Gymnast Nastia Liukin Flaunts Massive Thigh Gap In Miniscule Minidress
By Rebecca Cukier on October 21, 2020 at 10:36 AM EDT
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Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin is back to flaunting her massive thigh gap – this time, in a micro minidress. The 30-year-old five-time Olympic champion and 2008 all-around champion, updated her Instagram with a mid-week pick-me-up today, posing from her Dallas, TX home and reminding fans that despite retiring in 2012 aged just 22, she's 100% still got it. Nastia is fresh from a massive clap-back over an anorexia remark – while the gymnast has admitted she's always been "thin," she was proving she's all muscle today. Check it out below.
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Scroll for the photo. The above one dates back to Nastia's September Montana travels, when the Russian-born star enjoyed Big Sky Country, plus the company of dog Harley.
Today's snap came as a selfie with a little video action. The gymnast was solo, backed by tan walls, and making sure she 100% popped against them via a super-tiny and tight black minidress with long sleeves. Nastia, swinging a hip, also wore white sneakers for a sporty finish, plus her long blonde hair down.
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Nastia, raised by Olympic gymnast parents and herself saying her mom raised her to have a cookie if she wants one, has been making headlines for taking matters into her own hands after a fan DM'd her and asked how she felt about promoting "borderline anorexic" bodies. Nastia, then returning for a selfie in a scoop-neck and tight brown dress, said she was triggered by the comment, opening:
"Defeated, pissed, sad, annoyed, confused, shocked, and many other feelings." The star then addressed her own size, plus what the comment represented for her.
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Nastia told her 1 million followers: "If taking pictures of my OWN body—a body that won me many olympics medals, a body that I push each day to get stronger, a body that God gave me—is inherently promoting anorexia, then honestly, we’ve gotten to a place in the world where just BEING is offensive."
"This is ME. This is my body," she added, then admitting: "While I’ve always been thin, I’ve not always been strong. I’m proud to say that I am truly stronger now than I’ve ever been."
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Nastia, whose influencing potential recently got picked up on by skincare brand Olay – she extended both legs from a tub while "bringing back bubble baths in 2020" – has been steadily heating Instagram up with her skimpy updates from Dallas. The TX city recently enjoyed a 98-degree heatwave, with Nastia eyeing it up in a shark-teeth-effect swimsuit as she wrote:
"Dallas, you good? 98 degrees tmrw... guess it’s a pool weekend for us ?."
Nastia's days on the beam are over, but the star has plenty going on. She's retailing her $55 Green Celery Cream, she's been influencing for clothing brand Revolve, and she runs her The Muse Collective empowerment startup.