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I'm not trying to prove myself, and I'm not trying to shock anyone.
Jameela Jamil
Myself
Prove
Shock
Trying
Anyone
I wanted to be a part of telling women there is no segregation. There is no need to ever not feel beautiful or glamorous. There should be nothing that gets in your way.
Jameela Jamil
Beautiful
Women
Nothing
Way
Telling
Segregation
Glamorous
Part
Feel
Gets
Wanted
Should
Your
Ever
Need
The concept of plus-size is so derogatory and weird. What does that mean? Plus the normal size? It shouldn't exist any more.
Jameela Jamil
Plus
More
Weird
Concept
Does
Exist
Normal
Any
Size
Mean
Derogatory
I had to learn to accept myself despite the fact that I was seriously underweight. I had to try and feel sexy.
Jameela Jamil
Myself
Try
Seriously
Despite
Sexy
Fact
Had
Feel
Learn
Accept
More women need to stick together.
Jameela Jamil
Together
Women
More
Stick
Need
Whenever I get negative comments on Twitter, it's always from girls - often ones who are trying to make it in the media. I don't understand why we can't put that energy into uniting and supporting each other instead.
Jameela Jamil
Negative
Girl
Energy
Twitter
Other
Put
Instead
Supporting
Make
Understand
Always
Comments
Get
Trying
Often
Whenever
Who
Each
Media
Why
Uniting
We're in a situation where talented, motivated school leavers and graduates can send off a hundred CVs and not get a reply, and where a trip to the Job Centre is depressing rather than inspirational. And you know what, that just feels wrong.
Jameela Jamil
Inspirational
You
School
Job
Situation
Hundred
Trip
Rather
Wrong
Feels
Talented
Know
Motivated
Off
Than
Reply
Get
Send
Graduates
Just
Where
Centre
Depressing
Most of my friends are male. And I've known some of them to literally go through mental breakdowns and still not talk about how they feel. Except to me. My shoulders are sodden with the tears of men.
Jameela Jamil
Me
Tears
Men
Some
About
Mental
Except
Through
Feel
Most
Talk
Known
How
Still
Go
Male
Friends
Literally
Them
Shoulders
For a while, I became a model scout and agent, thinking naively I could change the industry from the inside, and even kicked off the famous 'size zero debate' with an article I wrote to the 'Evening Standard' about my concerns from behind the curtain of the business, back in 2005.
Jameela Jamil
Business
Change
Debate
Thinking
Back
Kicked
Inside
About
Could
Wrote
Concerns
Industry
Became
Off
Article
Model
Scout
Behind
Famous
Size
Curtain
While
Agent
Standard
Even
Evening
Zero
I suffered a lot of setbacks when I started; I didn't have any work experience and no real confidence to go after the career that I knew in the back of my mind I really wanted. It affected my confidence as knock-back after knock-back left me feeling like I might never succeed.
Jameela Jamil
Work
Me
Confidence
Experience
Mind
Feeling
Back
Never
Knew
Like
Real
Go
Affected
Lot
Left
Any
Wanted
After
Succeed
Might
Really
Suffered
Started
Career
Setbacks
One of the perks of growing up, but also one of the biggest challenges, is making decisions about the future. Deciding what kind of job you want, whether you want to finish school, or whether you want to go to university are huge choices to make.
Jameela Jamil
Future
You
Challenges
School
Job
Kind
About
Finish
Also
Make
Perks
Making
Making Decisions
Go
Huge
Up
Want
Biggest
Deciding
Biggest Challenges
Whether
Decisions
Choices
Growing
Growing Up
University
School was horrific for me, constantly an outcast for being a geek.
Jameela Jamil
Me
School
Outcast
Constantly
Geek
Horrific
Being
The doctor said, 'You have a lump on your breast'. Hearing those words was a reminder, a kick up the bum if you like, telling me that life is very unpredictable.
Jameela Jamil
Life
Me
You
Doctor
Words
Kick
Those
Telling
Unpredictable
Reminder
Like
Said
Hearing
Bum
Up
Very
Your
Lump
Shaming people isn't productive. That makes you feel bad about yourself.
Jameela Jamil
You
Yourself
People
Bad
About
Feel
Makes
Productive
I was born partially deaf and suffered from labyrinthitis, which affected my balance. I had numerous ear infections and spent my childhood in and out of hospital having operations.
Jameela Jamil
Balance
Numerous
Spent
Out
Born
Having
Hospital
Had
Deaf
Operations
Affected
Childhood
Which
Suffered
Ear
Initially I struggled to find gluten-free products, but things have gradually improved, and now retailers like Holland & Barrett - with their new Free From range - are starting to cater for celiacs.
Jameela Jamil
Free
Range
Find
Struggled
New
Like
Cater
Improved
Gradually
Holland
Products
Initially
Now
Things
Starting
Sometimes gluten is even added to chips, which is really annoying.
Jameela Jamil
Sometimes
Added
Annoying
Which
Chips
Really
Even
Restaurants don't cater properly for celiac sufferers, and neither do supermarkets.
Jameela Jamil
Neither
Restaurants
Properly
Cater
I became allergic to virtually all fruits and vegetables, and my weight tumbled. I am 5ft. 10in. but dropped to just 8 st. 7lbs.
Jameela Jamil
Vegetables
Allergic
Virtually
Weight
Dropped
Became
Am
Just
Fruits
Women's bodies have always been used as a spectacle and objectified.
Jameela Jamil
Women
Always
Been
Bodies
Used
Spectacle
When I stepped into the industry, I was dealt this bizarre persona of being this sarcastic fashionista 'it girl' who is friends with loads of celebrities. That couldn't be further from the truth.
Jameela Jamil
Truth
Girl
Further
Bizarre
Stepped
Industry
Dealt
Friends
Celebrities
Persona
Being
Who
Sarcastic
Loads
I've been amazingly lucky, and believe me, I don't take anything for granted.
Jameela Jamil
Me
Believe
Take
Been
Amazingly
Anything
Granted
Lucky
I've had versions of disability my whole life, first with my hearing and then when I couldn't walk for over a year.
Jameela Jamil
Life
Walk
First
Year
Disability
Had
Over
Hearing
Versions
Then
Whole
I was so overwhelmed by the amazing response I had from thousands of women saying they felt beautiful in my first collection, I wanted to design more clothes they could love themselves in.
Jameela Jamil
Love
Beautiful
Saying
Women
Amazing
First
Clothes
Design
Response
Collection
Thousands
More
Could
Had
Felt
Overwhelmed
Wanted
Themselves
I was 23 and saw my face on the side of the big T4 bus at V Festival and almost fainted.
Jameela Jamil
Face
Big
Side
Saw
Almost
Festival
Bus
Some people cheat because they want to, because they can, because it gives them a thrill, or because they just can't do long-term relationships.
Jameela Jamil
People
Some People
Relationships
Some
Thrill
Gives
Cheat
Long-Term
Because
Just
Want
Them
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