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My thighs are great!
I live by 'Everything in moderation.'
Be you. Everyone else is already taken.
Oh my goodness - Zac Efron has great abs.
I love McDonald's now and again - not every day.
For so many years, I thought I wasn't good enough.
I think unretouched images are even more beautiful.
Social media should be a true sense of who you are.
I treat health and fitness as looking after myself.
I don't ever wanna blame my body for not being right.
It's easy to forget how powerful our bodies actually are.
I did not label myself 'plus size.' The fashion industry did.
Invest in brands that make you feel good and that you believe in.
I tried the maple syrup diet. I tried the protein-only Atkins diet.
I feel like I deserve to be loved because I've learned to love myself.
Hateful words stand no chance against self-worth and a little of humor.
Phones are interesting objects. Sometimes you wish they just didn't exist.
There's a direct correlation between media and how we feel about our bodies.
I need to just be Iskra, and I've got to believe in me, or else no one will.
There is a way to disagree with someone, but it doesn't have to be threatening.
We don't need to be categorized - we are all individual and beautifully unique.
I had a taste for this fashion industry that I loved and wanted to be a part of.
I always encourage other people to share a story and voices. That is so important.
Aerie builds you up, and it makes you feel positive. Why don't more companies do that?
Social media has been both damaging and beneficial in terms of how we view our bodies.
I know, when I was younger, I would look in the mirror every single day and hate what I saw.
My story is one of ups and downs. It's made up of tastes of success and a lot more rejection.
Throughout my whole teenage years, I had zero confidence and had to build it from the bottom up.
Girls shouldn't be worried about their cellulite or their rolls. Or anything that makes us real.
I think everyone who shares a piece of themselves and is open and honest - I think that helps us all.
As a model, I feel a great responsibility, and I understand how an image can make a young woman feel.
Words and images deeply impact the way we view our bodies, and the consequences can be very damaging.
You don't always need to be this flawless female with amazing skin and done hair. Perfect doesn't exist.
When I joined Instagram, I began sharing my raw photos along with my raw and honest thoughts and feelings.
I remember Googling operations to make my calves slimmer, and I ate only ham for a week to try and become skinny.
There's nothing wrong with having a bad day. Let yourself feel those emotions because every emotion is validated.
I had had my own trials and tribulations with body image. I had gone through a lot starting from my teenage years.
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.
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 had a turbulent relationship with my calves, but I love them now because I realize that they were never the problem.
The more time I invested in myself and finding out what made me unique and special, the more jobs and campaigns I booked.
Every agency would mention my hips. I remember looking at the other models and thinking, 'I do not look like these girls.'
When we think about our bodies, we often think about the way they look as opposed to what they accomplish for us every day.
Clothing for larger sizes doesn't have to look frumpy and old; it should seamlessly integrate fashion - like Universal Standard.
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.
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.
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.
Everybody can rock a bikini, swimsuit, unicorn onesie... whatever floats your boat. If you wear it with confidence, you will look hot.
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.
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.