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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I spent so many years being repeatedly rejected and told I wasn't good enough. It took a huge toll on my self-esteem until I realized I am more than my body and that, actually, our beauty comes from diversity. "

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" My dad always has the best advice! "

" 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. "

" On a night out, I can feel unstoppable with an eyeliner wing and a bold lip. But I also love that I can still feel beautiful and confident without any of that. "

" 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. "

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

" Be you. Everyone else is already taken. "

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

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

" When you're happy and at one with yourself and have come to peace with who you are, that radiates. "

" 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!' "

" You can't compare yourself to anyone else. I try and use this advice daily. I didn't actually fully believe that until I was maybe 21 or 22. "