Serena Williams is opening up about how she struggled with her body image when she was young. In an interview with Net-a-Porter’s magazine, Porter , Williams talked about looking different from other athletes growing up. “It was hard because when I was playing in the beginning — the first 15 years — my body was different,” she said. “I had big boobs; I had a big butt. Every athlete was like super flat, super thin and beautiful, but in a different way. And I didn’t understand as an athlete how to deal with that.”

Williams said public scrutiny about her body “absolutely” affected her mentally. “You think you’re large for your whole life and you look [back] and you’re like, ‘I was fit’,” she said. “Yeah, I had big muscles. I didn’t look like these other girls but not everyone looks the s

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