As someone who has been both a size 6, and a size 12, I can understand Ella. For most of my life I've been a size 6 and constantly told I was too skinny, even though it was my natural size. I struggled for years to put any weight on and eventually at 21, I finally put some on and got to a size 12, and was called large and disgusting. So you cant win either way.
When I had a baby the weight dropped rapidly and I was back to a size 6 in a matter of months without any effort. And again, told by both friends and strangers that I was too skinny, that I would snap, or the worst one was that I was skin and bone. All of those insults are very damaging and hurtful.
Im now a size 8. But some people struggle to put weight on and maintain it. It isn't only bigger people that struggle with weight issues and as much as it isn't and shouldn't be acceptable to call someone large, the same also applies to calling someone skinny. Both labels are disgusting and hurt just the same.
I feel that people should not be making comments about a womans body, especially after giving birth. Every person is different. Some people struggle to lose the baby weight and I feel that there shouldn't be a specific amount of time that a woman is expected to 'snap back.'
Some women, myself included, did absolutely nothing to lose any weight after giving birth, it wasn't even a thought in my head and it just dropped off in record time, because that is just how my body is.
I honestly don't think Ella is trying to show off, I think she is naturally very small and a size 8/10 feels big for her own body because its not what she's used to. Just like I wasn't when I finally managed to put weight on. It took me a long time to actually realise I wasn't that usual size 6 anymore and would still try to squeeze into my size 6 clothes because I was so used to being smaller.