Women from all across the globe are nominating friends to take part in the campaign and provides a platform for women to support each other. Till date, over 5 million B&W striking photos have been posted with the hashtag #ChallengeAccepted; while many more have appeared without it. Bollywood celebs have taken on their official handle to share black and white pictures of themselves, Right from Katrina Kaif to Sonam K Ahuja to Bhumi Pednekar, KarishmaKappor, AnanyaPanday, Dia Mirza, Tara Sutaria, and Mira Kapoor, all have shared B&W photos with the hashtag ‘Challenge Accepted’. The trending challenge also saw some write ‘what a fun & easy way to lift and empower each other, as women” indicating that this challenge is all about positivity and women empowerment.
The #ChallengeAccepted hashtag is trending like a chain mail, and has garnered the attention of everyone alike. The challenge gained momentum after recent remarks made by an American politician against Alexandria Occasio Cortez, US Congress representative, where he called her “a f**king bitch.” A post shared by Katrina Kaif (@katrinakaif) on Jul 28, 2020 at 1:39am PDT A post shared by Sonam K Ahuja (@sonamkapoor) on Jul 26, 2020 at 5:16am PDT A post shared by Alia Bhatt ☀️ (@aliaabhatt) on Jul 27, 2020 at 8:53am PDT According to Instagram spokes person, the #ChallengeAccepted hashtag is “meant to celebrate strength, spread love, and remind all women that supporting each other is everything.” To pay ode to “being woman”, the captions of some of these B&W challenge espouse the virtues of women. Even Hollywood celebrities took on their Instagram handle and posted strikingly beautiful B&W photos to show their support and love to all the women out there. Our Editor, Nishtha Shukla Anand also accepted this challenge and shared a beautiful black-and-white photo showing support for women. She also added an uplifting and empowering message in the caption. Check out: A post shared by Kourtney Kardashian (@kourtneykardash) on Jul 27, 2020 at 10:30am PDT A post shared by Eva Longoria Baston (@evalongoria) on Jul 26, 2020 at 3:28pm PDT
A post shared by Nishtha Shukla (@nishthasa) on Jul 27, 2020 at 11:13am PDT
