Nelly Furtado looks confident and gorgeous in new photos that showcase her fuller figure. The “I’m Like a Bird” singer posted several pictures on Instagram on August 30. They show her wearing a risque monochromatic outfit: a combination of a black bodysuit and a black-and-white striped cover-up that features high slits.
Nelly Furtado Wows Her Fans
Furtado posed in various positions in the photos, showing fans her look from all angles. In some of the images, she is laughing, and in others, she is performing onstage. In the caption, she revealed she was in Germany. “Wonderful being back in Germany,” she wrote.
Fans praised the singer. “She was my crush almost 20 years ago…. now I am 42….and she is still my crush,” a fan wrote. “Wow, amazing woman and performer,” another comment reads.
Other reactions include, “Whoa, Nelly moment!!!,” “In your prime,” and “Gorgeous BOMBSHELL.”
Nelly Furtado Encourages Body Confidence
Furtado has been encouraging fans to love their bodies and embrace who they are with confidence. In an Instagram post on January 5, 2025, she shared two photos of herself that showed off her body. The first picture is stunning and shows her in a bright orange bikini and no makeup. It is taken as a mirror selfie. The second photo shows a different angle as she poses in front of the mirror and shows off her curves from the back and side.
“This year I became aware of the aesthetic pressure of my work in a brand new way, while simultaneously I experienced new levels of self-love and genuine confidence from within,” she wrote in her caption. The singer also discussed how makeup can transform her appearance and how she has never had any surgeries, injections, or fillers.
Nelly Furtado Reflects on How Her Photos Were Edited
In an interview with People on September 26, 2024, Furtado recalled how her photographs had been edited to lighten her skin and make her hips appear smaller. This was when she first broke onto the music scene in the early 2000s. “I have olive skin, and they’d kind of lighten my skin a lot in photos, and kind of take my hips down all the time. They would always cut off in editorials,” she said.
She emphasized the importance of standing up for herself and making her voice heard, as well as advocating for her own interests. “I was pretty feisty, so I really knew what I wanted,” Furtado said. “For instance, let’s say a photo shoot or something, I’d always bring my own little carry-on with my own little raver pants and tank tops and glitter, just in case I didn’t like what the stylist brought to the shoot. Just to make sure I was comfortable, and just blazing my own trail, I guess, in my own way.”
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