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" 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

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

Iskra Lawrence

Got

Believe

" Instead of waking up and worrying about your thigh gap, wake up and worry about what you're going to achieve today. What can you do, and how can you give back? "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I did not label myself 'plus size.' The fashion industry did. "

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

" 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

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

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

" 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 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'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. "

" 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 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. "

Iskra Lawrence

Body

Proud

" I felt like the sample size was right, and my body was wrong. I basically ended up going into battle with my body, and that's a daily battle every time you look in the mirror. Every time you see an image of a successful model or someone who you look up to who doesn't look like you, you think you're not good enough. "

" If you want to wear something and you feel confident, you are going to rock it. That's what I love about fashion: it's your choice and your chance to express yourself. "

" 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!' "

" 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 feel like I deserve to be loved because I've learned to love myself. "

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

Iskra Lawrence

Old

Look

" When you get to that point where you don't have to worry and you don't have to think about it... I'm pretty sure that's the best diet you can be on. "

" 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. "

" Social media should be a true sense of who you are. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

Iskra Lawrence

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