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

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" 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. "

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

" 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'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. "

" 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. "

" 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!' "

" I dreamt of being an Aerie model before I came to New York. That was one of the main reasons I came to New York and wanted to get signed. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 focus for me is always about health. That's why I talk about self-care rather than size or anything like that, because that's something we can all do that's relatable - this discussion of being healthy form the inside-out. "

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

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

" 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 just spent five, six years sacrificing so much to try and fit into that one ideal, that one small standard, and I was never good enough. And it was just frustration that turned into motivation... That became my ammunition, all the people that told me I couldn't. "

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

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

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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