Beanie Feldstein Quotes

With L'Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.

I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.

Style is not a reward for the skinny. It's not, 'iI I'm rich, thin and young.' You may not like your size, but then don't invest in leather leggings. Let yourself want the expensive bag and really love it and show it off and have a ball with it.

My deal was that they would use a full-length picture of me in my underwear and a full-length picture of me all done up, and they would write about how long it took and how much it cost, because that was the whole point. It was very liberating.

I want the world to see my body.

I enjoy stories about thin women - I read them frequently. I enjoy them; I root for those characters, but I always feel like there are enough of them out there and there are enough of them in the spotlight.

I like when a girl knows what she looks like and dresses to accentuate those features.

I do like my breasts. They're great, so much fun. You can do what you like with them.

I am a woman after all, so some days I feel good and sexy in a bikini, and other days, I'm like, 'Where are my caftans?!'

There are tons of black girls modeling, and each one is special.

Follow your heart. Make sure whatever you wear makes you feel sexy and confident.

If there was going to be a pioneer of the plus-size girl of my shape on TV, why not me?

The idea that I get to kind of redefine what is beautiful and whose story deserves to be told and showcase that you know, big women have love lives and complex colorful lives like everybody else, that's really important to me.

I know seeing bigger women looking great would have mattered to me when I was younger - that's why I try not to wear a black dress every day.

Once I realized, when I became a plus-size model, that there were more women like me, my confidence immediately shot through the roof.

Even with the beauty stories we put out, we saw there was an opportunity to address issues of representation, identity, self-expression. We created the community that we wanted to have at 'Teen Vogue.' We were willing to lose some to have more.

To see another fat girl on television, I think, is really powerful. I'm happy to open the doors for a younger generation of fat, black women to be visible, to be seen, to be heard.

Fashion is one industry that can really change things around for young boys and girls and make them feel like they are not left out. It can send a message that one doesn't have to look a certain way to be considered more beautiful or fashionable.

I think it's really important for all young girls to see themselves represented in fashion so they don't feel alone in the world.

Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves, of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys, they'd just walk around naked at all times.

To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person.

Part of the reason I wanted to model was to push the boundaries and challenge the perceptions of what a beautiful body is supposed to look like. Why should I feel any differently about looking good than anyone else?

I like to feel sexy. I know my husband thinks I'm sexy. I think he is too. But I don't go out half-naked with 'sex' written across my back.

My visibility may have gotten Hollywood to redefine what's attractive.

Everyone has a different body shape, so you kind of have to figure out not only what works best for your body type, but what also makes you feel confident. Even if everyone thinks you look good in a bikini, and you don't feel good in it, you're not going to be at your best. If you feel great in a bikini, you can always work it.