‘Proof of how hard I fought’: Why Olivia Munn chose to show her mastectomy scars in new Skims campaign
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Olivia Munn opened up about her breast cancer battle and why she chose to show her mastectomy scars while modeling for the shapewear brand.
Olivia Munn is the latest star to model for shapewear brand Skims, and in the campaign images the actor shows her mastectomy scars as she continues her fight against breast cancer. In the photographs, taken by artist Vanessa Beecroft, Munn models products by the Kim Kardashian-founded lingerie and shapewear brand, including a head-turning nipple illusion bra. Launched in the final week of Breast Cancer Awareness Month as a partnership with the Susan G. Komen organization, the campaign encourages women to pursue early screenings, according to a press release. Munn has advocated for people to calculate their breast cancer risk score, which helped lead to her diagnosis early last year. “This cause is deeply personal to me, and I’m proud to help drive awareness and conversation around it,” Munn said in the release. “SKIMS’ commitment to empowerment and community aligns perfectly with the message of this campaign, which is all about confidence, comfort, and feeling your best self. That’s exactly how I felt shooting this.” Last month, Munn shared a timeline of her breast cancer journey on social media, which has included multiple mammograms, ultrasounds and a genetic test in 2022 and early 2023. All of those screenings came back negative. But in March, her physician screened her using the Tyrer-Cuzick Risk Assessment Calculator and found Munn’s lifetime risk was 37.3%, more than triple the risk of the general population. This led her to pursue more testing including an MRI and biopsies. She was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer in April 2024, and has since undergone a double mastectomy and reconstruction along with other treatments. Munn also had surgery for a partial hysterectomy this past April, she noted, several months after undergoing egg retrieval. She and her husband, the comedian John Mulaney, welcomed their second child via a surrogate in September. In a podcast episode with the Susan G. Komen organization, Munn spoke more on the importance of her campaign with Skims. “When people think of SKIMS, they think of beauty and sexiness, and with breast cancer, I think that it’s not always the first thing that people think about, maybe like not even in the top hundred.”
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