I need to just be Iskra, and I've got to believe in me, or else no one will.
The older I get, the more I'm starting to believe in myself.
I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one will.
You have to be your biggest believer.
You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, 'I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.'
My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
I know I've got to learn to believe in myself.
I'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.
I am confident in who I am.
I don't need anyone to validate me.
For me, I try and be authentic in my choices and follow my instincts, and I think it's a valuable message for women in today's society to learn to love yourself.
I'm proud of me, and I am who I am.
I am going to be myself. To me, that is going to take care of the rest.
I didn't need the belt to validate me.
I'm not afraid of who I am.
I've learned to ignore the negative people and just be a living example of confidence and self-love.
You don't need validation from other people. You've gotta find it within yourself and sit in it and roll with it.
I'm just gonna be myself and that's been good enough for me throughout my life.
Live your life to its fullest potential and don't really care too much about what other people think of you.
Bey's mantra isn't about putting on airs or makeup. For that matter, what makes Beyonce Beyonce is that thing we can all wake up with: confidence.
I get a lot of really nice messages from girls who are like, 'You make me wanna be myself because people accept it.'
I don't care what people think anymore. I don't think I've got anything to prove.
I'm just doing me, and to me, that's what got me this far.
It's important for people to believe in themselves.
I take great pride in being who I am. Whether I'm broken or not, I am who I am.
My confidence comes from the realisation that, actually, the best you can be is you, learning to accept who I was, what I wanted, and that I was more than my body.
Iskra Arabella Lawrence is a British model.