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

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" A brand is only going to want to be more inclusive if they feel like it's going to be good for business as well as making the consumer feel good - so we have to encourage people to do that. Consumers have to stand up and say, 'I have power: my pound or dollar is how I vote.' "

" We need to realize that we can do anything with our lives because of who we are. "

" 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. "

" You are good enough as you, so delete that Facetune app and step away from that really weird filter that makes you look smoother than Craig David. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" People often ask me, 'Who is your role model?' and it sounds a bit cliche, but I've been trying to be my own model. "

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

" The more time I invested in myself and finding out what made me unique and special, the more jobs and campaigns I booked. "

" 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. "

" I did not label myself 'plus size.' The fashion industry did. "

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

" My story is one of ups and downs. It's made up of tastes of success and a lot more rejection. "

" I want to be the girl that's real and show other girls that you don't have to have flawless skin or the 'perfect' body - because that's just not real. "

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

" Words and images deeply impact the way we view our bodies, and the consequences can be very damaging. "

" Obviously, breast cancer is very much out there but cervical cancer isn't talked about as much because there's a bit more of a stigma around it. Certainly that's something I want to make sure that young girls know. "

" Every agency would mention my hips. I remember looking at the other models and thinking, 'I do not look like these girls.' "

" Be you. Everyone else is already taken. "

" I feel like I deserve to be loved because I've learned to love myself. "

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

" Girls shouldn't be worried about their cellulite or their rolls. Or anything that makes us real. "