Iskra Lawrence Quotes

Iskra Lawrence

Profession : Model

Birth : September 11, 1990

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

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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.

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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.

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My dad always has the best advice!

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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There's a direct correlation between media and how we feel about our bodies.

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

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Because I was a swimmer, I felt like sports did help me to realize that my body was more than what it just looked like... and if didn't eat, then I couldn't swim fast.

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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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Social media has been both damaging and beneficial in terms of how we view our bodies.

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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.

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