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" 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!' "

Iskra Lawrence

Look

Today

Cute

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

Iskra Lawrence

Anything

About

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

" 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.' "

" I think unretouched images are even more beautiful. "

Iskra Lawrence

Even

Think

" My long-term dream is to have self-education in schools for mental, physical, and emotional health because we need to learn how to speak to ourselves in a loving way and to each other. "

" 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. "

" I need to just be Iskra, and I've got to believe in me, or else no one will. "

Iskra Lawrence

Got

Believe

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

Iskra Lawrence

Story

Always

" I refuse to let something as insignificant as a size or number on a scale determine how I feel about myself. I am grateful for my body, my health, and the life that I have, and no arbitrary number should have any impact on that. "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Social media has been both damaging and beneficial in terms of how we view our bodies. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Iskra Lawrence

Beautiful

Hurt

" Hateful words stand no chance against self-worth and a little of humor. "

" You don't need to be retouched - because the real you is beautiful. "

" 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. "

" I was a 'straight-size' model from 13 to 16, but I was eventually dropped by the agency because my hips were too big. "

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

" 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. "

Iskra Lawrence

Trying

Role Model

" 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 love McDonald's now and again - not every day. "

" 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 had a turbulent relationship with my calves, but I love them now because I realize that they were never the problem. "

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

" 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? "