Barbie Ferreira

Looking at magazines and being someone who wanted to act, as a kid, I was very much influenced by things I saw.

Acceptance is being able to feel beautiful in whatever you feel comfortable in.

Airbrushing has sold such a false idea of what a body looks like to the point where people can't tell what's real and what's fake.

Knowing that girls are inspired to not have the burden of self-hate, even if it's a tiny way, makes me happy to no end. It gets me up in the morning and softens a lot of the blows I get.

I'm a model, and I happen to model for curvy things, but at the end of the day, I'm still in front of a camera just like anyone else.

Not everyone relates to being a blond girl with blue eyes and is proportioned so she could barely walk if she was a real person.

I felt the term 'plus size' was inaccurate and kept all these beautiful, stunning women with the widest spectrum of body types I've ever seen - mind you, curvy agencies start at a size 6 and go up to a size 18 - from being seen and resonated with.

Don't be afraid to show off who you are.

I don't think there's anything wrong with the word 'curvy' or 'plus-size' because there are women who identify as that, and I'm not offended by it whatsoever because I don't feel like being bigger is anything wrong.

I used to hate my legs, but I learned to embrace them. They may be bigger than the average person's, but they're beautiful. I love them, and I wear short shorts all of the time.

Don't focus on your body. Love it, but know it'll never be up to society's standards because it's all Photoshop and exclusivity. And that's okay!

I just love to disconnect from everything sometimes.