Radhika Apte Quotes

I love my curves.

I'm so glad teenagers can look up to young girls and realize it's okay to be voluptuous.

My curves are not crazy.

I have always been cool and open about my body.

I look in the mirror, and I'm a plus-size girl, but I got it going on.

It doesn't matter: any weight, shape or form or however your body is, you want to be proud of it.

In Brazil, no matter your shape, you're comfortable walking around in a bikini. You feel good in your body. We know you're never going to be perfect. If you get caught up in worrying about this and that, you're going to spend all your life working on these little spots.

I've learned to embrace my curves, this is me.

Back in Nebraska, I was known as the fat model - the girl who was pretty for a big girl. My body, like my confidence, has been picked apart, manipulated, and controlled by others who didn't necessarily understand it.

Every woman needs to look in the mirror and instinctively decide what will make her feel happy and good about herself and her body; that's all I did.

As women, we need to embrace our bodies and be confident with who we are.

I think it's so important just to have confidence in your body. Everyone knows that confidence is sexy, and it's knowing your assets, your strengths, and just playing those up.

It's my body. And I like my body. And I like my breasts. And no, they're not fake.

As women, we are constantly criticising and judging ourselves in terms of our body, how we dress, what profession we take up, how we fare in that. Indian women are gifted with certain body types and features, which is healthy, and we should accept that.

I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick. I like my body.

I want the world to see my body.

I think that, if anything, the pageant is great for people who suffer from body issues. It's all about being comfortable with what you're given and what you have and being able to flaunt it without being insecure. It's about empowering women, not making them feel weak or less.

I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for being the absolute opposite. I didn't see all of that stuff as the American Dream. I just wanted to look normal. Now that I'm older, I really do feel like I am a beautiful girl.

I don't have a model's body. But I'm not one of those crazy girls who thinks that they're fat. I'm okay with what I have. I can rock this body, you know?

It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.

Really, I don't care if people think I'm too skinny. This is my body. If they don't like it, screw it.

I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy.

As I've got older, I feel more confident in my body, so wouldn't want to tamper with it.

To me, I always felt like I was carrying a torch for women of any size to be themselves - it doesn't matter whether you're a size 2 or a 22, just be who you are.

In a photo shoot, you have to be very comfortable in your own skin. It's all about confidence-boosting and putting on armor.