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Ricarda Lang’s Ten-Year Transformation Takes Center Stage

Coverage highlights her use of social media to craft a body-positive narrative challenging persistent stigmas

Overview

  • Ricarda Lang’s retrospective Instagram posts reveal a marked weight loss and evolving style over the past decade.
  • The former Green Youth leader climbed to co-chair of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen between 2015 and 2022 and now shares life updates with roughly 200,000 followers.
  • Lang has stressed that her health-focused weight loss stemmed from personal motivations rather than online criticism or external pressure.
  • She recounts lifelong experiences of body shaming and argues that societal hostility toward overweight individuals worsens public-health challenges.
  • Her confident presentation and fashion choices have won praise from followers, reinforcing her role as a voice in Germany’s body-positivity movement.