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" As a 15, 16-year-old girl, someone messaging you on Facebook and telling you you're fat is devastating. It's still devastating when someone says something horrible about me, but I love myself so much more as a person. "

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Life

" I hope each week I grow and impress you guys and make you happy. "

" It's all about, no matter where you come from, that you can be who you want to be and achieve what you want to achieve. I want people to learn to love who they are. Because that's the hardest thing in life, being able to see yourself the way other people see you. "

" I had bulimia for a few years. I was really sick. I don't know that person; I can't believe that was me. "

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Person

" I had really bad polyps on my vocal cords, and I've had them since I was a kid, but the bulimia made it 10 times worse. They were bleeding constantly, and it was straining on my voice. And just the lack of nutrition - my vocal cords couldn't keep up because I was so unhealthy. "

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" I want to be the girl who has a positive influence on people's lifestyle. I don't want to be the girl who has an eating disorder, and that's why she looks the way she looks. "

" When I started working all the time, I started eating the right food that will help me have my energy up and stay healthy. "

" I just feel like in society and in public, we have this unspoken expectation that we're all trying to meet. And there's so much pressure to try to fit in. "

" I didn't lose. I got second. That's still winning. How could I be unhappy with second place? There are a million people who would love to be in my position. "

" People always ask me who my role models are and who I want to be like, and I don't wanna be like anybody; I wanna be me. I look up to a lot of people, and they have had great influences on me, but I wanna be original and different. "

Lauren Alaina

Look

Great

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" My first kiss was in 7th grade. It grossed me out. I kind of freaked out! "

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Kiss

Out

" I've got people around me that let me know when something really good happens. "

" Before I go to bed, I thank God for blessing me with all the things he blessed me with, and for my family to be safe. "

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Small

She

" I live country songs every single day of my life, so thank goodness I decided that was my passion! "

" I grew up eating fried food. I thought that macaroni and cheese was a vegetable. "

" I want that to be my overall message - that we just need to love each other. We need to love other more. "

Lauren Alaina

Just

Want

" No matter where you're from, what you've done, who you are, what your family's done, it's like, you cannot be healthy without love. "

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" I don't let people say mean things to me! I don't surround myself with people who'd want to do that. "

" I was 15 on American Idol, and everybody had something to say. It was like I had my really awkward phase on national television, you know? "

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Lauren Alaina

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" I'm a huge country music fan, and there are so many girls that I look up to, especially Carrie Underwood, which everyone knows because I've shouted it out for a while now. "

" Self-confidence is something I've always lacked in. But finally, at some point, I just decided to be honest. "

" I just want to inspire people to love other people and be accepting because I feel like there's so much going on in the world, and there's so many pressures, and there's so much negativity. "

" My dad didn't know that I had an eating disorder. He had no idea, so that was weird. I was in an interview and just said it accidentally. I called my dad because I remember thinking, 'My dad does not know that,' and he was surprised. I think he understood, though. "