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

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" I think unretouched images are even more beautiful. "

" After so many years of being rejected and having my body scrutinized... for Aerie to come along and basically say, 'We accept you. We don't care about your size.' To see those pictures on a Times Square billboard, and they were completely unretouched, I just was like, 'Wow. I finally feel good enough!' "

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

" My dad always has the best advice! "

" 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. "

" You're always 'too' something. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" We need to see real women's bodies. "

" We don't need to be categorized - we are all individual and beautifully unique. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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 don't ever wanna blame my body for not being right. "

" 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. "

" 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'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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I have heard every negative thing under the sun about my body. "