Quotes from Denise Bidot

I'm just a woman. I'm a curvy woman, and hopefully some day they do end up cutting out the word 'plus-size.'

I consider taking care of my skin one of my priorities. It's also related to do what I do for modeling, so I have to make sure I take care of my skin to make sure I don't have breakouts.

Nobody is perfect. So for designers then to be taking chances on curvy women and not saying, 'Oh, you have to be this size to model for us' is really opening the door.

I'm not 6-feet tall and I'm not a size 2, so I never thought there would be an industry for me to fit into.

When you're a curvy girl, it can be hard to find a suit that fits perfectly in all the right places, but Target definitely has accomplished that with their swimwear.

Body positivity is not just an issue for larger women, and I think that's important to acknowledge. It's about including everyone, whether you're transgender, or LGBTQ, it's really about embracing every person's uniqueness.

Our face tells us a lot about the way we are eating. When people drink too much, they have breakouts that directly affect their face. Just listening to my skin and paying attention to it has taught me a lot.

Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Helena Christensen and Claudia Schiffer really proved to me that curves and fashion can work in beautiful harmony.

If I feel good, I look my best.

You're beautiful and you should feel good in your skin, and nobody should tell you otherwise.

I didn't know how, I didn't know when, but I wanted to act. I wanted to be in films.

It's in my nature to want every image of me to be authentic but at the end of the day as a model, I don't always get control over how someone decides to put forth my picture.

Skin care is one of the most important things for the body and feeling good.

I did makeup for a plus-size model a month after I officially quit acting. It was just fate. The photographer was like, 'Have you ever thought of modeling?' It may have been the one thing I never thought was possible for me.

The way I think about it is there are some people who are supposed to be skinny, because I have friends of mine who are that thin and who eat more than I do and don't gain a pound, but that's just their frame.

Being you is what defines real beauty.

If you share everything with your kid, you're honest and you really work hard, everything will work out as it should.

Often in life, you get thrown curveballs and how you handle them and how you bounce back from them will define who you are.

I think it's about time that we represent all women on the catwalk because that is a part of fashion. The way I see it, there's no wrong way to be a woman.

My daughter is 8 years old, and just recently she came to me and said a girl called her fat. And I couldn't imagine that was going on in second grade. It just blows my mind that kids are already being influenced by the media and using words this way.

I try to eat healthy and stay active.

There is something about dancing that just makes me feel alive, and it's an amazing workout.

I feel sexy all the time. I feel like sexiness is in my blood.

It's a refreshing moment to find a pair of jeans that just fit my curves perfectly and keep their shape - I hate when they start getting baggy at the knees.