Kim Kardashian hit the Met Gala 2019 red carpet wearing a Sophia Loren-inspired Mugler dress. The KKW Beauty founder's outfit featured a tiny waist, presumably created with an extremely tight corset. Kim's trainer, Melissa Alcantara, known as @fitgurlmel on Instagram, responded to claims that the reality star's waist looked unnatural. Kim Kardashian's red carpet look at the Met Gala 2019 definitely turned heads. Kim's look was created for her by Mugler, and gave the appearance that she was literally dripping with diamonds. She teased on Twitter that the dress was inspired by Sophia Loren's look in the 1957 movie, Boy on a Dolphin. Of Mugler's design, Kim told E! News, "He just envisioned me this California girl stepping out of the ocean, on the red carpet, wet, dripping, that is the vibe tonight." This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Karwai Tang Getty Images Gilbert Carrasquillo Getty Images This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. But one element of the dress that has caused a lot of debate is Kim's tiny waist. However, Kim's personal trainer, Melissa Alcantara, is not here for the criticism, and took to her Instagram Stories to tell the world. Alcantara wrote, "To make things clear 1. This dress is corseted BUT 2. Kim trains her ass off 6 days a fucking week, she wakes up early AF and is dedicated. 3. I paved the road for her but SHE did the work! MOST IMPORTANTLY I don't give a shit about your opinions on her body, if you think she fake or not! I see her every morning, I see her train and I see her sweat and I see all the work she does outside the gym and THAT is commendable!" Instagram Anyone that follows Kim's Instagram Stories will know that she hits the gym first thing every morning, and often shares workout videos with Alcantara. It's also worth noting that the Met Gala's theme was "Camp: Notes on Fashion," inspired by Susan Sontag's 1964 essay which defines camp as "love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration," and Kim's waist was definitely exaggerated. As for the dress itself, Kim told E! News of her look, "This is the first time in 20 years that Mr. Mugler has designed for the House of Thierry Mugler." She continued, "He hasn't designed in 20 years, so to come and design this gown for me is such an honor. This is about eight months in the making." This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>Kim Kardashian West wowed at the Met Gala in a skin-tight, latex Thierry Mugler dress that showed off her tiny waist. But the look also led to negative comments from her followers, so the reality star’s trainer decided to defend her. Kardashian West’s trainer, Melissa Alcantara, said that the Keeping Up with the Kardashian star’s body is all-natural and the product of long hours in the gym. Get push notifications with news, features and more. “To make things clear,” Alcantara wrote on her Instagram story. “1. This dress is corseted BUT 2. Kim trains her a– off 6 days a f—— week, she wakes up early af and is dedicated. 3. I paved the road for her but SHE did the work! I love compliments either way.” “MOST IMPORTANTLY,” she continued. “I don’t give a s— about your opinions on her body if you think she fake or not! I see her every morning, I see her train and I see her sweat and I see all the work she does outside of the gym and THAT is commendable!” Kim Kardashian West Credit: David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock Kim Kardashian trainer Melissa Alcantara | Credit: Melissa Alcantara/Instagram Kardashian West started working with Alcantara in May 2017, after discovering the former bodybuilder on Instagram and asking her team to call her up. “They were like, ‘Are you available to train Kim on Monday?’” Alcantara previously told PEOPLE. “I was like, ‘Of course I’m available!’ And it went from there. Kim told me, ‘I love my body. I love the way it looks and I love my hips.’ She just wanted more muscle. She wanted bigger hamstrings, which accentuates the entire leg. And she wants those cut arms and abs!” RELATED VIDEO: The Kardashian-Jenners’ Best Met Gala Fashion Moments The makeup mogul also shrunk her waist significantly, and told her sisters and friends last year that it now measures just 24-inches. After showing it off at the Met Gala on Monday night and her afterparty, Kardashian West is letting herself indulge. She said on the (pink) carpet that she’s planning on a doughnut breakfast for Tuesday morning.<doc-sep>The Bachelor alum Melissa Rycroft is feeling the heat after she criticized Kim Kardashian’s physical appearance at the 2019 Met Gala. “I don’t like feeling like I’m in trouble,” Rycroft, 36, said in an Instagram Stories video, seemingly taken in a car, on Tuesday, May 7. Shortly before posting the clip, the Dancing with the Stars alum addressed the controversy with a note. “Guess I’m going to have to talk about the Kardashian drama I somehow created with my post yesterday,” she wrote on her Stories. “I have a lot to say about this, so I’ll have to do it on this week’s podcast to get it all out…” The former professional cheerleader found herself in hot water on Monday, May 6, after she said Kardashian’s body was “not natural.” Rycroft shared a side-by-side comparison of the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 38, at the 2015 Met Gala and at this year’s fashion event and added, “And not something young ones should be looking up to. (not to mention it doesn’t even look right…..) #metgalafail.” The Selfish author walked the pink carpet at the prestigious event — which was held at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday — wearing a corseted Mugler dress. While the “Logically Irrational” podcast cohost did not approve of the reality TV star’s ensemble, Kardashian’s famous siblings were on the opposite page. “You are my queen,” younger sister Khloé Kardashian commented on the KKW Beauty founder’s post from the gala. Eldest sis Kourtney Kardashian added, “Sheeeeeesh.” Neither Khloé, 34, nor Kourtney, 40, attended this year’s Met Gala, but younger sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner did. Kim’s trainer, Melissa Alcantara, also defended the makeup mogul’s look. “To make things clear 1. This dress is corseted,” Alcantara wrote on her Instagram Stories on Monday. “BUT 2. Kim trains her ass off 6 days a f–king week, she wakes up early AF and is dedicated. 3. I paved the road for her but SHE did the work!”<doc-sep>
Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala 2019 look got a lot of people talking, including former Bachelor contestant Melissa Rycroft, who incited a controversy of her own by criticizing the reality star’s body. On Monday, May 6 — hours after Kardashian, 38, walked the pink carpet of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art wearing a corseted Mugler dress — Rycroft posted a side-by-side comparison of the KKW Beauty founder’s 2019 and 2015 Met Gala looks. “Not natural … and not something young ones should be looking up to,” she wrote in her caption, referring to Kardashian’s narrow-waisted silhouette at Monday’s gala. “Not to mention it doesn’t even look right.” She added the hashtag “#metgalafail.” Within moments, Instagram commenters had slammed Rycroft over the comments. “Girl, I love you, but do we have to call out and shame other women on looks?” one wrote. “Can you imagine if someone did a side by side of you?” another commenter asked. “Maybe young girls shouldn’t strive to look like this, but they shouldn’t strive to drag women in side by side pics on the internet either. They should strive to love themselves and love others.” A third person wrote, “Don’t do this. Women should be able to dress in whatever way makes them feel good! She was pregnant on the left. She works out every day and documents it. I don’t think it’s up to us to judge her.” In the wake of the 2019 Met Gala, Kardashian’s trainer, Melissa Alcantara, defended her star client. “To make things clear 1. This dress is corseted,” she wrote in her Instagram Stories. “BUT 2. Kim trains her ass off 6 days a f–king week, she wakes up early AF and is dedicated. 3. I paved the road for her but SHE did the work!” Alcantara continued: “MOST IMPORTANTLY I don’t give a s–t about your opinions on her body, if you think she fake or not! I see her every morning, I see her train and I see her sweat and I see all the work she does outside the gym and THAT is commendable!”