Barbie Ferreira Quotes

I'd rather be overweight and curvy than super thin with no curves. I'm proud of my body.

I've never been a thin girl. I grew up being - I don't want to say a plus-size girl, but a girl of curves and substance.

I've never been a size zero, let me say that here and now. I've never been that sort of person.

I do find that as a curvy girl, as I guess I've sort of been deemed, I don't think you want to run your curves off, because then you're just not yourself.

I was really tired of words like 'plus size,' 'round' and 'large.' I thought, 'Come on, we're fat.'

I'd much rather be known as some curvy Kate than as some skinny stick.

I've always been full-figured in a not-boyish way.

I've always been an overweight girl, and I've never had an issue with that. I'm very comfortable with my body.

I just have to be very clear. Whether or not I lose weight or stay the same, it's purely a choice of mine for health. Not because I think that plus size, curvy, voluptuous, big bodies aren't attractive - because I think they're awesome and sexy.

Many companies and publications don't understand what it means to be body positive or what it means to be plus-size. They're just trying to capitalize on the term because it's a hot topic.

What the body-positive movement wants is to stop categorizing people, and to let people of all body types be able to do anything, whether they're slightly bigger than the average model or a lot bigger.

I'm not fat. I'm fluffy!

There's all body types, but there's just one size.

At the end of the day, it just means 'curvy.' That's why I think the word 'plus-size' in the industry is very different from people's mind view of what 'plus-size' really should mean.

I'm a grown woman and sometimes, I might be a little fat, you know? Am I alone there? Not really.

I don't want to use the term 'plus-size,' because, to me, what the hell is that? It just doesn't have a positive connotation to it. I tend to not use it.

Yes and, you know, I can't use the nice words anymore because I used to chicken out by using them. I used to call myself plus size, used to call myself chubby. I used to call myself overweight.

I sympathize far more with heavier people than I ever will with thin. I'll never be thin. Let's be honest.

I'm a curvy girl, and I'm a real girl.

I think my body is beautiful, and I'm confident to embrace it. There's nothing to be ashamed of if you're a size 14, as long as you're fit and healthy.

We've going to bring back thighs. Enough of these size zeros. Thighs, and back fat, and over-the-belt fat, it's all got to come back again, and we're the ones to do it.

I didn't even know I was considered plus-size until I was on the red carpet here in L.A. one day and a lady said, 'How do you feel about being a plus-sized girl in Hollywood?' I was like, 'What's she talking about?'

I'm curvy.

This is who I am. I am never going to be a size zero.

The States are more accommodating to fat people - there are more plus-sized clothing labels, and people talk openly about it.