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" After so many years of being rejected and having my body scrutinized... for Aerie to come along and basically say, 'We accept you. We don't care about your size.' To see those pictures on a Times Square billboard, and they were completely unretouched, I just was like, 'Wow. I finally feel good enough!' "

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" If your girlfriend is saying, 'Ugh, look at my stretch marks, look at my rolls,' don't say, 'Yeah, I hate my thighs, too.' Say, 'No, you look really cute today - and I feel good, too!' "

Iskra Lawrence

Look

Today

Cute

" I tried the maple syrup diet. I tried the protein-only Atkins diet. "

" Everyone has to realize that body-shaming can happen at any size. "

" I dreamt of being an Aerie model before I came to New York. That was one of the main reasons I came to New York and wanted to get signed. "

" The most important relationship we have in our lives is the relationship we have with ourselves, and we're not taught about it. "

" My confidence comes from the realisation that, actually, the best you can be is you, learning to accept who I was, what I wanted, and that I was more than my body. "

" Like virtually all of the women I know, I spent my teenage years battling with my body and feeling I wasn't good enough. A lot of that negativity is because I was pursuing a career in modeling and was told countless times that my body was too big. My hips and thighs were too wide. "

" On a night out, I can feel unstoppable with an eyeliner wing and a bold lip. But I also love that I can still feel beautiful and confident without any of that. "

" I remember I took an editorial, and I was so excited. I got the pictures back, and I looked in the magazine, and I was like, 'Oh my gosh!' My arms were half their size, and I had a thigh gap magically, and all these crazy things. My family went out and tried to find my pictures in the magazines, but no one could recognize me. "

Iskra Lawrence

Family

Crazy

" We need to see real women's bodies. "

" I'm very much a positive person - I put good energy out there - so I don't feel like anyone would want to do anything nasty to me. "

" I treat health and fitness as looking after myself. "

" I remember doing a commercial one time where I stepped on a shard of glass, and I was hobbling around in swimwear. It was raining and in the commercial, when I saw it, I didn't look like I had a messed up foot. "

" Everybody can rock a bikini, swimsuit, unicorn onesie... whatever floats your boat. If you wear it with confidence, you will look hot. "

" My long-term dream is to have self-education in schools for mental, physical, and emotional health because we need to learn how to speak to ourselves in a loving way and to each other. "

" I refuse to let something as insignificant as a size or number on a scale determine how I feel about myself. I am grateful for my body, my health, and the life that I have, and no arbitrary number should have any impact on that. "

" If you want to wear something and you feel confident, you are going to rock it. That's what I love about fashion: it's your choice and your chance to express yourself. "

" You should be waking up and being excited about what you're going to do today, and your friends and your family, and what you're going to achieve in life. "

" Aerie builds you up, and it makes you feel positive. Why don't more companies do that? "

Iskra Lawrence

You

Why

" I'm happy with myself. I respect myself. And I know that no man, no jeans, no scale, and no booker is in control of my future - I am. "

" I have heard every negative thing under the sun about my body. "

" Social media has been both damaging and beneficial in terms of how we view our bodies. "

" I live by 'Everything in moderation.' "

" Hateful words stand no chance against self-worth and a little of humor. "

" For so many years, I thought I wasn't good enough. "

" For me, health starts from the mind, and it really does start from the inside out. "

" I don't ever wanna blame my body for not being right. "

" When we think about our bodies, we often think about the way they look as opposed to what they accomplish for us every day. "

" I always encourage other people to share a story and voices. That is so important. "

Iskra Lawrence

Story

Always

" When you get to that point where you don't have to worry and you don't have to think about it... I'm pretty sure that's the best diet you can be on. "