Katie Piper Quotes

I don't want to see myself as this sad, disabled girl. I know that. I don't want other people to see me as that, either.

You're made to feel ugly, and I made ugly beautiful. Just by sheer persistence. Nobody has the right to say that I am ugly, and I will not be a professional victim, you know. Sorry!

I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I've seen squirrels, I've seen a bird, and I've seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I've learned to say: 'You know what? I am a beautiful black woman'.

What we all learn is that beauty isn't a size 2. It's not a size 4. It's not a size 12. It's how you feel.

I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.

The woman wins who calls herself beautiful, and challenges the world to change to fit her vision.

Every person has the right to look and feel like a million bucks.

You can be the most beautiful woman in the world and see yourself as hideous. You must love yourself. To look in the mirror and tell yourself that you're a rock star.

My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.

I am not someone who throws around the word 'self-esteem.' It is a fictional description.

One day I decided that I was beautiful, and so I carried out my life as if I was a beautiful girl. I wear colors that I really like, I wear makeup that makes me feel pretty, and it really helps. It doesn't have anything to do with how the world perceives you. What matters is what you see.

A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.

I'm no pin-up.

It kind of cracks me up when people say I'm hot because I just think that that's a term that I don't have to deal with anymore.

I think of myself as a fairly attractive girl and always have, thanks to my mom. I was brought into this world thinking I was gorgeous because my mother was extremely devoted to this notion.

I'm not an eye-candy kind of girl.

I just feel like growing up in Los Angeles, you learn, 'Well you're never gonna be the prettiest girl in the room, so just don't even try.' I mean, I care about being pretty, but it's not my most valued thing.

Be yourself. Unapologetically.

My beauty icons are women whose images are self-created.

I'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.

I have to feel good on the inside to look glamorous.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on.

When my editor sent me the first two images of Joker's daughter, I was struck by how confident she looked despite her boney appearance and horribly scarred face. So I starting thinking, how did Duela gain such confidence in a world that prizes beauty?

Listen: I'm OK cute. I'm no stunner.