About

Built Like A Mexican is a participatory photo trend and series of memes that gained traction on X / Twitter in December 2024. After X user @kaee_1 made a post criticizing someone for not dressing for their body, saying that they were "built like a Mexican," several Latina and Mexican women on the platform posted photos of their own curvaceous bodies with the same caption. The trend inspired memes and reactions on X, primarily from people comparing the phrase to I Know It Smell Crazy In There, and from men who found it amusing that women would jump to correct someone's negative opinion of them by posting attractive photos of themselves.

Origin

On December 6th, 2024 Twitter / X^[1] user @kaee_1 posted a tweet that read, "Because aire jay not built like a Mexican y’all needa learn how to dress for y’all body type," gathering over 56,000 likes in five days.

The tweet prompted several curvy Mexican women to quote the post with pictures of themselves in an attempt to counteract the idea that being "built like a Mexican" indicated the existence of a singular "Mexican" body type.

X^[2] user @aIexjoy posted a series of photos on December 7th, gathering over 24,000 likes alongside a caption that read, "built like a mexican coca-cola."

X^[3] user @alexsesviviana made a similar post on December 7th, 2024, gathering over 50,000 likes on a quote tweet that contained several photos of herself, alongside a caption that read, "Great day to be built like a Mexican 🫦."

Spread

On December 7th, 2024, X^[7] user @big_business_ posted an image of Ice Cube looking at Karla from Next Friday, writing, "That built like a Mexican thread," and gathering over 95,000 likes in four days.

Several internet users reacted to the "Built Like A Mexican" post in December 2024, including X^[4] user @SinhaleseSavage who posted a screenshot on December 8th, 2024, that read, "I love Twitter/ Bches feel disrespected and be like 'here's my body.'" The post gathered over 50,000 likes in three days.

Also on December 8th, X^[5] user @_iamjamila wrote, "Which was worse? 'Built like a Mexican' or 'I know it smell crazy in there,'" gathering over 49,000 likes in three days.

On December 8th, 2024, X^[6] user @kaianextdoor posted an image of a Roblox figure edited to have very small hips and disproportionately wide shoulders, gathering over 370,000 likes in three days. The image was captioned, "How you know I’m Mexican?"

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