{"id":22933,"date":"2015-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/internet-erupts-over-new-selfie-trend\/"},"modified":"2015-06-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T00:00:00","slug":"internet-erupts-over-new-selfie-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/internet-erupts-over-new-selfie-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet erupts over new selfie trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Creepy? Unhealthy? Or just a bit of fun?<\/h3>\n<p>The \u201cBelly Button Test\u201d is the latest ridiculous craze to sweep the internet but what exactly is it?<\/p>\n<p>Teenagers around the world (particularly in China, where the challenge has taken Weibo \u2013 China\u2019s Twitter \u2013 by storm) are challenging themselves to see who can touch their belly button\u2026.by first reaching their hand around their back.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Apparently it\u2019s meant to prove a combination of tiny waist size and crazy flexibility and ~ SUPPOSEDLY ~ comes from some unnamed study from the US (that NO ONE seems able to reference) stating that women who can complete it have good bodies and those who can\u2019t need to lose weight*.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*NOT ACTUAL MEDICAL OR SCIENCE-BASED ADVICE<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone who does it is a tiny girl though \u2013 this male Weibo user has become something of a pinup boy for the movement:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Weibo challenge\" title=\"Best of the Web\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/weibo_boy.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"595\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He later admitted to faking it with the help of a friend though.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Belly Button challenge cheat\" title=\"Best of the Web\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cheat.jpg\" width=\"588\" height=\"708\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His caption reads \u201cI just wanted to prove that fat people can do it too!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the many Instagrammers who\u2019ve attempted the challenge so far.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Belly Button challenge extreme\" title=\"Best of the Web\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/belly_button_challenge_3.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Belly Button challenge\" title=\"Best of the Web\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/belly_button_challenge_1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Belly Button challenge\" title=\"Best of the Web\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/belly_button_challenge_2.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/elvis-presley-s-grandson-looks-just-like-him\">ELVIS&#8217; GRANDSON LOOKS JUST LIKE HIM!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/sloane-re-signs-with-adelaide\">RORY SLOANE ON HOW CLOSE HE CAME TO LEAVING ADELAIDE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creepy? Unhealthy? Or just a bit of fun? The \u201cBelly Button Test\u201d is the latest ridiculous craze to sweep the internet but what exactly is it? Teenagers around the world (particularly in China, where the challenge has taken Weibo \u2013 China\u2019s Twitter \u2013 by storm) are challenging themselves to see who can touch their belly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":22939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-22933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Internet erupts over new selfie trend - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/internet-erupts-over-new-selfie-trend\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Internet erupts over new selfie trend\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Creepy? 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