We need to see real women's bodies.

My thighs are great!

I love McDonald's now and again - not every day.

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.

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.

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

I was called 'fat' 200 times on shoots and had serious trouble fitting in the clothes at fashion shows. All these things break you down to a point where you look in the mirror and don't like what you see.

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

As a model, I feel a great responsibility, and I understand how an image can make a young woman feel.

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.

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.'

When I joined Instagram, I began sharing my raw photos along with my raw and honest thoughts and feelings.

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.

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'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.

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 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.

Phones are interesting objects. Sometimes you wish they just didn't exist.

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

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.

You don't need to be retouched - because the real you is beautiful.

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

I always encourage other people to share a story and voices. That is so important.

When we think about our bodies, we often think about the way they look as opposed to what they accomplish for us every day.

It's easy to forget how powerful our bodies actually are.

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

I live by 'Everything in moderation.'

Never think your life isn't good enough. You only have one, so enjoy every minute.

Words and images deeply impact the way we view our bodies, and the consequences can be very damaging.

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.

There is a way to disagree with someone, but it doesn't have to be threatening.

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

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

I spent so many years being repeatedly rejected and told I wasn't good enough. It took a huge toll on my self-esteem until I realized I am more than my body and that, actually, our beauty comes from diversity.

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

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.

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.

My dad always has the best advice!

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

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

I treat health and fitness as looking after myself.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

I was a 'straight-size' model from 13 to 16, but I was eventually dropped by the agency because my hips were too big.

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

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.