Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu has revealed that she has celiac disease, an immune disorder triggered by foods containing gluten, and spoken about being trolled for her weight on social media.
Harnaaz Sandhu, while speaking about women’s rights in connection with the hijab row, said she believed in letting people live the way they wanted to, news agency PTI reported
The Miss Universe beauty pageant winner then moved on to her personal struggles as a woman. "I'm one of those individuals who was first bullied that 'she's too skinny' and now they bully me saying 'she's fat'," she said at an event in Chandigarh. “Nobody knows about my Celiac disease. That I can't eat wheat flour and many other things.”
Sandhu sent out a message of body positivity. “I am one of the courageous and confident girls who believes even if I'm fat, even if I'm thin, it's my body, I love myself,” she said.