Helen Mirren has praised Kim Kardashian West for showing women that they can be curvy and sexy.
<img title="Helen Mirren and Kim Kardashian" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/jun/7Helen-Mirren-1.jpg" alt="Helen Mirren and Kim Kardashian" />Helen Mirren and Kim Kardashian
While the 70-year-old actress is not really a fan of the 35-year-old star's reality TV show Keeping Up With The Kardashians, she admires Kim for promoting body positivity.
She said: "I'm not into the Kardashians, it's a phenomenon I just don't find interesting, but &mdash; and this is the big word: B-U-T-T &mdash; it's wonderful that you're allowed to have a butt nowadays! Thanks to Madame Kardashian, and before her, J-Lo. We're also allowed to have thighs now, which is great too. It's very positive."
The Oscar-winning actor said women had been pressured into conforming to demure stereotypes throughout the 20th century, but many contemporary celebrities took pleasure in breaking taboos.
She explained: "When I was growing up, it was thought to be unbelievably sluttish to even have a bra strap showing. Everything was about women conforming. I love shameless women. Shameless and proud!"
She added, "Women were controlled by being shamed, so I love women who have claimed their own bodies: Madonna, Chrissie Hynde, Joan Jett, Bonnie Raitt. I love Pussy Riot more than anything in the world. They all raise their middle fingers to this epithet of 'sl*t' They wear what they want to wear, behave the way they want to behave."

Helen Mirren says she admires Kim Kardashian for promoting body positivity; applauds women who are "shameless and proud"

Helen Mirren admires Kim Kardashian for promoting body positivity

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