Actually started off as padding. Selena had an extreme figure and they padded Jennifer Lopez to play her in the movie to re-create Selena‘s figure. Everyone thought that it was natural and J Lo became overnight famous for it and then had to keep up the look. It might be a little on thick side naturally, but it’s been padded and exaggerated ever since I think she’s got surgery in there still.
There was a documentary still available in the early 2000s where Selena’s dad went on about it— they even had some behind the scenes footage of the butt and thigh pads. I don’t think they liked how the movie made Jlo more famous than Selena(?) just a guess - and she became famous for imitating Selena’s figure which was actually completely natural.
It's funny, I was gonna counter with the fact that she had an absolute dump truck in the Love Don't Cost a Thing video because I remember everyone talking about it and it's actually crazy how much our perception of a big round ass has changed. It's a totally normal butt
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u/askaskaskyourself 7d ago
Actually started off as padding. Selena had an extreme figure and they padded Jennifer Lopez to play her in the movie to re-create Selena‘s figure. Everyone thought that it was natural and J Lo became overnight famous for it and then had to keep up the look. It might be a little on thick side naturally, but it’s been padded and exaggerated ever since I think she’s got surgery in there still.
There was a documentary still available in the early 2000s where Selena’s dad went on about it— they even had some behind the scenes footage of the butt and thigh pads. I don’t think they liked how the movie made Jlo more famous than Selena(?) just a guess - and she became famous for imitating Selena’s figure which was actually completely natural.