“I didn’t know that models’ faces were airbrushed in magazine photos. I spent my teenage years and young adulthood agonizing over my imperfect complexion. Now, when I look back, I realize that my skin was actually as beautiful as a young girl’s could be.”

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"Hell, I do not even have to shave my legs anymore. Those guys I thought did not like me in my youth have all told me that they were intimidated because they found me attractive, but they thought they would be picked on for liking a curvy girl. They did not have the balls back then to stand up for what they wanted. Beauty standards change all the time. Now, size inclusivity is allowing us big girls to shine."

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