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" 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. "

Iskra Lawrence

Confident

Beautiful

Time

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" 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

" 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

" 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

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

" My thighs are great! "

Iskra Lawrence

Thighs

Great

" There's nothing wrong with having a bad day. Let yourself feel those emotions because every emotion is validated. "

" You should be waking up and being excited about what you're going to do today, and your friends and your family, and what you're going to achieve in life. "

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

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

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

" Obviously, breast cancer is very much out there but cervical cancer isn't talked about as much because there's a bit more of a stigma around it. Certainly that's something I want to make sure that young girls know. "

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

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

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

" Aerie builds you up, and it makes you feel positive. Why don't more companies do that? "

Iskra Lawrence

You

Why

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Everyone has to realize that body-shaming can happen at any size. "

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

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

" I got told I wasn't good enough and that I could never make it. And then Aerie told me I was beautiful because I was me. "

Iskra Lawrence

Beautiful

Never

" Be you. Everyone else is already taken. "

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

Iskra Lawrence

Got

Believe

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