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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.
Iskra Lawrence
Me
People
Own
Bit
My Own
Cliche
Sounds
Been
Model
Role
Role Model
Trying
Often
Ask
Your
Who
Throughout my whole teenage years, I had zero confidence and had to build it from the bottom up.
Iskra Lawrence
Confidence
Build
Teenage
Teenage Years
Throughout
Had
Bottom
Years
Up
Whole
Zero
Phones are interesting objects. Sometimes you wish they just didn't exist.
Iskra Lawrence
You
Phones
Sometimes
Wish
Objects
Exist
Just
Interesting
I need to just be Iskra, and I've got to believe in me, or else no one will.
Iskra Lawrence
Me
Will
Just Be
Believe
Else
No-One
Got
Just
Need
You don't need to be retouched - because the real you is beautiful.
Iskra Lawrence
Beautiful
You
Because
Real
Need
I had had my own trials and tribulations with body image. I had gone through a lot starting from my teenage years.
Iskra Lawrence
Trials
Own
Gone
Teenage
Teenage Years
Tribulations
My Own
Through
Had
Years
Lot
Body
Body Image
Image
Starting
I always encourage other people to share a story and voices. That is so important.
Iskra Lawrence
People
Important
Other
Voices
Share
Always
Encourage
Story
When we think about our bodies, we often think about the way they look as opposed to what they accomplish for us every day.
Iskra Lawrence
Day
Every Day
Every
Think
Our
Way
About
Look
Opposed
Accomplish
Often
Us
Bodies
It's easy to forget how powerful our bodies actually are.
Iskra Lawrence
Our
Easy
Powerful
How
Forget
Bodies
Actually
I have heard every negative thing under the sun about my body.
Iskra Lawrence
Negative
Every
Sun
About
Heard
Body
Thing
When I was a teenager, a mean comment would have hurt me deeply, I've made it my mission to be a role model for young girls and boys and help show them that other people's words or opinions have nothing to do with how beautiful they actually are.
Iskra Lawrence
Beautiful
Me
Hurt
People
Words
Made
Girl
Young
Nothing
Other
Teenager
Would
Mission
Boy
Opinions
How
Comment
Model
Role
Role Model
Young Girls
Mean
Them
Show
Help
Deeply
Actually
On a night out, I can feel unstoppable with an eyeliner wing and a bold lip. But I also love that I can still feel beautiful and confident without any of that.
Iskra Lawrence
Love
Beautiful
Out
Wing
Feel
Unstoppable
Also
Without
Still
Lip
Any
Confident
Bold
Night
I refuse to let something as insignificant as a size or number on a scale determine how I feel about myself. I am grateful for my body, my health, and the life that I have, and no arbitrary number should have any impact on that.
Iskra Lawrence
Life
Myself
Health
Grateful
Scale
Arbitrary
Impact
Insignificant
About
Determine
Something
Feel
How
Am
Any
Refuse
Size
Should
Body
Number
The most important relationship we have in our lives is the relationship we have with ourselves, and we're not taught about it.
Iskra Lawrence
Relationship
Important
Our
Our Lives
Ourselves
About
Most
Taught
The Most Important
Lives
If your girlfriend is saying, 'Ugh, look at my stretch marks, look at my rolls,' don't say, 'Yeah, I hate my thighs, too.' Say, 'No, you look really cute today - and I feel good, too!'
Iskra Lawrence
Today
Saying
Good
You
Feel Good
Hate
Cute
Too
Say
Marks
Girlfriend
Feel
Look
Yeah
Rolls
Really
Your
Thighs
Stretch
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.
Iskra Lawrence
Good
Diversity
Beauty
Enough
Took
Our
Spent
More
Until
Self-Esteem
Am
Repeatedly
Years
Huge
Than
So Many Years
Being
Realized
Body
Many
Toll
Actually
Rejected
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.
Iskra Lawrence
Best
You
Confidence
Learning
More
Accept
Than
Wanted
Realisation
Body
Who
Actually
Girls shouldn't be worried about their cellulite or their rolls. Or anything that makes us real.
Iskra Lawrence
Girl
Worried
About
Makes
Real
Rolls
Anything
Us
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.
Iskra Lawrence
Best
You
Think
Worry
Pretty
About
Point
Sure
Get
Diet
Where
There's a direct correlation between media and how we feel about our bodies.
Iskra Lawrence
Our
Correlation
About
Direct
Feel
Between
How
Bodies
Media
I was a 'straight-size' model from 13 to 16, but I was eventually dropped by the agency because my hips were too big.
Iskra Lawrence
Big
Too
Dropped
Because
Hips
Were
Model
Agency
Eventually
Social media has been both damaging and beneficial in terms of how we view our bodies.
Iskra Lawrence
Social Media
Beneficial
Our
Has-Been
Both
Terms
How
Been
Social
Bodies
View
Media
Damaging
Often, I'll do a quick workout in my hotel room consisting of exercises for the legs, glutes, abs, and arms with my own body weight. Also, I always have a jump rope, a medicine ball I can inflate, and a band in my suitcase. It's a great kit to have for travel.
Izabel Goulart
Great
Travel
Band
Own
Medicine
Suitcase
Consisting
My Own
Kit
Weight
Hotel
Hotel Room
Also
Arms
Exercises
Ball
Always
Jump
Quick
Often
Inflate
Legs
Room
Body
Rope
Workout
The first thing I do in the morning is prepare fresh juice. I have 15 different recipes, which I drink for 15 days consecutively. Then I repeat the recipes from the beginning for the next 15 days of the month. My juices include fruit, vegetables, leafy greens, and even grains.
Izabel Goulart
Morning
Fruit
Vegetables
First
Beginning
Recipes
Month
Drink
Days
First Thing
Fresh
Juice
Repeat
Juices
Greens
The First Thing
Different
Grains
Which
Then
Next
Even
Include
Prepare
Thing
I've never been to Thailand and I've only heard good things about it. I really want to make my way there.
Izabel Goulart
Good
Good Things
Way
About
Only
Never
Make
Been
Heard
Thailand
Want
Really
Things
Modeling has given me the opportunity to travel outside of Brazil and see the world. I have been meeting many interesting and talented people along the way.
Izabel Goulart
Me
Travel
People
World
Opportunity
Brazil
Meeting
Way
See
Given
Outside
Talented
Along
Talented People
Been
Modeling
Interesting
Many
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