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" 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. "

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

" 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'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. "

" 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. "

" 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 always encourage other people to share a story and voices. That is so important. "

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

" 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.' "

" I was called 'fat' 200 times on shoots and had serious trouble fitting in the clothes at fashion shows. All these things break you down to a point where you look in the mirror and don't like what you see. "

" 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 remember Googling operations to make my calves slimmer, and I ate only ham for a week to try and become skinny. "

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

" When you get to that point where you don't have to worry and you don't have to think about it... I'm pretty sure that's the best diet you can be on. "

" Because I was a swimmer, I felt like sports did help me to realize that my body was more than what it just looked like... and if didn't eat, then I couldn't swim fast. "

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

" I had a taste for this fashion industry that I loved and wanted to be a part of. "

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

" Clothing for larger sizes doesn't have to look frumpy and old; it should seamlessly integrate fashion - like Universal Standard. "

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

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

" Be you. Everyone else is already taken. "

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

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

" 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? "

" 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.' "

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

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

" 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. "

" I started when I was 13 years old by entering 'Elle Girl''s search for the next supermodel in the U.K. I got to the finals and was signed by Storm. "

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