Neta Elhamister decided Sunday night to pamper her 1.7 million followers on Instagram, and suggested that they ask her questions that she chose to answer orally, through short videos.
The homely and relaxed atmosphere in which the star filmed the answers apparently caused her to speak quite revealy about the less photogenic moments in her life, the ones in which her confidence is shaken, the aspiration for excellence and the obsessive striving for perfect appearance that she has abandoned over the years. At the same time, she showered a lot of love and support on the man beside her, who she says gave her the peace of mind to flourish and develop.
"It's part of me." Neta Elhamister (archive), photo: Coco
"Do you also have moments of insecurity, a constant desire to improve, the pursuit of perfection?" asked users to look for cracks in the supposedly perfect image of the successful model. "Obviously I have moments of insecurity and the desire to constantly improve and prove is also something that is ingrained in me, and it's part of me," she said. "It's specifically the pursuit of perfection, I think I'm no longer in that place. When I was a child, it affected me. Be perfect even in appearance, always come out sweet and neat and organized. I remember getting organized for two hours, not leaving the house if everything wasn't accurate and on the spot. Over the years I have learned to let go, I have learned that there is no such thing as perfect, neither externally nor internally. There's nothing we can do, we're all human beings and we all have the good things about us and the bad things about us, and as long as you're happy with who you are and satisfied with who you are, that's ultimately what drives me. So there's no such thing as truly perfect."
Elhamister, 29, was also asked if she felt she missed out on her career because she has been in a relationship with footballer Rami Gershon since 2014 (the two married in 2019). She replied that the situation was the opposite: "I feel that the relationship is what gave me the strength to advance in life, to be independent, to get to where I am today. I have an amazing relationship with Rami, I can say that from the first moment we met, he was always very, very supportive and pushed me. He was my backrest, and I really don't just compliment and praise him here. It's the most real, because in the end I think you feel good about yourself in life, in your relationship, so you're at peace with yourself and you can mess with your career. My relationship was so amazing from the beginning. It just gives me the options to break through and do what I want."
"Amazing connection." Elhamister and Gershon on their wedding day, photo: Ron Kedmi
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