This woman in a bridal photoshoot named ¡®Bold Indian Bride¡¯ shatters all stereotypes and inspires women to embrace themselves and their transformation while dealing with cancer.?
Vashnavi Poovanedran, known on Instagram as Navi Indran Pillai, took the social media platform by storm with a series of beautiful pictures.
'Cancer treatments have given us a lot of limitations, robbed us of beauty and taken away our confidence. As little girls, we have always dreamt of what our big day will be like and how we would look like as a bride.'
She shared how many brides suffering from cancer give up too easily when it comes to their wedding day and with these pictures she hopes to change that thought.?
Vashnavi has fought cancer twice. First was on her breast which she thought had been completely cured after the treatment.?
Five years later, her world came crashing down when she learned that it had spread to her liver and backbone. After a lot of chemotherapy, she came out a survivor again.?
¡°I felt that I was not beautiful enough to be loved and was not beautiful enough to look or ever feel like a bride. Hair, it is our ¡®crowning glory¡¯ and having that taken away from you is devastating. But we choose to accept what we have, appreciate what we are and welcome what is coming.¡±
The photographs¡ªtaken by photographer Celes Gerard¡ªhave inspired thousands of women to embrace themselves just? the way they are, flaws and all.?
With her pictures, she hopes to send out the word that cancer should not and cannot be the 'be all and end all'.?