“You must remember we all have a beautiful story to give this world.”
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Those words concluded a beautiful essay Hayley Hasselhoff wrote for the outlet Marie Claire in a piece titled “This is my mission statement on self-love.”
The daughter of David Hasselhoff has long been a proponent of self-love and has just made history by becoming the first curve model to be on the cover of Playboy magazine.
“My dad is very supportive in the choices I make for my own career. My mum and my dad are always very supportive in everything that I have done,” Hasselhoff told the Daily Mail in an interview.
She continued: “You have to remember I've been in this industry since I was 14 and I've been a curve model since I was 14. We all have different journeys in the curve industry but for me I started out as a curve model and I am still a curve model today. To see the progression of where I've gone, to where I am today, I think they're both very, very supportive and they believe in me and all the choices I make in my own career, just like I do for them.”
Her photoshoot took place in Paris during lockdown as she recalled the “empowering” experience. At first, Hasselhoff felt apprehensive as she said “it was my first time ever shooting something like this,” but soon after felt a sense of positivity come over her.
“The day was fun but I look back at it more as empowering – I felt very empowered when I left set, I felt like I was grounded and had taken ownership of my body,” she said.
“Everybody there knew it was for a bigger purpose and being able to showcase that women can be desired and loved no matter what shape or size they are. If you’re a size two to somebody that’s a size 16-18, your body doesn’t have to be objectified if you celebrate it in such an artful way. I am very, very proud of the photos – I think they look gorgeous.”
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