Quotes About Self-acceptance

I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.

Often people would mistake me for white when I was younger, and I didn't correct them; there would be a period of time that they just thought I was.

People say I have a scary face. I find that to be a mixed compliment.

I think I felt pretty alienated, being bigger, being mixed race, being of lower socioeconomic standing.

A lot of people decide, if you're mixed, you're black. And so they try to force you to choose a culture.

I'm mixed, and I'm proud of that.

Mixed people - people of color - we've always been here. But we are really entering a time in which we are proud of our heritage. Proud to say, I'm not one or the other. I'm both.' And that's beautiful.

There's a mixture of pride and self-loathing in Jewish female comedians that I've always admired and wanted to bring into Jinkx.

I deal with body dysmorphia a lot, so it's always a process to see and hear myself on camera. I have to be in the right mental mode to not be hyper-critical of myself.

Every woman is not a runway model, nor should she be.

I don't model myself on just one person because I don't think that's healthy.

But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!

I'm not as beautiful as a model.

Not everybody is some kind of media model.

And anyway, modeling wasn't for me. I'm too short. I've got a big butt. It wasn't going to happen.

I started modeling at 28. I'm 5-feet-7 1/2, and I never went on a diet. I followed what my doctor told me: 'It's good to have a little bit of fat. Your weight is fine. Don't go any lighter.'

In modeling, I had to learn to like myself, to love myself, to feel comfortable.

I'd rather just be who I am and get the kind of movies that I want or the kind of modeling jobs I want based on who I am, really.

Those old '90s models when women were just themselves and they were real and they were embraced that way - I think we should get back to that.

People do make assumptions about models. That's their issue, not mine. It doesn't bother me because I'm comfortable enough in my own skin - I know who I am.

No, I don't think I have the same body type as the other models in shows. No, I don't think I am the best at any given show. Yes, I want a unique walk, but I also know I have to improve.

'A New Model' is saying that women should be confident in who they are and that they can be their own role models.

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

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.