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" 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. "
Iskra Lawrence
Good
You
Weird
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" Be you. Everyone else is already taken. "
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" 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. "
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" 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.' "
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" 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. "
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Trying
Myself
See
" My thighs are great! "
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Great
" I was a 'straight-size' model from 13 to 16, but I was eventually dropped by the agency because my hips were too big. "
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" Phones are interesting objects. Sometimes you wish they just didn't exist. "
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" 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. "
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Future
Happy
" I think unretouched images are even more beautiful. "
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More
Think
" When we think about our bodies, we often think about the way they look as opposed to what they accomplish for us every day. "
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Every Day
Accomplish
Day
" 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. "
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Me
Beautiful
Never
" We don't need to be categorized - we are all individual and beautifully unique. "
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Need
Unique
Individual
" 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. "
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Time
Body
Think
" I remember Googling operations to make my calves slimmer, and I ate only ham for a week to try and become skinny. "
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Ham
Become
Skinny
" 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. "
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Body
Me
People
" If you start talking to yourself in a loving way you're going to feel so much better, and your life is going to be so much happier. "
Iskra Lawrence
Life
Yourself
Better
" 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. "
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Body
Me
Proud
" It's easy to forget how powerful our bodies actually are. "
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Easy
Our
Forget
" 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. "
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Power
Feel
Help
" As a model, I feel a great responsibility, and I understand how an image can make a young woman feel. "
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Feel
Woman
Responsibility
" For so many years, I thought I wasn't good enough. "
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Enough
Years
Thought
" I need to just be Iskra, and I've got to believe in me, or else no one will. "
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Got
Believe
Me
" 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. "
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Advice
Believe
" Oh my goodness - Zac Efron has great abs. "
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Great
Zac Efron
Goodness
" We need to see real women's bodies. "
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Need
Bodies
Real
" I love McDonald's now and again - not every day. "
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Day
Love
Every Day
" Invest in brands that make you feel good and that you believe in. "
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Good
You
" 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. "
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You
Friends
" 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. "
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Loving
Dream
Health
" 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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Family
Crazy
Me