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" I think everyone who shares a piece of themselves and is open and honest - I think that helps us all. "

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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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" You can't compare yourself to anyone else. I try and use this advice daily. I didn't actually fully believe that until I was maybe 21 or 22. "

" Be you. Everyone else is already taken. "

" 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 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. "

" 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!' "

" 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. "

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

" There's a direct correlation between media and how we feel about our bodies. "

" Oh my goodness - Zac Efron has great abs. "

" You're always 'too' something. "

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

" 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. "

" Social media should be a true sense of who you are. "

" Phones are interesting objects. Sometimes you wish they just didn't exist. "

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

" 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? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "