Leandra Medine Quotes

Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate.

I feel a strong affinity to Ke$ha and Katy Perry and a lot of these women who are really pushing the girl power femme fatale thing. It's fun, and it's unapologetic, and they tell women they can do whatever they want, and that's true, and that's a message that I want to carry, to tell girls they can do whatever they want.

My lyrics are for strong, independent women who are both smart and fashionable.

I think, as women, we have to stop being scared to be the women we want to be and we have to raise our daughters to be the women they want to be - not the women we think they should be.

I try to be feminist in, like, I love myself and I don't need someone else's approval.

Women see me as a figure they can respect. They know I've been through a lot. I'm not going to let no man put me under.

Even if I wouldn't wear something myself, I think I know how women feel, how women want to look. I can really relate to women, I get on very well with women... Some women don't. I want to empower women, make women feel the best version of themselves.

As an entertainer, I try to do projects that reflect a woman having the ability to stand up for herself.

Sexy is about the way you wear something and being confident - the clothes are sexy and flattering. I've said right from the beginning, it's very important clothes are flattering. I want a woman to look and feel like the best version of herself.

My mom is such a strong, independent, strong-willed woman, and she always taught me to accept my worth for how I viewed myself and female empowerment, and it's okay to be independent and also need someone at the same time. I kinda get to be both.

I'm constantly trying to redefine what being a beauty queen is.

Be empowered as a female, as a woman. Don't apologize. Don't lose yourself in another person's life.

There's a way to express femininity and independence and strength without going for hanging fruit.

I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind.

One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music and fashion worlds and to empower the wonderful things that make us unique.

I have been called 'Bongshell' the day I stepped into showbiz. So, any adjective coming my way, I take it positively. Sometimes it's also entertaining, but I don't feel bad about it. I'm a proud woman.

I had good legs, and I loved showing them off.

Every woman has the right to be beautiful.

Everyday I find myself reminding women around me to know their value. I also have to remind myself.

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

We must keep both our femininity and our strength.

I feel empowered the fact that I can look the way that I do on stage and in photos - I can look that way any time I want. And I feel like it's important message to other women that they can do it, too.

People can say I am a terrible role model because I swear all the time or that I fight people. Look, I don't want little girls to have the same ambitions as me. I want them to know that it is O.K. to be ambitious. I want them to know that it is O.K. to say whatever it is that is on their mind.

I'm a big woman. I need big hair.