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" I just spent five, six years sacrificing so much to try and fit into that one ideal, that one small standard, and I was never good enough. And it was just frustration that turned into motivation... That became my ammunition, all the people that told me I couldn't. "

Iskra Lawrence

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

" 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. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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

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

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

" You're always 'too' something. "

" My dad always has the best advice! "

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

" 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 don't need to be retouched - because the real you is beautiful. "

" No matter what age you are, your voice should be heard, and you can develop a passion for something and be an activist in your own right, in your own field, for something you feel strongly about. "

" 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 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 need to see real women's bodies. "

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

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

" 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!' "

" 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 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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