alexa-moreno-body-shaming-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4446642/mexican-gymnast-alexa-moreno-body-shaming-twitter/"},"headline":"Mexican Gymnast's Fans Defend Her From Body Shaming on Twitter","datePublished":"2016-08-10T16:22:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:07.045Z","description":"Alexa Moreno placed 31st in the qualifying rounds","url":"https://time.com/4446642/mexican-gymnast-alexa-moreno-body-shaming-twitter/","keywords":["motto","olympics","Summer Olympics","2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24214484e74dd3a6/6988a1d997cdffc36b6ad655/alexa-moreno.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24214484e74dd3a6/6988a1d997cdffc36b6ad655/alexa-moreno.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GYMNASTICS-OLY-2016-RIO","caption":"GYMNASTICS-OLY-2016-RIO","creditText":"Emmanuel Dunand—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4446642/mexican-gymnast-alexa-moreno-body-shaming-twitter/","name":"Mexican Gymnast's Fans Defend Her From Body Shaming on Twitter"}}]}] ```