A sanitary article (1), such as a sanitary napkin or a pantiliner, according to the present disclosure, comprises a topsheet (2), a backsheet (3), an acquisition layer (4) and an absorbent core (5), the absorbent core (5) being arranged between the topsheet (2) and the backsheet (3) and the acquisition layer (4) being arranged between the topsheet (2) and the absorbent core (5), the sanitary article (1) having an extension in a longitudinal direction (L) about a longitudinal centerline (Lc) and in a transverse direction (T), the sanitary article (1) having a first and a second longitudinal side edge (6, 7) extending in the longitudinal direction (L) and a front and a rear transverse side edge (8, 9) extending in the transverse direction (T), the sanitary article being divided in a frontmost half (10) and in a rearmost half (11), as seen in the longitudinal direction (L), wherein the absorbent core (5) in the rearmost half (11) of the sanitary article (1) is provided with a low-density rear shaping element (12) having a lower density than an adjacent region of the absorbent core (5), the low-density rear shaping element (12) comprising a shaping element first leg section (12a) and a shaping element second leg section (12b), the rearmost half (11) of the sanitary article (1) furthermore comprising a V-shaped or modified V-shaped rear embossed element (13) comprising a first embossed leg section (13a) and a second embossed leg section (13b), wherein the shaping element first leg section (12a) and the shaping element second leg section (12b) tend towards each other and towards the rear transverse side edge (9) of the sanitary article (1) to form a non-intersecting V-shape, the shaping element first leg section (12a) and the shaping element second leg section (12b) being arranged on a respective side of the longitudinal centerline (Lc) of the sanitary article (1), and in that the V-shaped rear embossed element (13) is provided only in the topsheet (2) and in the acquisition layer (4) and points towards the rear transverse side edge (9) of the sanitary article (1) and in that the low-density rear shaping element (12) and the V-shaped rear embossed element (13) partly or completely overlap each other.