A GOOD professional headshot is supposed to only be chest up with great lighting and no harsh shadows.
But this social media expert had other ideas as she showed off her real “mom bod” in her latest photoshoot.
Rachel Pederson, who calls herself the Queen of Social Media, debuted a new headshot and people could not stop talking about it.
Taking to TikTok, the mom of three shared: “I just got my new business headshots back and they are hot!”
Behind her was a photo of her in business attire – however, the bottom half of her blazer exposed her stomach, which proudly showed off that she had carried three pregnancies.
Her jeans were also unbuttoned and she looked at the camera with a serious expression.
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Along with the photos, she thanked the photographer, writing: “Absolutely obsessed. RAND Phillips – you’re a dream to work with.
“I wish I had seen bodies like mine when I was a young mother. So I’m sharing it now!”
Unfortunately, after she proudly showed off her body, many slammed her for being unprofessional.
One mom wrote: “No I get it, I’m a mom too but what’s that got to do with the workplace?”
A second questioned her motives and asked: “What type of business would you use this for?”
And a third said: “What does this have to do with the workplace? I’m confused.”
Despite the negative comments, many more came to her defense and even applauded her for highlighting what a “real body” looks like.
One woman wrote: “Just screamed in the best way possible this is awesome!”
A second told her it was a “powerful” photo and a third commented: “Rachel, that is beautiful.
“Thank you for sharing this and many other things. You are authentic and fantastic.”
Previously, comedian Sophie McCartney, who has son Jack and daughter Evelyn with husband Steven Lilley, offered a very candid glimpse into her own experiences of the highs and lows of becoming a mom.
In her new novel, Tired and Tested: The Wild Ride into Parenthood, Sophie, who shot to fame in 2017 thanks to her mom parody of Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You, recalls the unwanted comments she received from nosy strangers when she was overdue.
“Everyone, so it would seem, is an expert on how to get that baby out, and they are not beating around your bush,” she writes.
‘What about going for a hike?’ Getting up just to go for a wee/trip to the fridge every five minutes was hard enough – I looked as though I was an extra in The Walking Dead.”
The mom-of-two, who has won a legion of fans thanks to her down-to-earth parenting approach, went on to note how people seem to lose all sense of boundaries around heavily pregnant women.
