Barbie Ferreira Quotes

I did not label myself 'plus size.' The fashion industry did.

It can be very hard to find clothing for different body shapes. After all, there are only, what, five companies for plus-size women?

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

Some women are naturally thin. But there needs to be an appreciation for a variety of types of women because we don't all come in one package. We're not pre-destined to all be a size six. It's very hard for a large group of women to maintain a thinness which is, after all, only natural to a few people.

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.

We're getting to this amazing place where the average size in America is a 14-16, and we're starting to see that represented in the fashion industry, and it's becoming more accepted.

It's so much easier when you're a size two or three to just slip on anything. But a big girl, sometimes you've got to strap some stuff down!

I've never been a size 0.

Casting plus size girls needs to be genuine.

I'm so grateful that I model at a time where 'plus-size' models are being championed, but they're still called 'plus-size' which is actually quite a stigma in itself. It's just healthy, curvy women.

It is harder to dress a bigger woman no matter what anybody wants to say.

I don't understand why it's not okay to be plus-size. I don't know why people hate that phrase. Many models have built their careers as plus-size women and then suddenly don't want to be called that anymore. But you're still cashing checks from plus-size designers.

I think if more designers designed clothes with a more fuller figure in mind, it would represent women in a greater sense.

'Skinny' is only one body type.

The biggest thing politically within fashion is that the clothing should be displayed on different body shapes.

If people decide thin is out, the fashion industry won't have thin models anymore. Have you spent time with fashion people? They are ruthless. They want money. And the one thing they know is people want clothes to cover their bodies. Unfortunately, most people aren't comfortable with their bodies.

Some women are naturally thin. But there needs to be an appreciation for a variety of types of women because we don't all come in one package. We're not pre-destined to all be a size six.

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?'

My first shoot was on a rooftop in swimsuits with two plus-size models who were curvy and voluptuous and beautiful, and they taught me so much about being beautiful in any shape or size.

I think the labels 'Plus Size' and 'Curvy' should be banned. You don't say 'White model' or Skinny model.' Why should 'Plus Size' models have a label.

You have to understand, everyone's body was built to do something. I was built to do something, and that's how I was built. I think the world is realizing we were promoting one body type, and there have always been many.

For so long advertising hasn't been inclusive when it comes to plus sizes which is crazy to me.

My existence in Hollywood is a political statement, because there are so few women who are plus-sized or above a size 6.

I really don't think we should label models as 'plus' or 'runway.'

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