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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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" 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!' "

Iskra Lawrence

You

Enough

Feel Good

" 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. "

" 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. "

Iskra Lawrence

Sports

Body

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Any images that I've had retouched, I look at them, and I think, 'Oh I actually don't want that.' That's why I don't share them on Instagram. "

" When I joined Instagram, I began sharing my raw photos along with my raw and honest thoughts and feelings. "

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

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

" My confidence comes from the realisation that, actually, the best you can be is you, learning to accept who I was, what I wanted, and that I was more than my body. "

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

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

Iskra Lawrence

Years

Zero

" Instead of waking up and worrying about your thigh gap, wake up and worry about what you're going to achieve today. What can you do, and how can you give back? "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Iskra Lawrence

Body

People

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

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

" 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. "

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

" My dad always has the best advice! "

" Invest in brands that make you feel good and that you believe in. "

" 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.' "

" As a model, I feel a great responsibility, and I understand how an image can make a young woman feel. "

" I dreamt of being an Aerie model before I came to New York. That was one of the main reasons I came to New York and wanted to get signed. "

" If you are trying to achieve the 'perfect body' or aspiring to be like someone else, you are only going to feel like you failed. "

" 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. "