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" For me, I feel empowered when I use my body to exercise, play sports, and explore the world. My body allows me to sing, dance, talk, feel - and eat a damn good piece of cheesecake. "

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" I spent so many years being repeatedly rejected and told I wasn't good enough. It took a huge toll on my self-esteem until I realized I am more than my body and that, actually, our beauty comes from diversity. "

Iskra Lawrence

I Am

Diversity

Body

" 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. "

" It's easy to forget how powerful our bodies actually are. "

" Never think your life isn't good enough. You only have one, so enjoy every minute. "

" 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. "

" We don't need to be categorized - we are all individual and beautifully unique. "

" I never could have dreamt that I would be able to help girls feel better about themselves. But now I know I can. I want to do everything in my power to do more. "

" Throughout my whole teenage years, I had zero confidence and had to build it from the bottom up. "

Iskra Lawrence

Years

Zero

" When you're happy and at one with yourself and have come to peace with who you are, that radiates. "

" I didn't always have a lot of self confidence growing up. "

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

" I had had my own trials and tribulations with body image. I had gone through a lot starting from my teenage years. "

" I've been trying to be the model that I wanted to see when I was a teenager, looking through magazines and not seeing myself, looking at pictures that were so edited. "

" 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!' "

" 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. "

" If you start talking to yourself in a loving way you're going to feel so much better, and your life is going to be so much happier. "

" Labels make us feel worse about ourselves, and I would love for all models, no matter what their size, to be treated equally and called the same thing. "

Iskra Lawrence

Love

Feel

" I know, when I was younger, I would look in the mirror every single day and hate what I saw. "

" I got told I wasn't good enough and that I could never make it. And then Aerie told me I was beautiful because I was me. "

Iskra Lawrence

Beautiful

Never

" The focus for me is always about health. That's why I talk about self-care rather than size or anything like that, because that's something we can all do that's relatable - this discussion of being healthy form the inside-out. "

" I felt like the sample size was right, and my body was wrong. I basically ended up going into battle with my body, and that's a daily battle every time you look in the mirror. Every time you see an image of a successful model or someone who you look up to who doesn't look like you, you think you're not good enough. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think unretouched images are even more beautiful. "

Iskra Lawrence

Even

Think

" I never want to shame anyone. I love going to the gym, and I feel proud and fit. That, for me, is aspirational. There are things you can do in a very healthy, natural way. This is how I work with my body to make it the best I can be. That's the shape that I have, just toned and tight. That's my preference. "

Iskra Lawrence

Body

Proud

" My thighs are great! "

Iskra Lawrence

Thighs

Great

" I love McDonald's now and again - not every day. "

" 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!' "

" Change the conversation you're having in the mirror with yourself... if you hear someone who is saying something that is bringing them down, stop it. Don't be passive. Actually, take action and say, 'I wouldn't speak to my best friend like that.' "

" You're always 'too' something. "