‘That’s How You Know It’s Real’: Tammy Rivera Fans Applaud Her for Embracing ‘Tiger Stripes’ In Recent Swimsuit Pic

Tammy Rivera is exuding confidence and celebrating every inch of her body.

The former “Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta” star posted a few swimwear pics of her curvaceous figure to the internet for Labor Day, and fans ate it up. The sexy snaps showed the 34-year-old reality star posing in a tiny red bathing suit that showed off her pinched waist, hips, cleavage and stretch marks.

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Tammy Rivera flaunts her natural curves in her swimsuit. @charliesangelll/Instagam

Rivera urged others to embrace their body imperfections and wrote via Instagram on Monday, Sept. 7, “B#!ch show them stretch marks… 🐅.”

Many followers gawked at the television personality’s “thickness,” while others commended her for being so confident.

“YOU FU–IN BETTER…. 🙌 gave me some confidence for the month,” a fan commented.

“That’s how u know its real💕💕,” another added.

One admirer wrote, “Yes ! Real bodies matter 😍🔥tiger 🐯 stripes and all 🙌🏽.”

“Yassss… You make me feel soooo comfortable with physical appearance 😍😘,” someone else said.

For years now, social media users speculated that the proud wife of rapper Waka Flocka Flame had cosmetic surgery to sculpt her curvy figure. Rivera has denied the rumors, writing in an August 2017 Instagram post, “Y’all want me to have a BBL (Brazilian butt lift) so bad, well I never had a BBL. My a– and hips are completely real!”

She continued, “I know it would make you feel better about yourself if I did but sweetie I never got my a– or hips done. That’s natural babe deal with it!”

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Tammy Rivera and Waka Flocka dance together at their wedding reception. (Photo: @charliesangelll/Instagram)

Real curves or not, Rivera’s husband Waka Flocka still thinks she’s perfect.

In January 2019, the “Hard In Da Paint” rapper told Atlanta Black Star that his wife changed him for the better.

“She helped me make better decisions, and that’s what I love about her,” Waka said at the time. “She became a friend. … She fought it out with me. … That’s my woman, it’s not for me to brag about or talk about.”

The couple recently celebrated six years of marriage and have been together since 2011.

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