--- title: Beyoncé Talks About Accepting the Way Her Body Wanted to Be description: In her new Vogue cover story, Beyoncé opened up about her changing body image and self-acceptance following her last pregnancy. canonical: https://time.com/5358618/beyonce-vogue-interview/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-06T14:45:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:10.996Z og:title: Beyoncé Talks About Accepting the Way Her Body Wanted to Be og:description: In her groundbreaking Vogue cover story, Beyoncé talks her evolving body og:url: https://time.com/5358618/beyonce-vogue-interview/ 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: Beyoncé Talks About Accepting the Way Her Body Wanted to Be twitter:description: In her groundbreaking Vogue cover story, Beyoncé talks her evolving body twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Beyoncé Talks About Accepting the Way Her Body Wanted to Be > Sponsored content. 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In her [new cover story](http://time.com/3995965/beyonce-vogue-september-issue/) for _Vogue_, Beyoncé [spoke](https://www.vogue.com/article/beyonce-september-issue-2018?mbid=social%5Ftwitter) about how her body has changed over the past few years — and why it’s OK that she still has a little “mommy pouch” and “FUPA.” “After the birth of my first child, I believed in the things society said about how my body should look,” she said in the as-told-to interview, noting that she put pressure on herself to lose the baby weight in just three months after having her [daughter Blue Ivy](http://time.com/5351341/blue-ivy-vacation-meme/). For her second pregnancy, with twins [Rumi and Sir,](http://time.com/5304820/ms-tina-instagram-beyonce-twins-photo-rumi-sir-carter/) she was more forgiving of herself — especially after undergoing an emergency C-section. “During my recovery, I gave myself self-love and self-care, and I embraced being curvier. I accepted what my body wanted to be,” she said. “To this day my arms, shoulders, breasts, and thighs are fuller. I have a little mommy pouch, and I’m in no rush to get rid of it. I think it’s real.” Of course, Beyoncé is Beyoncé, so she’s not entirely giving up on her future chiseled abs: “Whenever I’m ready to get a six-pack, I will go into beast zone and work my a– off until I have it,” she said. “But right now, my little FUPA and I feel like we are meant to be.” (A FUPA is a full lower belly or upper pelvic area.) In another section of her story, Beyoncé further pulled back the curtain: “I’ve been through hell and back, and I’m grateful for every scar,” she said. “I look at the woman I was in my 20s and I see a young lady growing into confidence but intent on pleasing everyone around her. I now feel so much more beautiful, so much sexier, so much more interesting. And so much more powerful.” Beyoncé and Jay-Z have been [blessing audiences](http://time.com/5339645/michelle-obama-at-beyonce-concert/) with their [On The Run II Tour](http://time.com/5195480/beyonce-jay-z-otr-ii-tour-dates/) this summer, with upcoming shows across the U.S. Read the full Beyonce interview below. > [](https://twitter.com/voguemagazine/status/1026452873155096577) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5358618/beyonce-vogue-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5358618/beyonce-vogue-interview/"},"headline":"Beyoncé Talks About Accepting the Way Her Body Wanted to Be","datePublished":"2018-08-06T14:45:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:10.996Z","description":"\"My little FUPA and I feel like we are meant to be.\"","url":"https://time.com/5358618/beyonce-vogue-interview/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Beyonce"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"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/5358618/beyonce-vogue-interview/","name":"Beyoncé Talks About Accepting the Way Her Body Wanted to Be"}}]}] ```