Ariel slams body shamers

Ariel Winter, famous for her role as Alex Dunphy on hit comedy series Modern Family, has hit back at critics who shamed her for posting a picture of herself in a bikini with her two nieces.

“It sickens me to think at 17 years old, a photo of myself with my nieces is suggesting that I’m ‘asking for it’,” Ariel wrote in an Instagram post, “I typically never give power to the mean things people bravely say behind their computer screens on the Internet, but this is for the girls who are constantly bullied whether it be online or at school.”

The actress had recently undergone a breast reduction surgery, and had received flak for it from online trolls.

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