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.

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

I think everyone who shares a piece of themselves and is open and honest - I think that helps us all.

Obviously, breast cancer is very much out there but cervical cancer isn't talked about as much because there's a bit more of a stigma around it. Certainly that's something I want to make sure that young girls know.

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.

There's nothing wrong with having a bad day. Let yourself feel those emotions because every emotion is validated.

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!'

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

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

I started when I was 13 years old by entering 'Elle Girl''s search for the next supermodel in the U.K. I got to the finals and was signed by Storm.

You're always 'too' something.

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.

I just spent five, six years sacrificing so much to try and fit into that one ideal, that one small standard, and I was never good enough. And it was just frustration that turned into motivation... That became my ammunition, all the people that told me I couldn't.

I had a taste for this fashion industry that I loved and wanted to be a part of.

For so many years, I thought I wasn't good enough.

I didn't always have a lot of self confidence growing up.

I think unretouched images are even more beautiful.

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.

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.

I had a turbulent relationship with my calves, but I love them now because I realize that they were never the problem.

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

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

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

I want to be the girl that's real and show other girls that you don't have to have flawless skin or the 'perfect' body - because that's just not real.