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" I need to just be Iskra, and I've got to believe in me, or else no one will. "
Iskra Lawrence
Got
Believe
Me
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" Words and images deeply impact the way we view our bodies, and the consequences can be very damaging. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" When I was a teenager, a mean comment would have hurt me deeply, I've made it my mission to be a role model for young girls and boys and help show them that other people's words or opinions have nothing to do with how beautiful they actually are. "
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" Everybody can rock a bikini, swimsuit, unicorn onesie... whatever floats your boat. If you wear it with confidence, you will look hot. "
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" I'm very aware I have very young people following me - 11- and 12-year-olds. I want to do things that are aspirational, so I'm not going to pick a picture that's unattractive - even in the sense of lighting and angles - but I make sure that it's realistic. It is me, and it is my body. I wouldn't put anything out there that isn't real. "
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" Invest in brands that make you feel good and that you believe in. "
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" I remember I took an editorial, and I was so excited. I got the pictures back, and I looked in the magazine, and I was like, 'Oh my gosh!' My arms were half their size, and I had a thigh gap magically, and all these crazy things. My family went out and tried to find my pictures in the magazines, but no one could recognize me. "
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" I feel like I deserve to be loved because I've learned to love myself. "
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" The most important relationship we have in our lives is the relationship we have with ourselves, and we're not taught about it. "
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" On a night out, I can feel unstoppable with an eyeliner wing and a bold lip. But I also love that I can still feel beautiful and confident without any of that. "
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" I'm very much a positive person - I put good energy out there - so I don't feel like anyone would want to do anything nasty to me. "
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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. "
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" I always encourage other people to share a story and voices. That is so important. "
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" Be you. Everyone else is already taken. "
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Everyone
Else
Taken
" 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. "
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Diversity
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" Throughout my whole teenage years, I had zero confidence and had to build it from the bottom up. "
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" Girls shouldn't be worried about their cellulite or their rolls. Or anything that makes us real. "
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" 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. "
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" I had a taste for this fashion industry that I loved and wanted to be a part of. "
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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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" My story is one of ups and downs. It's made up of tastes of success and a lot more rejection. "
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" 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. "
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" There is a way to disagree with someone, but it doesn't have to be threatening. "
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" I live by 'Everything in moderation.' "
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