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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Iskra Lawrence

Perfect

Trying

Body

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I didn't always have a lot of self confidence growing up. "

" 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. "

Iskra Lawrence

Storm

Old

" For me, health starts from the mind, and it really does start from the inside out. "

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

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

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

Iskra Lawrence

Open

Think

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

" Be you. Everyone else is already taken. "

" You don't always need to be this flawless female with amazing skin and done hair. Perfect doesn't exist. "

" I think unretouched images are even more beautiful. "

Iskra Lawrence

Even

Think

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

Iskra Lawrence

Old

Look

" The first time I learned about Aerie, I was blown away by how beautiful and confident the models appeared in their ads - and more so that they were un-retouched. "

" 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

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

" 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

" My dad always has the best advice! "

" No matter what age you are, your voice should be heard, and you can develop a passion for something and be an activist in your own right, in your own field, for something you feel strongly about. "

" My thighs are great! "

Iskra Lawrence

Thighs

Great

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

" 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. "

Iskra Lawrence

Family

Crazy

" Labels make us feel worse about ourselves, and I would love for all models, no matter what their size, to be treated equally and called the same thing. "

Iskra Lawrence

Love

Feel

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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