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

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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. "

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" 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. "

" There is a way to disagree with someone, but it doesn't have to be threatening. "

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