(The Quiver) : Beauty has no standards; women are beautiful in all shapes and sizes. But are these statements were accepted in reality ? what Erica Fernandes has to say on this? In an interview, Erica confirmed about  these acceptance in the glamour industry .

Talking about Erica’s achievements, Erica has won several titles over the years including Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face 2011 and Pantaloons Femina Miss Maharashtra in 2010 and 2011 respectively. After featuring in several films, in 2016, she made her television debut with Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi where she portrayed Dr Sonakshi Bose, opposite Shaheer Sheikh ,she even played the lead role Prena in Tv serial Kasautii Zindagii Kay, opposite to Parth Samthaan . Last year, she reprised her role in the third season of Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi: Nayi Kahaani.

Erica has featured in several regional films such as Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu (Tamil) in 2013, Ninnindale (Kannada), Galipatam (Telugu) and Virattu (Tamil) in 2014. The Telugu version Dega was released in the same year. She also starred in Vizhithiru (Tamil) in 2017.

Erica Fernandes has opened up about getting body shamed when she was starring in movies in the South Indian film industry.

In an interview with Bollywood Bubble, Erica said, “I was thin-shamed a lot and I was very skinny compared to whatever they expected me to or a South actress needed to be at that point, so they wanted voluptuous women so they used to stuff me. I used to wear a lot of padding and I used to feel very-very bad because it’s uncomfortable like you’re not accepting the person the way they are. They used to put padding everywhere. I had thigh pads and everywhere it used to be. I used to feel disrespected, it used to be like that but I’m glad that is that’s not the case anymore and people have moved on from that. Things are different right now which is very good.”